The Spider Society

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The Spider Society

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Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Amazing Spider-Man vol. 2 #30
Created by J. Michael Straczynski
John Romita, Jr.
In story information
Type of organization Secret society
Base(s) WebCorps, New York City
Leader(s) Ezekiel Sims
Sofia Corazon
Anya Corazon

The Spider Society is a fictional secret society that exists in the Marvel Comics universe. It is featured in the Spider-Man titles and, more prominently, in Araña: Heart of the Spider. The Society was started in Castile in 1099 A.D.

Over the years, the Spider Society used Hunters to fight the Sisterhood of the Wasp. The Hunters are part of a bloodline.

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[edit] Members

  • Anya Corazon (Araña)[1]
  • Sophia Corazon[2] - currently deceased[3]
  • Jessica Drew
  • Miguel Legar
  • Todd Matheson
  • Smitty McJameson
  • Roberto Ramirez
  • Paulo Ramistas
  • Gabe Roberson
  • Leroy Sanderson
  • Ezekiel Sims
  • Ralph Thompson
  • [[Theodore Whitefoot
  • Nina Tanner]]
  • Phil McGrath
  • Ted Mankowski

[edit] WebCorps

Based at 200 John Street, Manhattan, New York, WebCorps is a front for the Spider Society. It is a shell company inside another shell company, inside an offshore private company incorporated in Brazil by three guys whose birth certificates read one year earlier than the certificate of incorporation.

  • Miguel Legar
  • Ted Mankowski
  • Leroy Sanderson
  • Ezekiel Simms
  • Nina Tanner
  • Phil McGrath

[edit] Succession of Hunters

  • 1880-1897 - Paulo Ramistas
  • 1897-1911 - Roberto Ramirez
  • ????-???? - Jessica Drew
  • 1967-1970 - Ralph Thompson
  • 1969-1970 - Smitty McJameson
  • 1970-1975 - Todd Matheson
  • 1975-1980 - Gabe Roberson
  • 1980-1982 - Theodore Whitefoot
  • 1982-2004 - Ezekiel Sims
  • ????-???? - Sophia Corazon
  • 200?- present - Araña Corazon

[edit] References

  1. ^ Amazing Fantasy vol. 2 #1
  2. ^ Amazing Fantasy vol. 2 #1
  3. ^ Amazing Fantasy vol. 2 #8