Reg Bunn

'If there was a ever a crown for the finest character created for British Comics in the shadowy black and white newsprint world of the 1960s, it would be proudly worn by the Spider.' - Paul Grist The 'King of Crooks' returns The Spider is a fabulous intellectual adventurer who straddles both sides of the law and uses a whole host of super equipment to stay one step ahead of his enemies. When small-time hoodlum Steve Gurko unwittingly releases a magical entity from captivity, he quickly gains the kind of power he could only ever dream about. Embarking on a crime spree, Gurko soon finds himself on the Spider's radar. But the astounding crime fighter is about to face his toughest opponent to date because the Crime Genie won't be enslaved by a fool like Gurko for long. Once unleashed, this mystical menace possesses enough might to enslave the human race forever

The Spider proves that although crime does not pay, it always provides a huge amount of white-knuckle fun - comicreview.co.uk This second volume of The Spider collects the action-packed fourth and fifth stories originally published in Britain's legendary Lion comic. He's the undisputed king of crime The Spider is an amazing mastermind with a stunning array of weaponry and a vast network of villainous henchmen Now the underworld is fighting back and have sent a strange assassin known as The Exterminator to lure the spider into a trap But one battle isn't enough for this arachnid adventurer - when a shape shifting crook from another planet arrives on Earth, the Spider must stop the alien from plundering the planet and toppling him from power