Tarantula

Bursting onto the scene in 1989 courtesy of David Michelinie, Conway, and a young Rob Liefeld, this Marvel Tarantula is a Copper Age creation who wasted no time running in dangerous company — sharing pages with the likes of Venom, Eddie Brock, and the Sin-Eater. With appearances spread across Venom: Sinner Takes All, Marvel Comics Presents, and Captain America, this character cuts a path through some of Marvel's grittier corners of the era. It's a compact but intriguing footprint for fans who love digging into the darker, street-level side of late-'80s and early-'90s Marvel storytelling.