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- From: aaron@space.ualberta.ca (Aaron Humphrey)
- Subject: Get rid of--Spider
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- Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
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- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 04:07:07 GMT
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- Some of you may be familiar with The Spider, of pulp comics fame. He was a
- crimefighter, in the days before superheroes took over the field. His
- trademark was the spider ring he wore, and he had perfected a peculiar fist-
- fighting technique which was guaranteed to leave a livid spider imprint on the
- face of anyone he slugged to unconsciousness.
-
- What is less well-known is that The Spider is based on two somewhat less
- successful crimefighters. One of them had a similar trademark ring, but
- instead of the fearsome spider mark, it was adorned with a happy face, which
- left its mark on his hapless victims.
-
- The other did indeed wear spider-adorned jewelry, but earrings rather than a
- ring. He had no arms, but he still managed to leave his spider imprint in his
- foes, whom he disabled with his unique style of head-fighting. It was never
- revealed how he got his earrings in.
-
- --
- ---Alfvaen(Canadian SF Quasi-Activist)
- "It's not my fault. The orchestra has disappeared."
- ---Hector Berlioz
- Current Album--George Harrison:Gone Troppo
- Current Read--Jack McDevitt:The Hercules Text
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