Silver Spider
Created by:
Joe Simon
Real Name:
Tommy Troy
Joined Mighty Crusaders:
The Silver Spider is not a member of the Mighty Crusaders
First Appearance:
Harvey Comics proposal February 8, 1954
Origin:
Young Tommy Troy finds a magic ring, when he polishes it, a genie
appears and grants him one wish, to become a super
hero.
History:
Joe Simon prototyped the Silver Spider in the early 1950s. The
Silver Spider was Tommy Troy, a young boy who morphs into a
full-grown superhero after wishing on a spiderweb-covered mystical
ring that he finds in the attic of an old house. Note that the
sketch you are viewing has been dithered and altered so as not to be
reproduced. The original is in our library. Joe Simon plans to do a
reproduction of this historic character, this time in full color!
The curious lineage of The Silver Spider, The Fly, and Spider-Man
makes for a mysterious thread of comic book history, weaving among
the talents of Joe Simon, CC. Beck, Jack Kirby, Stan Lee and Steve
Ditko. For the full story on the Silver Spider and the birth of
Spider-Man, see The Comic Book Makers as well as Jack Kirby's
interview in Will Eisner's Spirit magazine.
Powers & Weapons:
web pistol
Checklist:
The Comic Book Makers
TEXT BY:
Joe and Jim Simon's
the Comic Book Makers
ART BY: C.C. Beck and Alex Wright
MICRO BY:Rik Offenberger
Note: The Silver Spider is available for
licensing in all media. Contact:
Simoncomics@Yahoo.Com www.simoncomics.com
The Silver Spider Copyright and Trademark Joe
Simon. All Rights Reserved.
The Silver Spider™ Copyright © 2003
