REAL NAME: Ralph Nelson
OCCUPATION: District Attorney, adventurer, vigilante
IDENTITY: Secret
CLASS: Normal Human
LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA
OTHER ALIASES: Black Spider
PLACE OF BIRTH: Ace City, USA
MARITAL STATUS: Single
KNOWN RELATIVES: NA
GROUP AFFILIATIONS: The Vanguard
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Ace City, USA
FIRST APPEARANCE: Super-Mystery Comics #3 (October 1940)
HEIGHT: 6' 1"
WEIGHT: 180 lbs
EYES: Green
HAIR: Blond
The mystery man known as the Black Spider was actually Ralph Nelson, a fearless young district attorney. Only his beautiful secretary, Peggy Dodge, knew his secret. The Black Spider became the scourge of crime in Ace City. He eventually formed an alliance with other mystery men of his time, founding the cabal known as The Vanguard.
POWERS & WEAPONS
Ralph Nelson had no powers, but he was a good fighter and
he used special darts instead of bullets. He basically used four types of poison, extracted from different types of spiders: Paralyzing poison (1), Intense pain (2), Terrible Hallucinations (3) and Death Sentence (4).
