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PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Jonathan Raymond 
OCCUPATION: Criminology professor, writter, adventurer  
IDENTITY: Secret 
CLASS: Normal human 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 
OTHER ALIASES: Green Spider 
PLACE OF BIRTH: Pelham, New York 
MARITAL STATUS: Married 
KNOWN RELATIVES: Rose Raymond (wife), Tim (brother) 
GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Battle Squadron 
BASE OF OPERATIONS: New York 
FIRST APPEARANCE: Zip Comics #27 (1942)

HEIGHT: 5' 10" 
WEIGHT: 180 lbs 
EYES: Green 
HAIR: Ginger 

HISTORY 

Johnny Raymond and his brother Timothy were opposite sides of the same coin. While John was a good son and a model student, Tim was a juvenile delinquent, who would end up in jail. To try to understand his brother's behavior and perhaps even prevent it, Johnny studied criminology and became a well-known college professor in that field (as well as a successful mystery writer). However, the theory was not enough for him, so he developed a masked personality, the Green Spider, with which he fought crime every night in a more prosaic way. During one of his adventures, he rescued Rose Wayne, a former student of Raymond, who would eventually discover his secret identity and become his lover and confidant. Raymond joined the Battle Squadron in 1942 and after the war he married Rose and dropped out of the mask. His memoirs became a best-selling book. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Raymond was an advanced jiu-jitsu practitioner and a natural acrobat. Green Spider used suction cups attached to the soles of his boots to allow him to walk on walls and hang from ceilings. He also used a gun that could launch a cable for going from building to building or a web for catching his opponents.