History: (Spider-Geddon I#0
(fb) - BTS) - Working for a cartel that was attempting to overthrow
their government, the Tarantula was sent to the United States to
acquire nerve gas to further aid the cartel's coup.
TARANTULA
(of Earth-1048)
Real Name: Unrevealed
Identity/Class: Alternate reality
(Earth-1048) human technology user
Occupation: Thief
Group Membership: An unidentified cartel
Affiliations: His cartel
Enemies: Spider-Man (Peter Parker),
the Superior Spider-Man (Otto Octavius of Earth-616)
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: "Pal"
Base of Operations: An unidentified country
First Appearance: Spider-Geddon I#0 (November, 2018)
Powers/Abilities: While not displaying any
inherent superhuman powers, the Tarantula wears an exoskeleton equipped
with retractable forearm blades and grounded, arachnid-like legs
controlled by a limited artificial intelligence that responds to his
mental commands. The mechanical legs are tipped with various devices
including two claws, a flame thrower, a gun and two with sharp ends.
Height: Unrevealed (approximately 6'1")
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 190 lbs.)
Eyes: Unrevealed
Hair: Brown (at least...his mustache is brown)
History: (Spider-Geddon I#0
(fb) - BTS) - Working for a cartel that was attempting to overthrow
their government, the Tarantula was sent to the United States to
acquire nerve gas to further aid the cartel's coup.
(Spider-Geddon I#0) -
Tarantula robbed a bank in New York's financial district, earning the
ire of not only the police but various news outlets. The Daily Bugle's
Mary Jane Watson informed her friend Spider-Man, who arrived on the
scene just as Tarantula was departing the bank with large bags full of
money. When Tarantula expressed his hopes that he would run into
Spider-Man, Spider-Man replied by asking if Tarantula also hoped to go
to jail. Spider-Man then shot a web line that hit one of Tarantula's
mechanical legs but Tarantula proclaimed Spider-Man to be just as
overconfident as he'd heard. He then destroyed the web line with a
blast of flame from his mechanical leg and denounced Spider-Man as easy
prey. Spider-Man responded by firing his electric webbing at the
Tarantula but the unfazed Tarantula calmly commented that the electric
webbing would have no effect with his mechanical arms grounded.
Tarantula then lunged at Spider-Man and attacked with his forearm
blades but Spider-Man dropped a web bomb on the ground that exploded,
covering Tarantula in incapacitating webbing. As Spider-Man then
prepared to knock the Tarantula out, he was interrupted by the arrival
of Earth-616's Superior Spider-Man. While Tarantula laid trapped in
webbing, Spider-Man, thinking the Superior Spider-Man was another
copycat spider-person, attacked the Superior Spider-Man and during the
fight, Tarantula freed himself. Spider-Man prepared another web bomb
but, knowing what to expect this time, the Tarantula knocked the bomb
from Spider-Man's hand and it exploded, incapacitating Spider-Man and
the Superior Spider-Man as Tarantula escaped. Tarantula subsequently
hit a research facility, injuring some police officers, and when
Spider-Man heard over the police band radio of the attack, he became
determined to stop Tarantula since he blamed himself for the
Tarantula's escape. The Superior Spider-Man agreed to help Spider-Man
defeat the Tarantula and the two swung off, with Spider-Man concerned
that the Tarantula's attack on a research facility meant that the
Tarantula had a far deadlier plan than simple larceny.
At the research facility, the
Tarantula monologued about how power is equal to one's ability to rain
death on others and his plans to steal nerve gas from the facility. His
monologue was interrupted by the arrival of the two Spider-Men, who
managed to team-up and stun the revolutionary. Despite being stunned,
the Tarantula's mechanical legs continued to attack due to the
artificial intelligence that manipulated them. Upon realizing the legs
were manipulated by an artificial intelligence, the Superior Spider-Man
sent some of his Spider-Bots into the power pack for the Tarantula's
legs. The Spider-Bots infiltrated the power pack's circuitry and began
overriding the Tarantula's control. Soon finding the controls for his
mechanical legs not responding to his commands, the Tarantula was
punched by Spider-Man while the Superior Spider-Man grabbed the
briefcase full of nerve gas canisters. The defeated Tarantula was then
arrested and led away by police.
Comments: Created by Christos Gage and Clayton Crain.
Some online sources list this Tarantula as being
Anton Miguel Rodriguez but there is no indication in his only
appearance of his true identity, whether Anton Rodriguez or anyone
else. Therefore, his real name is listed as "Unrevealed" in this
profile and it should not be assumed that he is Anton Rodriguez. While
he is a counterpart of the Earth-616 Tarantula, there have been a few
Tarantulas on Earth-616 so he COULD be a counterpart to Anton Rodriguez
but he could also be the Earth-1048 counterpart of Luis Alvarez or
perhaps a counterpart to the unidentified Tarantula who fought the
Runaways on Earth-616. He could even be an entirely original character
based on the Earth-616 character...
Profile by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Earth-1048's Tarantula should be distinguished
from:
Appearances:
Spider-Geddon I#0 (November, 2018) - "New Players" story - Christos
Gage (writer), Clayton Crain (art), Nick Lowe (editor)
First posted: 05/07/2022
Last updated: 05/07/2022
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