Mayfair DC Heroes Character Database: Tarantula

Tarantula

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Dex: 7 Str: 4 Body: 5
Int: 6 Will: 6 Mind: 6
Infl: 5 Aura: 5 Spirit: 6
Initiative: 22 Hero Points: 45

Skills: *linked
Acrobatics: 7*
Artist (Writer): 4
Detective: 6*
Gadgetry: 5
Martial Artist: 7*
Thief: 7*
Vehicles: 7*
Weaponry: 7*

Advantages: Connections: Publishing Industry (High), Street (Low); Intensive Training; Lightning Reflexes; Scholar (spiders, mystery novels)

Drawbacks: Secret Identity

Alter Ego: Jonathan Law
Motivation: Thrill of Adventure
Occupation: Novelist
Wealth: 9

Equipment:
Web Gun [Str: 8, Body: 4, Glue: 12, R#: 2] Bonus: Can use the Gun's Str to launch a grappling attack or use the Glue Power as per the standard rules. Gun can also be used to fire swing lines 5 AP's in length.

BOOTS [Body: 5, Cling: 4]

Source: World at War Sourcebook, page 68
affiliation(s): All-Star Squadron

Ed's Notes: THIS IS NOT A SPIDER-MAN RIPOFF! Seriously. In addition to a slightly different (and weaker) power set, and a different origin and background story, the Golden Age Tarantula debuted about 20 years before Marvel's Spider-Man! There is also a modern version of the character that's been gender-swapped. I don't know much about her, but these stats could serve as a useful starter template for her.

First Appearance: Star-Spangled Comics #1 (October, 1941)

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