Alias the Spider

Real Name: Tom Hallaway

Identity/Class: Normal human

Occupation: Unknown

Affiliations: Black Condor, Neon the Unknown, Quicksilver, the Ray, Red Bee, Uncle Sam, Chuck (sidekick)

Enemies: The Crow, the Falcon, Iggie the Yogi, the Skeleton, Weasal Nolan, the Yellow Scorpion

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Unknown
Silver Age (D.C. version) Keystone City

First Appearance: Crack Comics #1 (Quality Comics, May 1940)

Powers/Abilities: Highly skilled archer. Uses some trick arrows.

History: Tom Hallaway decided to use his prowess at archery to become a crimefighter, adopting the identity of the Spider. He worked with Chuck, his assistant and driver, who took him round the city in the "Black Widow", a customised car. The Spider had no compunctions about killing his opponents.

Comments: Created by Paul Gustavson.

The Spider appeared in his strip (entitled "Alias the Spider") between Crack Comics #1 and #30.

After becoming part of the D.C. stable, the Spider seemingly turned bad after the war, becoming a criminal himself, until he was killed by the Shade.

CLARIFICATIONS: Not to be confused with

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