Today we talk about a bunch of people (mostly Spider-Man villains) who have gone by the name Tarantula!

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #134-135, 147-149, 233-236, 341, 343
-Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #1-3, 137-138
-Captain America (1968) #224, 411, 413
-Web of Spider-Man (1985) #35-36
-Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #88, 124
-Punisher (1987) #67-70
-Venom: Sinner Takes All (1995) #1-4
-Spider-Man: Get Kraven (2002) #1
-Agent X (2002) #6
-Heroes for Hire (2006)
-Six Guns (2011)
-Fearless Defenders (2013) #5-6
-Silk (2015) #17
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #16, 18, 20.1
-Prowler (2016) #1-2, 4-5
-The Clone Conspiracy (2016) #2-5
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2015) #23, 25
-Occupy Avengers (2016) #9
-Iron Fist (2017) #74
-Dead Man Logan (2018) #1
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #16-23, 70
-Amazing Mary Jane (2019) #1-5
-Sinister War (2021)
-Daredevil: Black Armor (2023) #2-4
-Venom War: Lethal Protectors (2024)

-Magik (2025) #1
-New Champions (2025) #1

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Today we talk about Carlos LaMuerto, best known as the Black Tarantula, who was a legendary crime guy before he moved to New York and ended up working for Daredevil.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #419-422, 424, 427-428, 432, 434-436
-Daredevil (1998) #82, 85-86, 112-115, 118-119, 500-504, 510, 512
-Daredevil Annual (2007) #1
-Daredevil: Blood of the Tarantula (2008) #1
-Dark Reign: The List - Daredevil (2009) #1
-Shadowland (2010) #2-3
-Shadowland: Power Man (2010) #2
-Deathlok (2014) #1
-Power Man and Iron Fist (2016) #2
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #17
-Contagion (2019) #3-5
-Damage Control (2022) #3
-Spider-Gwen: The Ghost-Spider (2024) #1, 3-7

-Metamorpho: The Element Man (2024) #1

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Today we talk about Sergei Kravinoff, best known as Kraven the Hunter, whose whole thing is hunting the most dangerous game: Spider-Man.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #15, 18, 34, 47-49, 103-104, 110-111, 209, 375, 389
-Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964) #1
-Tales of Suspense (1959) #58
-Astonishing Tales (1970) #1-2
-Daredevil (1964) #104-105
-Creatures on the Loose (1971) #32-34
-Marvel Chillers (1975) #4
-Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #2, 65
-Marvel Team-Up (1972) #67
-Ka-Zar (1981) #19-21
-West Coast Avengers (1985) #3
-Kraven's Last Hunt (1987)
-Spider-Man (1990) #4, 50
-The Amazing Spider-Man: Soul of the Hunter (1992) #1
-Ka-Zar (1997) #1-2
-X-Men: The Hidden Years (1999) #16-17
-Spider-Man: Blue (2002) #6
-Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #500, 574, 634-637
-Spider-Man/Human Torch (2005) #2
-X-Statix Presents: Dead Girl (2006)
-Spider-Man Family (2007) #5
-X-Men/Spider-Man (2008) #1-2
-Amazing Spider-Man: Extra! (2008) #3
-Web of Spider-Man (2009) #7
-Amazing Spider-Man Presents: Black Cat (2010) #4
-Spider-Girl (2010) #4
-New Avengers (2010) #10-12
-Venom (2011) #2
-Black Panther: The Man Without Fear (2010) #518-520
-Avengers 1959 (2011)
-Scarlet Spider (2011) #6, 16, 21-24
-Incredible Hulk (2011) #10-11
-Marvel Knights: Spider-Man (2013) #4-5
-The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (2015a) #1, 6
-Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (2015b) #6, 9, 22-25, 32-35, 49-50
-Captain America: Sam Wilson (2015) #8
-Howard the Duck (2015) #6
-Avengers Standoff: Assault on Pleasant Hill Omega (2016) #1
-Deadpool: Back in Black (2016) #3-4
-Rocket Raccoon (2016) #2-5
-Secret Empire: Brave New World (2017) #3
-Venom (2016) #155-158
-Captain America (2017) #697
-Old Man Logan (2016) #41-42
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #5, 14-17, 19-22
-Symbiote Spider-Man: Alien Reality (2019) #1
-Giant-Size Amazing Spider-Man: Chameleon Conspiracy (2021) #1
-Spider-Man: The Lost Hunt (2022) #1, 4
-Moon Knight: City of the Dead (2023) #5
-Spider-Man: Black Suit & Blood (2024) #1, 3
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2022) #56, 63

-The New Gods (2024) #1
-The Question: All Along the Watchtower (2024) #1
-Superman (2025) trailer

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Today we talk about more White Tigers, one is... a white tiger who was transformed into a woman, one is Kevin Cole who tried to be Black Panther until he was told no, and the last is Ava Ayala, who you may have seen on Spidey & His Amazing Friends.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Heroes for Hire (1997) #1-9, 11-16
-Thunderbolts (1997) #8
-Quicksilver (1997) #11-12
-Heroes for Hire/Quicksilver Annual (1998) #1
-Black Panther (1998) #50-56, 59-62
-The Crew (2003)
-Avengers Academy (2010) #20-39
-Avengers Arena (2012) #13
-Mighty Avengers (2013) #1, 3-8, 12-14
-Young Avengers (2013) #12-14
-Infinity: Heist (2013) #3
-Captain America & The Mighty Avengers (2014)
-New Avengers (2015)
-Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2016) #3-4
-The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (2015) #8, 27
-Captain America: Sam Wilson (2015) #10
-Black Panther: World of Wakanda (2016) #6
-Defenders (2017) #9
-Black Panther (2016) #170-171
-Captain America (2018) #7-9, 12-14, 16, 29
-Marvel Comics (2019) #1000
-Contagion (2019) #3-5
-Black Panther (2018) #18, 23-25
-Women of Marvel (2021) #1
-Marvel's Voices: Comunidades (2021) #1
-Marvel's Voices: Comunidades (2022) #1
-Marvel's Voices Infinity Comic (2022) #78-79

-Birds of Prey (2023) vol 1
-Love Everlasting vol 2

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Today we talk about Angela Del Toro, who somehow inherited her uncle's tiger amulet and was convinced by Daredevil to become the White Tiger until she got brainwashed, unbrainwashed, and decided to retire.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
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-Batman - Santa Claus: Silent Knight Returns (2024) #1

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Today we talk about Hector Ayala, a man who found some tiger amulets and turned into the White Tiger, got framed a bunch, retired, then got framed again.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
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-Les Miserables x Hot To Go

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Today we talk about Richard Drakunovski, best known as Richard Dragon (Kung-Fu Fighter) who tried to steal an artifact and was taught Kung-Fu about it, and went on to fight crime with his newfound skills.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
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-The Fade (2024)
-Batgirl (2024) #1
-Absolute Superman (2024) #1
-Absolute Batman (2024) #2

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Today we talk about Benjamin Turner, also known as the Bronze Tiger. He's a martial artist who's been brainwashed into being an assassin, joined the suicide squad, and fought alongside Richard Dragon.

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Today we talk about Tatsu Yamashiro, best known as Katana on account of she has a cursed katana that (for most of her use of it) has the ghost of her dead husband stuck inside.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
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-Love Everlasting vol. 1

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Today we talk about Arthur Brown, best known as Stephanie Brown's dad but also he's the villain Cluemaster I guess. His whole thing is doing crimes and leaving clues, except for when he was a gameshow host.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Detective Comics (1937) #351, 607, 647-649, 680, 705-707, 809-810
-Batman (1940) #201, 293-294, 336, 400, 643
-Justice League International (1987) #23
-Justice League Europe (1989) #6, 33, 49-50
-Justice League America (1987) #53, 57, Annual #4
-Justice League Quarterly (1990) #4
-Robin (1993) #1-5, 14-16, 54, 56-58, 65, 85, 92-94, 102, 111
-Batman: Blackgate - Isle of Men (1998)
-Batman: Huntress & Spoiler (1998)
-Secret Origins 80-Page Giant (1998)
-Suicide Squad (2001) #1
-Birds of Prey (1998) #40
-Batgirl (2009) #23-24
-Batman Eternal (2014) #1, 3-4, 8, 10-11, 13, 24, 26, 36, 39, 40, 43, 48-52
-Suicide Squad Most Wanted: El Diablo and Killer Croc (2016) #3
-Batman (2016) #26, 28, 30
-Young Justice (2019) #18
-Batgirls Annual 2022
-Batgirls (2021) #13-15

-Absolute Wonder Woman (2024) #1
-Nightwing (2016) #118 & #119
-Mystique (2024) #1
-From the DC Vault: Death in the Family: Robin Lives! (2024) #4
-Batman & Robin: Year One (2024) #1
-Iron Man (2024) #1

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