The Great Web of Spidera

The Great Web of Spidera
Start date:	January 31st, 1965
End date:	June 27th, 1965
# of strips:	22 pages
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Sy Barry
Original colorist:	KFS staff
Preceded by:	"The Founding of the Jungle Patrol"
Followed by:	"Mystery of Wamba Falls Inn"

"The Great Web of Spidera", also known as "The Weird Webs of Spidera", is the 65th Phantom Sunday story. It was originally published in American newspapers from January 31st to June 27th, 1965.

The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Sy Barry.

Plot Summary

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Appearances

Recurring characters

• The 21st Phantom
• Hero
• Devil
• Guran

One-time characters

• Lady Priscilla Drew
• Eliot
• Sir Harry Drew
• Mr. Kavaba

Locations

• Bengali
  • Deep Woods
    • The Skull Cave
  • Morristown
    • Natural History Museum
  • Spidari village

Tribes

• Bandar
• Spidari

Organizations

• Explorers' Club‏‎

Old jungle sayings

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "La telaraña gigante", El Fantasma #85 (1966)
• "La telaraña", Fantasía Anuario #10 (1970)

Australia

• The Phantom #365 (1968)
• The Phantom #523 (1974)
• The Phantom #700 (1980)
• The Phantom #1020 (1992)
• The Phantom #1405 (2005)

Brazil

• "Prisioneiro dos Canibais", Fantasma #108 (1966)
• "Prisioneiro dos Canibais", Fantasma #317 (1982)

Canada

• La Patrie January 28, 1965 – June 24, 1965
• Le Soleil January 30, 1965 – June 26, 1965

Colombia

• El Tiempo May 9, 1965 – October 3, 1965

Denmark

• "De kæmpestore edderkoppenet", Fantomet #20 (1972)

Egypt

• "نسيج العنكبوت" (romanized as "Nasiej Alankabout"), Superman #29

Finland

• Seura 37 – 50/1965 - without the first eight weeks
• "Jättimäiset lukinverkot", Mustanaamio 3/1969
• "Pahan pauloissa", Mustanaamio 15/1978
• "Arvoitusten verkko", Mustanaamio Year Album 1984
• "Tuhon verkko", Mustanaamio 22 – 24/2000
• "Jättimäiset lukinverkot", Mustanaamio 1969 (2013)

France

• "La toile d'araignee geante", Le Fantôme Spécial #86 (1970)
• Le Fantôme: L'Ombre Qui Marche (1974)
• Télé Junior #12 – #20 (1982)

Greece

• "Ο ιστοσ του θανατου" (romanized as "O istos tou thanatou"), Fantom #35 (1976)

Hungary

• "A pókhaló rejtélye", Fantom Album

Iceland

• Vikan September 9, 1965 – February 3, 1966

India

• Desh July 3, 1965 – December 4, 1965
• "The Deadly Web", Indrajal Comics #45 (1967)
• "The Doomed Captives", Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 16 (1984)
• "சிலந்தி வலை" (romanized as "Silanthi valai"), Rani Comics #172 (1991)
• "The Great Web of Spidera", Phantom #71
• "மாய வலை" (romanized as "Maya valai"), Rani Comics #488 (2004)

Ireland

• Sunday Independent February 28, 1965 – October 10, 1965

Italy

• "Il ragno della giungla", Anna bella (1966)
• "La ragnatela gigante", L'Uomo Mascherato Super Albo #181 (1966)

Mexico

• El Informador April 11, 1965 – September 5, 1965

Norway

• Vi menn 42/1965 – 11/1966
• "De kjempestore spindelvevnettene", Fantomet 3/1969
• "I dødens nett", Fantomet 13/1974
• "De mystiske spindelvev", Fantomet Year Album 1984
• "I dødens nett", Serie-pocket #232 (1999)
• "I dødens nett", Fantomet 22 – 24/2000
• "De kjempestore spindelvevnettene", Fantomet Kronologisk #9 (2019)

Portugal

• "A Teia Gigante", Mundo de Aventuras #884 (1966)

Spain

• "La gran telaraña de arañeda", El Hombre Enmascarado #74A and "Drama en la jungla", #75A (1965?)
• "La gran telaraña de arañeda" and "Drama en la jungla", Album de El Hombre Enmascarado (1965)
• "La gran telaraña de arañeda" and "Drama en la jungla", El Hombre Enmascarado Biblioteca Eterna #15 (1970)
• "El nido del Halcon", Pocket de Ases 39: El Hombre Enmascarado (1985)
• "La gran telaraña de Spidera", The Phantom - El Hombre Enmascarado #3 (2018)
• "La gran telaraña de Spidera", Héroes del Cómic #15 (2021)

Sweden

• "De jättelika spindelnäten", Fantomen 8/1966
• "I dödens nät", Fantomen 8/1974
• "De gåtfulla spindelnäten", Fantomen Christmas Album 1984
• Lektyr 4 – 11/1986
• "I dödens nät", Fantomen 22 – 24/2000
• "De jättelika spindelnäten", Sy Barry Söndagsäventyr #2 (2002)
• "De jättelika spindelnäten", Fantomen - Den inbundna årgången 1966, Del 2 (2016)
• "I dödens nät", Fantomen 4/2020

Turkey

• "Ölüm Ağı", Kızılmaske #55 – #56 (1974)
• "Ölüm Ağı", Kızılmaske Albüm #14 – #15 (197?)
• "Ölüm Ağı", Kızılmaske Albüm #108 – #109
• "Ölüm Ağı", Kızılmaske Albüm #98
• "Ölüm Ağı", Kızılmaske Süper Albüm #31
• "Ölüm Ağı", Kızılmaske Süper Albüm #14
• "Ölüm Ağı", Kızılmaske Büyük Albüm #5
• "Tuhaf Örümcek Ağları", Kızılmaske #9 (2014)

United Kingdom

• "The Web of Spidera", TV Tornado Annual 1968 (1967)

Uruguay

• El Diario ?, 1965 – April 19, 1966

USA

• Anderson Herald January 31, 1965 – June 27, 1965
• Charleston Daily Mail January 31, 1965 – June 27, 1965
• Cumberland Sunday Times January 31, 1965 – June 27, 1965
• The Danville Register January 31, 1965 – June 27, 1965
• The Democrat January 31, 1965 – June 27, 1965
• Farmington Daily Times January 31, 1965 – June 27, 1965
• The Gadsden Times January 31, 1965 – June 27, 1965
• The Honolulu Advertiser January 31, 1965 – June 27, 1965
• The Montgomery Advertiser January 31, 1965 – June 27, 1965
• The News Tribune January 31, 1965 – June 27, 1965
• La Opinión January 31, 1965 – June 27, 1965
• Orlando Sentinel January 31, 1965 – June 27, 1965
• San Antonio Light January 31, 1965 – June 27, 1965
• San Francisco Examiner January 31, 1965 – June 27, 1965
• Sarasota Herald-Tribune January 31, 1965 – June 27, 1965
• St. Petersburg Times January 31, 1965 – June 27, 1965
• Spartanburg Herald-Journal January 31, 1965 – June 27, 1965
• The Tampa Tribune January 31, 1965 – June 27, 1965
• El Diario La Prensa February 28, 1965 – July 25, 1965
• The Complete Sundays: Volume Eight 1963–1966 (2020)

West Germany

• "Die riesenhaften Spinnennetze", Phantom #26 (1969)
• "Das Geheimnis der Dschungelnetze", Super Sonderheft #16 (1973)
• "Himmelfahrtskommando", Phantom #15 (1975)
• "Himmelfahrtskommando", Phantom Das große Album #3
• "Die Verdammten", Topix #7 (1976)
• "Das Geheimnis der Spinnennetze", Phantom #12 (ca 1980)

Yugoslavia

• "Strašna paučina", Super EKS Almanah #68 (1985)