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| Real Name: Luis Alvarez | ||||||||
| Also Known As: El Araņa | ||||||||
| Place Of Birth: San Palo, Delvadia | ||||||||
| First Appearance: Web of Spider-Man Vol.1 #35 (1988) Modern Age Villain | ||||||||
| Known Associates: No known Associates | ||||||||
| Group Affiliation: None | ||||||||
| Base Of Operations: Worldwide | ||||||||
| Grudges: The Jury | ||||||||
| Creators: Gerry Conway and Alex Saviuk | ||||||||
| Gallery: Click | ||||||||
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| Enhanced Abilities: Tarantula took a version of the Super Soldier Serum that granted him enhanced strength, reflexes and endurance. | |||||||
| Poison Blades: Tarantula possesses boots equipped with retractable blades coated with poison. | |||||||
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| Several months after the death of the original Tarantula, Captain Luis Alvarez was employed by same the repressive dictatorship of Delvadia, a South American country, to replace the original Tarantula as the country's counterpart to the United States' costumed champion, Captain America. Alvarez was injected with drugs that gave him enhanced fighting abilities and strength. As Tarantula, Alvarez was sent to the United States to kill those who fled the South American regime. | ||||
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| Tarantula at Marvel Database | ||||
| Tarantula at Comic Vine | ||||