Martin Eden's superhero story The O Men is one of my favourite superhero comics, a self-published title that somehow manages to outdo many "professional" efforts. In the nineteenth issue of the series, Martin introduced and killed off, all in the space of one page, a villain called Arachnid. Arachnid was human from the neck up, and a nasty black spider from the neck down, and even though he only really appeared once, I was quite taken by the way the character was presented.

Since Arachnid was now dead, there was little chance of seeing him developed further, and so I asked Martin if I could produce a short story about the character. Martin replied that not only would he be happy for me to do so, but that it would be a perfect addition to a project he was working on for publication after the main O Men series ended. This project was an anthology of tales related to the series called, appropriately enough, Stories Of O.

Alas, as of the time of writing, the anthology is as dead as the character himself, so I'm presenting my contribution here, in full, for you to read. I hope you like it. You can see some other contributions here, at the comic's website. Also, Martin resurrected the anthology idea in 2007, and invited me back to participate. You can find my contribution to the new anthology here.

Each page has a bit of a dvd-style commentary attached, just in case you would like to know more about the creative process on this strip.

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BONUS FEATURE!!! The original Page Five!

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