Marvel Tales #105
In "The Spider Waits!", a 1952 Marvel Tales classic, a factory worker named Sven battles his deep-seated fear of spiders—only to find his greatest test comes not from the creatures themselves, but from a mysterious woman who hires him to clear her parlor. With art by Fred Kida and a striking cover by Russ Heath, this eerie tale unfolds with a chilling twist that turns Sven’s bravado into a trap he never saw coming.
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Sven is a factory worker who is charged with the task of keeping his workplace free of spiders. Unfortunately, Sven suffered a harrowing incident as a child and is deathly afraid of them. As an adult however, he manages to overcome his fear and takes great delight in killing every spider he can find. After work, he meets a woman at a bar who pays him ten dollars to clean the spiders out of her parlor. When he arrives at her house, he realizes that the lady is actually a spider-woman who traps Sven inside of a gigantic web.
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