by Gil Kane, 1975

Spider-Slayers

Identity: Robots designed to hunt Spider-Man
Group Affiliation: None
First Appearance: Amazing Spider-Man #25
Status: N/A

Powers & Abilities:

The Spider Slayers are designed with a variety of powers designed to help them in their task. Common powers include body armor, spider detection, entangling coils, and wall-crawling.

Equipment & Weapons:

Only what is built into the robot.

Origin:

The original Spider-Slayer was designed by Spencer Smythe with funding from J. Jonah Jameson. Its intent was to capture Spider-Man. Eventually Smythe and Jameson parted way. Smythe obsessed over Spider-Man, and continued to make more and more lethal Spider-Slayers. After his death, his son, Alistaire, picked up his obsession and continues to torment Spider-Man to this day.

Spider-Slayers' Timeline

Spider-Slayer Mark IV: Amazing Spider-Man #150
Spider-Slayer Mark V: Amazing Spider-Man #167-168