Who is this giant spider creature?
I don't want to call him a villain as he's in a picture with Justice League Dark and could very well be a temporary member or ally.
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2Not familiar with DC but an image search leads to Vol 19 (or 1 9) of Justice League Dark, and the synopsis mentions Dr Mist being caught by a giant spider in a temple. Other JLD images don't show the spider thing so it might just be a monster they deal with. Not good enough for an answer but maybe it will help someone get better results ,:)– Mac CooperCommented Apr 2, 2015 at 8:53
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It's a villian then..– Doctor DoomCommented Apr 2, 2015 at 9:51
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4@SS-3.1415926535897932384626433 maybe by the end of the issue he was their friend? Lets not judge this poor fellow too soon– DaftCommented Apr 2, 2015 at 10:30
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@SS-3.1415926535897932384626433, a villain or just an incidental monster, I'd imagine. Certainly the synopsis makes no big thing of the spider (as I would imagine it would for a proper villain, though it also doesn't mention the spider has a human face or anything so it might not even be that) but I'm not at all familiar with DC (that's Constantine on the cover, and I never even knew he was DC haha) so that's just an external guess.– Mac CooperCommented Apr 2, 2015 at 12:22
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@MacCooper Well, Hellblazer is published under the Vertigo imprint, so that's understandable.– KSmartsCommented Apr 2, 2015 at 14:19
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The spider-creature on the cover of Justice League Dark #9 doesn't actually appear in the issue. The creature is probably meant to represent the overall threat of the issue, which are a variety of demonic creatures summoned by Felix Faust throughout the issue. Also, at one point near the end, JLD member Doctor Mist finds himself stuck in a giant spider web and must be freed by the others. However, whatever horror made the web is never shown.
We later find out that
Doctor Mist is actually a mole working FOR Felix Faust. Given this fact, it's entirely possible that Doctor Mist created the web himself and no actual spider creature existed.
answered Apr 2, 2015 at 15:39
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Isn't there a trope specifically for comics with characters on the front that don't actually appear in the comic itself? Very frustrating!– DaftCommented Apr 2, 2015 at 15:52
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@Daft - I don't know if there's a term for it, but it's pretty common for comic book covers to be somewhat misleading. In fact, you can go back as far as the 40's and find it. Commented Apr 2, 2015 at 15:55
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