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Lion (Original Run 1965-1969)

Black & white serials, printed at between 2 and 5 pages per week. Eps. denotes the number of episodes or parts to a story.

Story	Writer	Artist	Eps.	Printed
The Spider	Ted Cowan	Reg Bunn	10	Lion 26/06/1965 - Lion 04/09/1965
Return of the Spider	Ted Cowan	Reg Bunn	17	Lion 11/09/1965 - Lion 01/01/1966
The Spider v. Dr. Mysterioso	Jerry Siegel	Reg Bunn	12	Lion 08/01/1966 - Lion 26/03/1966
The Spider v. The Android Emperor	Jerry Siegel	Reg Bunn	11	Lion 02/04/1966 - Lion 18/06/1966
The Spider v. The Exterminator	Jerry Siegel	Reg Bunn	14	Lion 25/06/1966 - Lion 17/09/1966
The Spider v. The Crook from Outer Space	Jerry Siegel	Reg Bunn	18	Lion 24/09/1966 - Lion 28/01/1967
The Spider v. The Crime Genie	Jerry Siegel	Reg Bunn	16	Lion 04/02/1967 - Lion 20/05/1967
The Spider v. Spider-Boy	Jerry Siegel	Reg Bunn	20	Lion 27/05/1967 - Lion 07/10/1967
The Spider v. The Sinister Seven	Jerry Siegel	Reg Bunn	31	Lion 14/10/1967 - Lion 11/05/1968
The Spider v. The Snake	Jerry Siegel	Reg Bunn	18	Lion 18/05/1968 - Lion 14/09/1968
Ordini the Terrible	Jerry Siegel	Reg Bunn	21	Lion 21/09/1968 - Lion 01/02/1969
The Death-Master	Ken Mennell	Reg Bunn	4	Lion 08/02/1969 - Lion 01/03/1969
The Spider v. The Ant	Ken Mennell	Reg Bunn	8	Lion 08/03/1969 - Lion 26/04/1969

Lion Annual (1967-1974)

Mixture of strip stories (denoted by [s]) and illustrated text stories (denoted by [t]). Sometimes an annual would contain more than one story. If an annual is omitted, it means there was no Spider content.

Story	Writer	Artist	F	Printed
The Spider in Cobra Island	?	Reg Bunn	[s]	Lion Annual 1967 09/1966
The Spider & The Stone of Venus	?	Reg Bunn	[s]	Lion Annual 1968 09/1967
Starring... The Spider!	?	?	[t]	Lion Annual 1969 09/1968
The Spider versus the Red Baron	?	Reg Bunn	[s]	Lion Annual 1969 09/1968
The Spider Meets the Fly	?	?	[t]	Lion Annual 1970 09/1969
Island of Menace	?	Reg Bunn	[s]	Lion Annual 1970 09/1969
The Fabulous Spider	?	?	[t]	Lion Annual 1971 09/1970
The Spider & the Molecule Man	?	?	[t]	Lion Annual 1975 09/1974

Super Library - Fantastic/Stupendous Series (1967-1968)

Self-contained stories - 132 page books (albeit with only 2 frames per page on average); The Spider alternated with the Steel Claw, taking the even numbers, though one book for each character was released each month. #1 & #2 were titled Fantastic Series; from #3/#4 onwards, the title was renamed Stupendous Series.

Story	Writer	Artist	Printed
The Professor of Power	Jerry Siegel	Aldo Marculeta	Fantastic Series #2 01/1967
Crime Unlimited	Donne Avenell	Giorgio Trevisian	Stupendous Series #4 02/1967
The Bubbles of Doom	Ted Cowan	Ogeras	Stupendous Series #6 03/1967
The Man Who Stole New York	David Morton	Aldo Marculeta	Stupendous Series #8 04/1967
The Chessman	Ken Mennell	Aldo Marculeta	Stupendous Series #10 05/1967
The Animator	Donne Avenell	Silio Romagnoli	Stupendous Series #12 06/1967
The Scarecrow's Revenge	Donne Avenell	Francisco Cueto	Stupendous Series #14 07/1967
Mr. Stonehart	Ken Mennell	Ogeras	Stupendous Series #16 08/1967
Dr Argo's Challenge	Ken Mennell	Aldo Marculeta	Stupendous Series #18 09/1967
The Immortals	David Morton	Francisco Cueto	Stupendous Series #20 10/1967
The Shriveller	M. Scott Goodall	Aldo Marculeta	Stupendous Series #22 11/1967
The Melody of Crime	Ted Cowan	Francisco Cueto	Stupendous Series #24 12/1967
Child's Play	David Morton	Francisco Cueto	Stupendous Series #26 01/1968

Lion (1972-1973)

Reprinted serials from the original Lion run. "The Spider v. Spider-Boy" reprinted the first 14 episodes, with a rewritten concluding part pencilled by John M. Burns. "The Death-Master" was edited to form a single continuous story, simply billed as "The Fantastic Spider".

Story	Writer	Artist	Eps.	Printed
Return of the Spider	Ted Cowan	Reg Bunn	17	Lion 22/04/1972 - Lion 12/08/1972
The Spider v. Dr. Mysterioso	Jerry Siegel	Reg Bunn	12	Lion 19/08/1972 - Lion 21/10/1972
The Spider v. The Android Emperor	Jerry Siegel	Reg Bunn	11	Lion 28/10/1972 - Lion 13/01/1973
The Spider v. The Exterminator	Jerry Siegel	Reg Bunn	14	Lion 20/01/1973 - Lion 14/04/1973
The Spider v. The Crook from Outer Space	Jerry Siegel	Reg Bunn	18	Lion 21/04/1973 - Lion 25/08/1973
The Spider v. Spider-Boy	Jerry Siegel [Pt 1-14] ? [Pt 15]	Reg Bunn [Pt 1-14] John M. Burns [Pt 15]	15	Lion 01/09/1973 - Lion 08/12/1973
The Death-Master	Ken Mennell	Reg Bunn	1	Lion Annual 1976 09/1975

Vulcan (1975-1976)

Reprinted serials from the original Lion run. All episodes were rearranged to be four pages long. The first four serials were printed in the Scottish-only 'pilot' version of Vulcan. The conclusion of "The Spider v. The Android Emperor" was edited so the first nationwide edition on 27th September 1975 could start with a fresh reprint. "The Spider v. The Crook from Outer Space" was left incomplete when Vulcan was folded into Valiant from 10th April 1976. The version of "The Death-Master" from the 1977 annual was the same one used in the 1976 Lion Annual.

Story	Writer	Artist	Eps.	Printed
The Spider	Ted Cowan	Reg Bunn	5	Vulcan 01/03/1975 - Vulcan 05/04/1975
Return of the Spider	Ted Cowan	Reg Bunn	9	Vulcan 05/04/1975 - Vulcan 31/05/1975
The Spider v. Dr. Mysterioso	Jerry Siegel	Reg Bunn	7	Vulcan 07/06/1975 - Vulcan 02/08/1975
The Spider v. The Android Emperor	Jerry Siegel	Reg Bunn	7	Vulcan 02/08/1975 - Vulcan 20/09/1975
The Spider v. The Exterminator	Jerry Siegel	Reg Bunn	14	Vulcan 27/09/1975 - Vulcan 20/12/1975
The Spider v. The Crook from Outer Space	Jerry Siegel	Reg Bunn	14	Vulcan 03/01/1976 - Vulcan 03/04/1976
The Death-Master	Ken Mennell	Reg Bunn	1	Vulcan Annual 1977 09/1976

Lion Holiday Special (1980)

A one-off guest appearance in a new Robot Archie strip.

Story	Writer	Artist	Eps.	Printed
Robo Archie vs. The Spider	?	M. David Harwood	1	Lion Holiday Special 1980