spider crab

Another angle Robinov suggests as a possibility for Peter Parker/Spider-Man is a franchise reboot tackling Spidey as… an adult.

In it, Kraven the Hunter tracks down Spider-Man, shoots him repeatedly, and leaves him for dead, buried underground.

There were two hard formal-looking couches, with straight backs and spider legs.

Suddenly the spaniel leapt up with that feverish, spider-like activity of the toy species and began to bark.

Leo stood in front of the Crab, and the half darkness allowed him a glimpse of that vast blue-black back, and the motionless eyes.

In the middle of his singing he felt the cold touch of the Crab's claw on the apple of his throat.

“Follow me, Mr Larks,” he said, turning and descending the ladder sailor-fashion—which means crab-wise.