Spider Guild

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The Spider Guild were a cybernetic arachnoid species that featured in DC Comics.

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History

At some point in their history, the Spider Guild formed an accord with the Guardians of the Universe which prevented the Green Lantern Corps from entry or enforcement of the Vegan systems leaving them entirely at the mercy of the Guild.

During the Invasion of Earth planned by the Dominators and their allies, the Spider Guild provided minimal assistance though did not actively engage in the conflict for the planet. They were essentially mercenaries in the battle and committed various tasks for the right price.

By the time of the reformation of the Green Lantern Corps after the rebirth of the Guardians, the accord between them and the Spider Guild was still in effect. However, the Guild were working secretly in gaining insight into the future through precognitive individuals as well as planning an invasion of Oa itself. To accomplish this, they employed subspace web technology which forced stars to go into nova and become blackholes though they were effectively portals through which the Guild could move rapidly from one region of space to another. During these strikes, they secretly killed numerous Green Lanterns who were caught in the wake of the blackhole that formed and were written off as accidents.

The Guild's usage of blackholes was eventually discovered by Kyle Rayner, Guy Gardner and Kilowog who quickly returne to Oa with the news. However, the Spider Guild believed this to have been a breach of their terms with the Guardians and struck by igniting the sun and sending a large yellow colored fleet to assault the planet with the aim of ending the reign of the self titled Guardians. They were defeated, however, when the Green Lanterns send a massive burst of Oan ring energy into the subspace web which overloaded the generators thus destroying the primary nest. It was believed that without the leadership of the Guild Fathers, the rest of the next would slowly die.

The Omega Men were noted to had attacked one of the Guild's flesh farms forcing the freedom fighters to lie low. (Adam Strange: Planet Heist v1 #4)

The fate of the Spider Guild after these events is unknown though when a yellow Power Ring destroyed a freighter, there was fear that the Spider Guild had experienced a resurgence though this was not the case.

Overview

The Spider Guild sought other worlds in order to convert them into nests.

Lower ranking members of the Spider Guild were incapable of higher thoughts allowing enemies to sneak into their bases without the Guild's leadership noticing. However, once those memories returned to the hive mind then the Spider Guild were known to act.

The leaders of this empire were known as the Guild Fathers.

In other media

Television

  • In Green Lantern: The Animated Series, the Spider Guild were shown to be wardens of an asteroid prison facility where they tortured prisoners secretly and collected their fears within yellow crystals with this practice ending when Hal Jordan discovered their activities. A Guild ship was transporting a dangerous criminal with the ability to possess other organic beings with Sinestro being dispatched to take custody of the individual. The chain of events led to the Spider Guild ship being destroyed when the criminal took mental control over the captain of the vessel.

Appearances

  • Adam Strange: Planet Heist v1 #4

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