The Spider was a mid-to-late '60s British super anti-hero adventure comic strip created by artist Reg Bunn and writer Ted Cowan; Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel took over writing duties in '66. Love Bunn's black and white spidery lines—check 'em out in a review of a recently released collection here. More about the series on Wikipedia.
~~~~~~~~~ The original 16" x 6.75" watercolor art for today's new A* page is up for auction on eBay. : )