"The Grandmother of Terror!"

Dianne Grayton was a wealthy and beautiful young woman who grew bored and decided to become "the most horrible dispenser of justice of all times." She started disguising herself as a classic Hallowe'en witch and using her spiders to scare and punish villains.

She became romantically involved with Raven when he saved her from German agents, and she formed a crime fighting team with him. Also, Phantom Lady teamed up with them on several occasions even though Spider Widow feared she was a rival for Raven's affections.

Her enemies included the Spider Man.

Her power is to control black widow spiders. She is also athletic and a skilled fighter.

* Feature Comics #57-72
* Police Comics #21 & 22

*The Spider Widow was ranked seventh in the Huffington Post's list of the [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-madrid/most-badass-comic-book-he_b_4114382.html 10 Most Bada** Comic Book Heroines].

*[http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/s/spidwido.htm International Hero]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_Widow Wikipedia]
*[http://www.toonopedia.com/spidrwid.htm Toonopedia]
*[http://pfeonline.tripod.com/20three1.html Pure Excitement Comics]
*[https://www.cosmicteams.com/quality/profiles/SpiderWidowRaven.html Spider Widow and the Raven at DC Cosmic Teams]
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