Spider Troupe

The Spider Troupe is a group that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-off comics published by Archie Comics. The Spider Troupe first appeared in Sonic Universe #59. Formed during the Post-Super Genesis Wave World, the Spider Troupe, along with Team Dark–Shadow the Hedgehog, Rouge the Bat, and E-123 Omega–were sent to the New Black Comet to eliminate the Black Arms from preventing further harm to their already-shattered planet, as well as to kill off the Black Arms to extinction.

As their name suggests, the Spider Troupe have helmets with six holes, which look similar to eyes of an arachnids, to breath. Their suits are mostly colored gray, with red stripes throughout. Their leader is Captain Andrews, who leads Clayton, Lodge, Cooper, and Mantle through the New Black Comet during the events of Shadow Fall.

Shadow Fall
The Spider Troupe–Captain Andrews, Clayton, Lodge, Cooper, and Mantle–along with Team Dark–Shadow the Hedgehog, Rouge the Bat, and E-123 Omega–were assigned by Abraham Tower to exterminate the Black Arms, who had arrived nearby the orbit of Mobius, from preventing any further harm to the planet, which, at the time, had been shattered into pieces. Thus, Team Dark and Spider Troupe had flew to space in the UFSF Ratatosk and approached the New Black Comet. Team Dark and Spider Troupe were then quickly ambushed by several Black Arm soldiers. However, they were easily wiped out by the two G.U.N. teams. Thus, the Spider Troupe and Team Dark search farther inside the comet, until they are caught at a dead end. Shadow then finds a Red Slime he can travel through, as he leaves the rest of the G.U.N. members. Shadow travels to a chamber with a horde of Black Arms while the Spider Troupe and the rest of Team Dark are trapped inside the same room that Shadow traveled from, as the G.U.N. soldiers had began to suffocate with poisonous gas that can stun any non-Black Arms person.

Trivia

 * All of the team members of the Spider Troupe are from the last names of several characters from the Archie comic series also published by Archie Comics.
 * Captain Andrews - Archie Andrews
 * Clayton - Chuck Clayton
 * Lodge - Veronica Lodge
 * Cooper - Betty Cooper
 * Mantle - Reggie Mantle
 * There has been an inconsistent amount of members of the Spider Troupe; when first shown, there are at least thirteen members, but it was shorten by seven when approaching to the New Black Comet. Throughout the Shadow Fall saga, there are five members of Spider Troupe, with one inside a Giga Trooper. It was later revealed that the rest of the Spider Troupe (or at least G.U.N. soldiers) were inside the UFSF Ratatosk.