Towards the end of 1992, I created "Spike"... a black bat with a tail (inspired by an actual bat called a "Mexican Free-Tailed Bat) that, much like Bom, did not have a visual face. Spike was an adventurer who would explore abandoned areas with his two colleagues, Plecky (Stripe's brother, a drunkard who loved money) and Martin (a sophisticated dog in fine apparel and a top hat) in search of treasure. All their personalities clashed, but they all tolerated each other for the sake of their adventure's results... on the subject of the relationship amongst the three "friends", Martin was the one who was often undermined the most as he was the easiest to pick on... yet, he always joined adventure after adventure. Their reasons for exploration differed from each other's: Plecky explored in search of money or items that can be traded for money, Martin explored in search of rare artifacts as he is a collector of "The finer things" and Spike explored in search of treasure overall, but inwardly, for adventure!

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The abandoned areas they would explore were mostly old mansions, castles, sunken ships and tombs that were often haunted. The three would encounter monsters and spirits but would mostly be antagonized by a particular spirit named "Foster" and his band of "Krems" (which is "smerk" spelled backwards), hovering Black spheres with a large smile and no eyes that emitted electricity or fire and had a blue or red glow.

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I was very hesitant on whether I should upload these comics because I have only recovered 5 that were actually legible (since I started drawing before I learned to spell, like we all probably did), but I did because I've always liked the storyline of "Spike". For not being a bigger story Like "Whispers" and "Timmy Marus", I think "Spike" is an entertaining storyline in itself and well worth the small upload of comics just to see what the characters looked like.