Tag Archives: Spider-Man

What did Spider-Man do? That’s the question posed by April 27’s Amazing Spider-Man #1, which relaunches the ongoing title with a mystery surrounding some kind of terrible disaster, the responsibility for which apparently lies at Peter Parker’s feet.  But what Spidey did (or seems to be taking the blame for, …

What the heck is “legacy numbering” in comic books? You might have noticed something big happened in the world of Spider-Man in March 30’s Amazing Spider-Man #93 (opens in new tab), the issue in which Peter Parker’s clone, Ben Reilly, became a supervillain (get all the details on how that …

The ‘Spider-Man Beyond’ era comes to a close in March 30’s Amazing Spider-Man #93 (opens in new tab), and with it, the current volume of the title. ‘Spider-Man Beyond’ has been released weekly, focusing on Ben Reilly as the main Spider-Man working in the employ of the Beyond Corporation while …

Though he predates the ’70’s/’80s punk rock phenomenon by over a decade (debuting exactly 60 years ago in 1962!) Spider-Man has an odd history with punk music, with American genre pioneers The Ramones even covering Spidey’s famous ’60s cartoon theme song (opens in new tab).  (Image credit: Marvel Comics) (opens …

The recently introduced new Green Goblin legacy character Queen Goblin has been quite popular online since she was first announced by Marvel, and it seems we’ll all soon learn her story. In a preview of February 16’s Amazing Spider-Man #89 (opens in new tab), it’s revealed that Queen Goblin appears …

2022 is the 60th anniversary of Spider-Man (and a lot of other iconic Marvel characters) and Marvel has revealed one of what’s sure to be many marketing celebrations of the occasion – a series of variant covers featuring Marvel characters wearing versions of Spider-Man’s costume (or as close as they …

While moviegoers worldwide are flocking to see three Peter Parkers in No Way Home (oh c’mon, everyone’s got to know by now!) Marvel is getting ready to introduce readers to a transformed Peter Parker, with a new limited series titled Savage Spider-Man.  When is Spider-Man ‘Savage’ and not ‘Amazing’ or …

Marvel’s next big event Devil’s Reign is set in the publisher’s literal definition of the term ‘street level,’ in the New York City neighborhoods of Daredevil and the event’s antagonist Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin of crime.  And like most Marvel events, Devil’s Reign has crossover issues, tie-in specials, and series, …

Happy Marvel Comics New Year! That’s right, Marvel’s January 2022 solicitations have arrived, and the publisher is celebrating with a host of new series and the continuation of Kingpin’s latest bid to seize power, Devil’s Reign, that includes new tie-ins starring the Winter Soldier, Villains for Hire starring the latest …

Dan Slott is the most prolific Spider-Man writer of all time, having written Marvel Comics’ Amazing Spider-Man for 10 years – and that’s without counting his work on other Spider-Man comics, games, and TV shows. But in all those years, there are two big story ideas he never was able …