By some means, the Superior Spider-Man Has Returned

With Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse being a theatrical success and Spider-Man 2 set to hit the PlayStation 5 in October, everybody’s obtained Spiders on the mind. Ahead of the movie’s launch, Marvel made an effort to push particular Spider-Man variants equivalent to Pavitr Prabhakar (Spider-Man India) and Hobie Brown (Spider-Punk). But there’s one Spider who doesn’t seem in that film, however is surprisingly coming again to comics after just a few years of being retired.

Following a small tease in June, Marvel Comics confirmed at San Diego Comic-Con {that a} new run of Superior Spider-Man was in the works. The character’s unique co-creator Dan Slott is ready to return to write down the guide, with Ultimate Spider-Man artist Mark Bagley available for artwork, persevering with the two’s partnership following their present Spider-Man run. This new run might be preceded by a one-shot in October that sees the arrival of a villain from Spidey’s Superior days. When this presently unnamed villain exhibits up trying to make hassle for each Peter Parker and Otto Octavius, it results in Superior’s return.

If you don’t keep in mind, Superior was certainly one of the extra controversial components to Slott’s lengthy tenure as a Spider-Man author. In early 2013, Slott had Doctor Octopus swap our bodies with Peter Parker to keep away from dying from most cancers. While Ock was profitable in the swap, he turned impressed by Peter’s dying want and endeavored to change into a greater, extra superior model of the wallcrawler. With Ryan Stegman, Humberto Ramos, and Giuseppe Camuncoli available as artists, Superior lasted by way of fall 2014 (just a few months after Amazing Spider-Man 2 got here to theaters) and noticed Otto Spidey make some strikes that prompted him to lose his Avengers membership and put New York at risk, prompting Peter’s return. A second run from Christos Gage and Mike Hawthorne launched in 2018, this time with Otto in a model new clone physique as a substitute of jacking Peter’s, and that wrapped in 2019 so Otto might be a villain once more.

The re-emergence of Superior Spidey follows in the latest arrival of Spider-Boy (a child named Bailey Briggs), who’s additionally set to have his personal solo comedian. Whether that is all paving the manner for his or her eventual turns in an upcoming film (or online game) or some large Spider-comics occasion in 2024, it’s possible that issues gained’t finish right here.

Superior Spider-Man Returns #1 releases on October 11, adopted by Superior Spider-Man #1 on November 15.

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