Kind of a blah day today, but we've got a second for a book that restores a grievous error, or at least mentions it! From 2024,
Spider-Boy #10, "Spider-Boy Versus...the Spider-Verse!" Written by Dan Slott, art by Nathan Stockman.
I haven't got around to picking up his action figure yet, but the
OAFE review recaps his deal pretty clearly: when some other heroes were brought back by the Web of Life and Destiny, Spider-Boy also returned!...even if he really hadn't been around before; you just don't remember. This issue, Bailey Briggs had tried to get Arana and Madame Web to fix the spell that brought him back, since most didn't remember him, and his mom was missing. As usual, the spell goes awry, casting Spider-Boy into different Spider-Verses, starting here with Earth-67 (60's animated) Spidey, then Earth-51914, the Hostess--er, Mostess snack cake one!
Arana asks, how could that be, wasn't the
snack cake Spidey killed by Morlun? Silk explains, during a previous Spider-Verse thingee, she "broke Morlun
open, like a big ol' Spider-totem pinata," restoring if not all, most of the ones that had died. Yay!
Bailey continues getting dragged through the Spider-Verse, with a brief visit with Mayday/Spider-Girl, then a stop with all the Spideys and the Beyonder from the series finale of the 90's Fox cartoon. Bailey gets a little emotional, since he was just a little kid, and thought everyone was going to forget him, as he fades away...the end?
Not quite! Madame Web goes to plain old 616-Spidey for help, and asks him to make a sacrifice: during a Spider-Verse thing, Peter had been severed from the Web of Life, and got to spend a life with Uncle Ben, without being Spider-Man. He sacrifices those memories, to restore Bailey, with a joke about how he was pretty sure that kid still owed him five bucks. Wait, he was Spider-Boy
three years ago? What was he, four? Bailey excitedly says he has to call his mom, while Madame Web omniously whispers there may be a cost to be paid...
3 comments:
That definitely tells you how perpetually broke Peter is if he’s still wanting his change back after 3 years. Trust me Pete, it’s only gonna get worse with the tarrifs 😩
Wow, it’s like COIE but actually good! That editors note is actually right- most of those are my favorite Spider-Men. Always nice to see the 90’s series get some recognition, especially the episodes that basically predicted Spider-verse.
Facts!
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