Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is coming to Disney+ on January 29, 2025. But in advance of the new animated series’s release, Marvel Comics is releasing an official prequel series, starting in December.
Written by Christos Gage and drawn by Eric Gapstur, the new five-issue miniseries takes place in the earliest days of this revamped Spider-Man, and shows off his supporting cast, and iconic villains.
“I’ve had the privilege of writing a lot of Spider-Man’s adventures, both in comics and in the Insomniac video games, but one thing I’ve never gotten the chance to do is recount his earliest exploits,” Gage said via press release. “And the exciting part about this book is it’s a brand new take on those formative times. While this is definitely Peter Parker, the Spidey we know and love, he’s got a new cast of supporting characters – including Nico Minoru, who you may know from Runaways – and some surprising twists!”
You can check out some first-look artwork below, as well as covers by Leonardo Romero, Natacha Bustos, and InHyuk Lee along with a special Animation Variant Cover.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #1 Preview
Check out three unlettered pages and four covers from the December 11, 2024 publishing issue here! Click the thumbnails for a larger version:
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #1 Official Synopsis:
PREQUEL TO THE ALL-NEW ANIMATED SERIES!
In Marvel Animation’s Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Peter Parker is on his way to becoming a hero, with a journey unlike what we’ve seen before and a style that celebrates the character’s earliest comic book roots. In this new comic book series, you can take the very first steps along with him as he discovers his powers, decides to become a hero, and even picks out his name and costume! Now Peter’s gotta survive an entire Freshman year as a newbie crime-fighting vigilante…and if you think you know how this story goes, you are in for a surprise!
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