Dustin Gebel
Marvel has revealed new details about the upcoming Spider-Boy solo series, which puts the spotlight on Bailey Briggs, who was recently introduced in the pages of Spider-Man. The series will be written by Dan Slott with art by Paco Medina when it launches this November. The book picks up from Spider-Man as Spider-Boy tries to balance recovering his missing time while battling Madame Monstrosity, the woman who gave Bailey his powers.
Slott described in the press release his inspiration and goals for the series, stating:
“Spider-Man isn’t supposed to have a sidekick. That’s just wrong on so many levels. And that is exactly why we are going to have so much fun with this. Both this character—and this new title—are going to break all the rules. Bailey Briggs is going to have over-the-top adventures in the Spider-Man corner of the Marvel Universe. He’ll be facing off against a mix of both all-new villains and fan-favorite Spidey bad guys. The one thing we can promise you, whenever you pick up a copy of SPIDER-BOY, we are going to take the weirdest and wildest swings with every single story! Our goal is to get every reader to ask two questions: ‘What in the hell did I just read?!’ and ‘When is the NEXT one coming out?!'”
Alongside the description of the series, Marvel also revealed some of the upcoming interior pages alongside covers from Humberto Ramos, Skottie Young, Kaare Andrews, and more. Those can be seen below:
SPIDER-BOY #1
Written by DAN SLOTT
Art by PACO MEDINA
Cover by HUMBERTO RAMOS
Virgin Variant Cover by HUMBERTO RAMOS
Variant Cover by DAVID AJA
Negative Space Variant Cover by JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
Variant Cover by SKOTTIE YOUNG
Foil Variant Cover by KAARE ANDREWS
Homage Variant Cover by LUCIANO VECCHIO
Variant Cover by CHRIS CAMPANA
On Sale 11/1