Marvel has announced something fairly shocking; the return of Superior Spider-Man to comics. The new series will debut this December, written by Spider-Geddon scribe Christos Gage with illustrations from artist Mike Hawthorne.
Fans need not worry as Otto Octavius will not be taking over Peter Parker's body. At the end of CloneConspiracy he made a new clone body that had the same powers Peter Parker had, and he went by Superior Octopus at one point. In fact, there's a Superior Octopus one-shot that will tie-in to Spider-Geddon also written by Gage, so that might be set up this series.
(Marvel Comics/Travis Charest)
Seemingly set after Spider-Geddon, the series has Otto taking up the Superior mantle again to prove that he is the best superhero in the world. It's gonna be interesting seeing a Superior Spider-Man co-exist with the Amazing one we all know and love. He'll also have to contend with Miles Morales - who is still Spider-Man despite teasing that he'd stop using the identity in Spider-Men II - and Peter's clones; Kaine and Ben Reilly.
The solicitation of the first issue is pretty vague but it does promise to be surprising in a similar vein to the original, which took a lot of chances for a Marvel ongoing series.
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #1
CHRISTOS GAGE (W) • MIKE HAWTHORNE (A)
COVER BY TRAVIS CHAREST
Otto Octavius leaves the moniker of Doctor Octopus behind and once again becomes THE SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN! If you think you've already read the most intense and surprisingly heartbreaking Superior Spider-Man story, prepare to be wrong. Otto is going to prove to the world that he's the most effective and (to him at least) the best super hero in the world. But when a villain that overpowers him by so much shows up in San Francisco, there's no way Ock can win, right? Can you see Otto smirking from where you're reading this?
Superior Spider-Man #1 hits comic stores this December.
Via ComicBook.com
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