A comiXologist Recommends:
Jonah Chuang recommends Amazing Spider-Man #9Whoa! After months of teaser posters and one-shot tie-ins, Spider-Verse finally comes to the main Marvel Universe. In Amazing Spider-Man #9, the most epic Spider-Man event ever begins as Peter Parker (our P.P.) teams up with all the Spiders of this universe, his other selves and alternate versions of friends long thought dead in order to face the most powerful and dangerous enemies he’s ever faced.
In case you haven’t been following the Spider-books recently, the villain, Morlun (from the classic JMS run of Amazing Spider-Man) and his family, the Inheritors, have been traveling through the multiverse hunting down Spider-totem heroes, killing them, and eating them. A few of our heroes manage to get away and regroup in an outer dimension, but none of them seem strong enough to put up any kind of defense. Enter Peter Parker.
A long time ago, Peter Parker faced Morlun and managed to hurt him in a way no one ever had before (though it pretty much killed him to do so). As a result, the Inheritors have been mostly keeping away from the mainstream Marvel Universe. Now that’s all changed, and the stage is set for the biggest Spider-battle ever.
If you’re not sold yet, you should just buy this book because it’s gorgeous. The legendary Olivier Coipel provides pencils for all of Dan Slott’s moments with Mayday Parker, his wacky moments with the Spectacular Spider-Ham, and his heroic moments with Spider-Gwen, alternate Ben Reilly, and all the rest.
On a related note, if you haven’t checked out Gwen Stacy: Spider-Woman, you should. The character has since been given her own ongoing series and the first issue was “beyond sold out”, almost right away, according to more than one comic store employee. Fear not, though, it’s available at the link above.
Jonah Chuang is a Production Coordinator Assistant at comiXology. Spider-Gwen is the girl of his dreams.
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