According to Comicbook.com, The new Marvel comic, Spidey, takes us back to High School with Peter Parker. The older and more experienced Peter will still be active in Amazing Spider-Man by Dan Slott. Marvel is allowing us to experience both and somehow it is in “continuity”.
Fifteen year old Peter Parker has only been Spider-Man for a short time. He is trying to balance his life at High School, his family life with Aunt May, and being the Web Head. “before he was Amazing… he was Spidey” (Comicbook.com)
Spidey will be written by Robbie Thompson of Silk fame. Nick Bradshaw of Wolverine and the X-Men will handle the art. They will take us back to the era of Spidey that was written by Stan Lee and drawn by Steve Ditko.
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But I’m also really excited to explore Peter’s high school life. I think one of the things I’ve always loved about Peter is that he’s an outsider. I can relate to that. And yet, he finds ways to fit in — as himself. That was a really important thing for me to see as a kid: that it was okay to be yourself, to be an outsider, and yet fit in because of that. That being an outsider or different could be a strength. And I hope that kids that pick up this book see that as well. Be different. Be weird. Be yourself.
The title “Spidey” suggests a lighter tone and feel for this book. Is that the direction you going for? Are you planning to give Spidey that light-hearted, optimistic tone that defined Stan Lee’s run?
Absolutely. Our target is that anyone can pick up the book.
The next Spider-Man movie is also set during Peter Parker’s high school years. Are you looking to that film’s progression and production for any inspiration? Or, conversely, are you hoping to see some of your plot threads show up on the big screen?
As a fan, I’m very excited to see the new MCU Peter Parker and Spider-Man. I can’t wait to see him up on the big screen again. But since that’s a little ways out, we’re going to try to carve out our own little corner of the younger Spider-Man years. We’re all playing in the same sandbox and as I mentioned before, there are a lot of stories left to be explored in the younger years.
Excellent. So before we wrap up, is there anything else you wanted to mention?
Nick Bradshaw’s work on the book has just blown me away. I’ve been a fan of his for a long time. He has a fantastic story and character sense and his work just leaps off the page. Having a front row seat to watch him work through designs, layouts, pencils and so on has been an absolute thrill. He’s brilliant and has been killing it on this book — I can’t wait for people to see his pages!
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