Amazing Spider-Man's 900th Issue and Sinister New Villain Lead Marvel's Upcoming Releases

Spider-Man is celebrating a special anniversary in Marvel's new releases.

The Amazing Spider-Man #6 marks the title's legacy 900th issue, arriving just in time for Spidey's 60th anniversary after the character first appeared in 1962. The oversized issue introduces a new villain based on the wallcrawler's classic rogues' gallery, the Sinister Adaptoid, which possesses the powers of each member of the Sinister Six: Doctor Octopus, Vulture, Kraven the Hunter, Electro, Mysterio and Sandman. However, Spider-Man is not the only bug-themed superhero celebrating a milestone with Marvel's Wednesday releases.

Also out is Ant-Man #1, a new title by writer Al Ewing and artist Tom Reilly that will explore the different iterations of Ant-Man over the years, from Hank Pym to Eric O'Grady, Scott Lang and even a future Ant-Man from the year 2549. Like Spider-Man, the miniseries arrives right in time for Ant-Man's 60th anniversary. The title will end in October with Ant-Man #4, which teases a team-up between all four Ant-Men given the spotlight in the series.

Other notable mentions for Marvel on Wednesday include the debut of Gambit, Genis-Vell: Captain Marvel and Wild Cards: The Drawing of Cards. The cover for The Variants #2 points towards a Jessica Jones/Daredevil romance, while Strange #4 will return Moon Knight's dangerous brother, Shadow Knight, to comics in a zombified form. The full list of releases can be found alphabetically below, covers and solicitations included.

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #6

ZEB WELLS (W) • ED MCGUINNESS (A) • Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR.
WRAPAROUND VARIANT COVER BY ED MCGUINNESS
VARIANT COVER BY PEACH MOMOKO
CONNECTING VARIANT COVER BY BENGAL
VARIANT COVER BY BEN SU • VARIANT COVER BY MARK BAGLEY
VARIANT COVER BY HUMBERTO RAMOS
VARIANT COVER BY JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO
VARIANT COVER BY JIM CHEUNG • VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG
VARIANT COVER BY JOHN CASSADAY • VARIANT COVER BY MARIA WOLF
VARIANT COVER BY TAURIN CLARKE • VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY JOHN ROMITA JR.
LANDMARK ISSUE #900!
The nine-hundredth issue of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN comes out the month of Spider-Man’s 60th Anniversary, and we are pulling out ALL THE STOPS!
Someone from Spider-Man’s past has captured the Sinister Six and used them to create the truly terrifying SINISTER ADAPTOID!
This is one of the biggest adventures in Spider-History and you will not believe the ending!
96 PGS./Rated T+ …$9.99

ANT-MAN #1 (OF 5)

AL EWING (W) • TOM REILLY (A/C) • Variant cover by David Baldeón
Variant cover by Skottie Young • Stormbreakers Variant COVER by Patrick Gleason
Flash back to the early days of Hank Pym’s career as the astonishing Ant-Man! It’s date night for Hank and his girlfriend Janet Van Dyne, but nobody told that to Ant-Man’s enemies! Watch as Hank’s ant-agonists band together to finally take down the scientific adventurer! But will anyone come to his rescue? And who is the mysterious stranger who stalks him? Join Al Ewing (IMMORTAL HULK) and Tom Reilly (THE THING) as they explore the history of every hero (past, present and future!) called Ant-Man!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

CAPTAIN AMERICA: SYMBOL OF TRUTH #3

TOCHI ONYEBUCHI (W) • R.B. SILVA (A/C)
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
VARIANT COVER BY NICK BRADSHAW
ON TRIAL IN LATVERIA!
Sam Wilson’s hunt for the source of a vibranium smuggling ring lands him in hot water with the one and only DOCTOR DOOM! Can Captain America escape Latveria with his life? And what dangerous secret has the Falcon, Joaquín Torres, stumbled across in his own hometown?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

GAMBIT #1 (OF 5)

CHRIS CLAREMONT (W) • SID KOTIAN (A) • Cover by WHILCE PORTACIO
VARIANT COVER BY PEACH MOMOKO
VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY PEACH MOMOKO
VARIANT COVER BY SALVADOR LARROCA
VARIANT COVER BY INHYUK LEE
VARIANT COVER BY SCOTT WILLIAMS
All-NEW ADVENTURES OF THE LEGENDARY THIEF BY CO-CREATOR CHRIS CLAREMONT!
You think you know all there is to know about Remy LeBeau, the Ragin’ Cajun, the mutant known as GAMBIT — but legendary X-scribe Chris
Claremont has an ace up his sleeve with this new series! Before he joined the X-MEN, Gambit encountered a mysterious girl named ‘RO —
the mutant STORM regressed to her child self by the nefarious NANNY — and the two went up against the forces of the SHADOW KING!
Now, revealed for the first time, Gambit finds his path to becoming the heroic X-Man millions of fans call their favorite! Joined by rising star artist Sid Kotian, Chris weaves a story of action, intrigue and revenge that made Gambit the mutant he is and forged his relationship with Storm. You’ll get a charge out of this one, mon ami!
32 PGS./Rated T+…$3.99

GENIS-VELL: CAPTAIN MARVEL #1 (OF 5)

PETER DAVID (W) • JUANAN RAMÍREZ (A) • Cover by MIKE MCKONE
VARIANT COVER BY TAURIN CLARKE
VARIANT COVER BY DAN JURGENS
VARIANT COVER BY PEACH MOMOKO
VARIANT COVER BY JUNI BA
STORMBREAKERS VARIANT COVER BY JUANN CABAL
PETER DAVID RETURNS TO GENIS-VELL, SON OF THE ORIGINAL CAPTAIN MARVEL!
Both now back in the land of the living, Genis-Vell and Rick Jones are about to come crashing back into each other!
Witness Genis-Vell, Captain Marvel return to the pages of his very own series written by legendary scribe Peter David, drawn by artist Juanan Ramírez!
Can Rick Jones save Genis — and himself — before they both fade out of existence? Is Rick’s ex-wife, Marlo, the key?
Find out when Peter David returns to take Genis-Vell to all-new heights!
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

IRON CAT #2 (OF 5)

JED MACKAY (W) • PERE PÉREZ (A/C)
Variant Cover by KEI ZAMA
Predator variant COVER by Mike Mayhew
THE CAT’S OUT OF THE BAG!
Iron Cat has it out for Felicia Hardy, the Black Cat, and will stop at nothing to tear Felicia down.
Meanwhile, all hell has broken loose at Stark Unlimited after Iron Cat broke in to steal the armor.
Iron Man and Black Cat join forces to stop their mutual enemy! This is one team-up you do NOT want to miss!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

STAR WARS: DOCTOR APHRA #22

ALYSSA WONG (W) • MINKYU JUNG (A)
Cover by W. SCOTT FORBES
CHOOSE YOUR DESTINY VARIANT COVER BY CHRIS SPROUSE
PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY PAULINA GANUCHEAU
Tainted by the SPARK ETERNAL, DOCTOR CHELLI APHRA is not herself!
Trapped in her own mind, Aphra’s only hope for escape lies in her own memories...
...but will she find a way out before the Spark consumes her completely?
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

STAR WARS: OBI-WAN KENOBI #3 (OF 5)

CHRISTOPHER CANTWELL (W) • ALESSANDRO MIRACOLO (A) • Cover by PHIL NOTO
VARIANT COVER BY GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI
CHOOSE YOUR DESTINY VARIANT COVER BY CHRIS SPROUSE
THE BATTLE OF ABRION BRIDGE!
While continuing to wait out a nasty sandstorm on Tatooine, Obi-Wan reflects on one of his most grueling experiences in the Clone Wars…
It’s a memory full of pain and bloodshed, and one that has lasting consequences.
The battle also reminds Obi-Wan of an age-old question he has long wrestled with throughout his life: what is a Jedi’s true purpose in war?
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
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STRANGE #4

JED MACKAY (W) • MARCELO FERREIRA (A) • Cover by Lee Garbett
Variant cover by Logan Lubera
FAMILY REUNION!
Clea’s mother Umar has come to visit, just as the Blasphemy Cartel launch their latest attack on the Sanctum Sanctorum!
And this time, they brought an unlikely foe to take down the Sorcerer Supreme!
Reintroducing the dark Moon Knight...Shadow Knight!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

THE VARIANTS #2 (OF 5)

GAIL SIMONE (W) • PHIL NOTO (A/C)
VARIANT COVER BY Ivan Shavrin
Jessica Jones is experiencing terrifying blackouts and leaving chaos and pain in her wake. But will the latest effects of her missing time leave her on the wrong side of the law AND her own family?
Meanwhile, the mysterious VARIANTS arrive, and Jessica fears for her own sanity!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

VENOM #9

RAM V (W) • BRYAN HITCH (A/C) • VARIANT COVER BY KYLE HOTZ
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
EDDIE BROCK, AL EWING & BRYAN HITCH UNITE FOR A TALE ACROSS TIME!
Eddie Brock is still getting used to his place in the symbiote hive, and with new allies and familiar faces alike offering him advice along the way, Eddie remains as canny, wary and reckless as ever. Little does he know, his battle across the cosmos has only just begun, and KANG THE CONQUERER has a front-row seat for its first act!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

WILD CARDS: THE DRAWING OF CARDS #1 (OF 4)

PAUL CORNELL (W) • MIKE HAWTHORNE (A) • COVER BY Steve Morris
VARIANT COVER BY Mike Hawthorne
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
THE LEGENDARY GEORGE R.R. MARTIN SUPER HERO SERIES COMES TO MARVEL!
Spanning more than 25 novels, more than 20 short stories, released over three decades and written by more than 40 authors, the Wild Cards series tells the story of an alternate history in which the Earth is home to super-powered individuals. When a human is infected with the alien “Wild Card” virus, the odds are that they will be killed…which is referred to as “drawing the black queen.” Of those who survive, the bulk of them become “jokers,” left with some strange mutated form. A lucky few are called “aces,” those gifted with super-powers they can put to use toward heroes goals…or villainous ones. Now, for the first time in comic book form, see how the Wild Cards universe began with an adaptation of the very first stories in the original Wild Cards novel. Based on stories by Harold Waldrop, Roger Zelazny and series mastermind and editor, George R.R. Martin, Wild Cards is a stellar introduction to a whole new world reshaped by the emergence of superpowers.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

WOLVERINE: PATCH #4 (OF 5)

LARRY HAMA (W) • ANDREA DI VITO (A)
Cover by GEOFF SHAW
Variant Cover by JUNGGEUN Yoon
WAR ON MULTIPLE FRONTS — WITH PATCH IN THE MIDDLE!
What started as simple recon in the jungles of Madripoor has erupted into all-out war!
Now if PATCH and the mutants known as the KRASNYS are to survive against the forces of GENERAL COY, NICK FURY & S.H.I.E.L.D. and the mysterious NEMIKOVA, it’s going to take a heavy dose of luck and adamantium rage!
And – what secret does the powerful new mutant ALEF hold?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

All of these issues go on sale July 27 from Marvel Comics.

Source: Marvel