WARNING: This article contains major spoilers for Spider-Geddon #1 by Christos Gage, Dan Slott, Jorge Molina, David Curiel and VC's Travis Lanham, on sale now.


It's a pretty good time to be a fan of the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. September saw the release of the critically-acclaimed Marvel's Spider-Man for the PlayStation 4, winning rave reviews for its unique story and overall playing experience. Not to be outdone, October brought with it a new trailer for the animated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse feature film starring Miles Morales.

Into the Spider-Verse stars spider-themed heroes meeting for the first time, which plays into the subject matter of Marvel's Spider-Geddon, a sequel to the Spider-Verse 2014 event. Spider-Geddon will introduce the PS4 Spider-Man into the comic book continuity for the first time, but as we learned during New York Comic Con, Peter Parker won't be the focal point for the event series. Instead, Miles Morales will be the leading man with characters like Spider-Gwen, May "Mayday" Parker, Spider-Ham, Spider-UK, Spider-Punk and many more fighting the evil Inheritors right alongside him.

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A wildcard among the oversized cast of spider characters is Otto Octavius, the Superior Octopus. Otto has set up shop in San Francisco, CA to become the city's newest protector in his attempt to be a good guy, with slightly unethical methods. Part of Otto's plan involves creating multiple cloned bodies to transfer his consciousness into, using technology stolen from The Jackal and the Inheritors to make it happen. What the Superior Octopus doesn't realize is his cloning process has opened an avenue for the Inheritors to escape the Earth that the Spider-Men and Women trapped them on in Spider-Verse.

The backup story in Spider-Geddon #0 showed the first stage of the Inheritors' plan with Superior Octopus #1 continuing that story. Luckily, the Web Warriors (Miles, Spider-Gwen, Spider-UK, Spider-Ham, Mayday Parker, Spider-Man Noir, Spider-Punk and Octavia Otto) discovered the danger and have set out to destroy the cloning tech before the Inheritors can return for good. But with Otto being Otto, he's not one to accept failure and ends up fighting against the Web Warriors, allowing the Inheritors just enough time to make an explosive entrance.

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With comic book events, the possibility for casualties runs pretty high. Inserting a death into a storyline can be used as a way to up the emotional stakes, and with a cast as large as the one in Spider-Geddon, that unfortunately means some of our favorite superheroes are going to die.

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The Inheritors Go On A Spider Hunt

Being professionals at the cloning process allows the Inheritors to piggyback on the Web Warrior's scouting bots to gain access to Earth-616. And with Otto's cloned bodies, they now have available bodies to reappear into.

Spider-Man Noir tries to blow the pods but is met by Morlun, the first Inheritor Spider-Man encountered in 2001's Amazing Spider-Man #30. With the odds not looking good for his survival, Spider-Man Noir reads the writing on the wall and does one last heroic act -- shooting a canister to cause an explosion that will kill himself and hopefully Morlun.

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Morlun, however, survives the blast and absorbs Spider-Man Noir's life force, making him even stronger than before. Spider-Man Noir hailed from Earth-90214 where Peter Parker lived in the Great Depression era. Whereas the majority of Spider-Men wear red-and-blue in their costumes, Spider-Man Noir chose all-black leather and handguns for his weapon of choice.

With Spider-Man Noir dead, Morlun tangles with the remaining Web Warriors. Outnumbered, it should only be a matter of time before the heroes defeat Morlun, but where there's one Inheritor, more are sure to follow. While Spider-UK lays some heavy blows to Morlun, his sister Verna comes up from behind and swiftly snaps his neck, killing the Spider-Man/Captain Britain amalgamation as well.

The Inheritor Jennix is also back, but when he goes to feed on the Superior Octopus, Jennix recognizes Otto to not be a true spider totem (since he's occupying a cloned body). This small detail is enough to have Jennix spare Otto, though why he doesn't go through he could have killed the Superior Octopus anyway, at least to not have to worry about him anymore. But that just goes to show how little the Inheritors respect their opponents.

Our remaining Web Warriors are Superior Octopus, Miles Morales, Spider-Gwen and Spider-Punk, making it a four-on-three fight. We can expect Spider-Geddon #2 to introduce more of the Web Warriors, but more than likely more Inheritors will also show up to make it a battle royale.

Spider-Man Noir and Spider-UK are fan-favorite characters, and there will be many readers who will bombard Marvel creators and message boards to voice their approval at their deaths. The only thing I would caution is don't expect Spider-Man Noir and Spider-UK to be the only deaths in Spider-Geddon. For now, let's mourn the passings and hope the death count stays at a minimum.

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