A throwdown between Marvel's new Spider-Man and Miles Morales will close out the publisher's calendar year.
Amazing Spider-Man #81 by Saladin Ahmed and Carlos Gómez pits Ben Reilly against Miles Morales in a battle of Spider-Men. The issue features the Beyond Corporation taking offense to an unlicensed web-slinger operating around Brooklyn after filing for the Spider-Man trademark.
Marvel also released details on other developments during the Beyond era of Amazing Spider-Man by creative talents such as Patrick Gleason, Cody Ziglar, Zeb Wells, Kelly Thompson and Saladin Ahmed. For example, we now know why Ben Reilly replaces Peter Parker as Spider-Man. Somehow Peter winds up with an ailment that sends him to the hospital and on death's door. This leads to the rekindling of an old romance between Aunt May and her ex-fiancé Doctor Octopus in writer Cody Ziglar and artist Ivan Fiorelli's Amazing Spider-Man #80.BEY.
Meanwhile, Amazing Spider-Man #82 by writer Saladin Ahmed and artist Jorge Fornés follows Mary Jane at the bedside of Peter Parker in the McCarthy Medical Center. Marvel's Stormbreaker Patrick Gleason pulls double duty as writer/artist on Amazing Spider-Man #83 as Ben Reilly faces unbeatable odds. Then, the events in Amazing Spider-Man #80.BEY put Doctor Octopus on a collision course with Ben Reilly and the Beyond Corporation in Cody Ziglar and artist Paco Medina's Amazing Spider-Man #84.
Finally, a Beyond tie-in in December's Miles Morales: Spider-Man #33 by Saladin Ahmed and artist Michele Bandini picks up the story threads from Miles' fight with Ben Reilly in Amazing Spider-Man #81, sending Miles and his clone Shift on a new quest.
Amazing Spider-Man #80.BEY and Miles Morales: Spider-Man #33 go on sale Dec. 1, followed by Amazing Spider-Man #81 on Dec. 8, Amazing Spider-Man #82 on Dec. 15, Amazing Spider-Man #83 on Dec. 22 and Amazing Spider-Man #84 on Dec. 29.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #80.BEY
- Written by CODY ZIGLAR
- Art by IVAN FIORELLI
- Cover by MARK BAGLEY
- On Sale 12/1
- With her nephew at death’s door, May Parker is not just going to sit around accepting that Peter’s ailments aren’t solvable with conventional means. Aunt May is going to seek unconventional means by way of her ex-fiancé Doctor Octopus!
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #81
- Written by SALADIN AHMED
- Art by CARLOS GÓMEZ
- Beyond Board: PATRICK GLEASON, CODY ZIGLAR, ZEB WELLS, KELLY THOMPSON & SALADIN AHMED
- Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS
- On Sale 12/8
- It's new Spider-Man vs. newest Spider-Man
- The Beyond Corporation paid a lot of money for the Spider-Man trademark and does not take kindly to an unlicensed Spider-Man running around Brooklyn. So it’s up to Ben Reilly to take Miles Morales down.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #82
- Written by SALADIN AHMED
- Art by JORGE FORNÉS
- Beyond Board: PATRICK GLEASON, CODY ZIGLAR, ZEB WELLS, KELLY THOMPSON & SALADIN AHMED
- Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS
- On Sale 12/15
- Something horribly wrong is happening at the McCarthy Medical Center. Mary Jane Watson is trying to nurse the bedridden Peter to health, but when Peter’s roommate disappears, MJ has to step up. Can MJ and a nonmobile Peter get to the bottom of this hospital mystery?
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #83
- Written by PATRICK GLEASON
- Art by PATRICK GLEASON
- Beyond Board: ZEB WELLS, KELLY THOMPSON, SALADIN AHMED, CODY ZIGLAR & PATRICK GLEASON
- Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS
- On Sale 12/22
- The Web-Head is facing unbeatable odds again. Can he rise to the occasion and save the day?
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #84
- Written by CODY ZIGLAR
- Art by PACO MEDINA
- Beyond Board: SALADIN AHMED, PATRICK GLEASON, ZEB WELLS, KELLY THOMPSON & CODY ZIGLAR
- Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS
- Variant Cover by CORY SMITH
- On Sale 12/29
- The events of ASM #80.BEY have set Doctor Octopus on a collision course with the Beyond Corporation and their Spider-Hero in residence. Ben Reilly isn’t the only one with new tricks up his sleeve, or, in Ock’s case, MANY sleeves.
MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN #33
- Written by SALADIN AHMED
- Art by MICHELE BANDINI
- Cover by TAURIN CLARKE
- On Sale 12/1
- The events of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #81 open up a can of worms and send Miles and Shift on a quest that will have dire effects on both of them. What does this mean for Ben Reilly? Keep reading, True Believers!
Source: Marvel