Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is published by Marvel Comics. Current price per issue is $2.99.

Last Issue

 * Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #4: 18 Jan 2006

Current Issue

 * Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #5: 01 Mar 2006

Next Issue

 * Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #6: 16 Mar 2006

Status
On-Going monthly.

Main Characters

 * Spider-Man/Peter Parker - Bitten by a radioactive spider, Peter Parker gained spider-like abilities, including super agility & strength, wall-climbing, and web-shooting. After his Uncle Ben was killed by a street criminal, Peter took up the mantle of Spider-Man to fight crime.

Allies

 * Mary Jane Watson-Parker - Actress/Model. Wife to Peter Parker.


 * May Parker/Aunt May - Peter Parker's aunt. Raised him (along with her late husband Ben) after the death of Peter's parents.

Other Characters/Places/Things

 * J. Jonah Jameson - Publisher of the Daily Bugle. Peter's sometime employer, but Spider-Man's nemesis.

Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #5
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Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #4
"The Other: Evolve or Die" part 10 of 12: "Pirate Booty." Having returned from being seemingly dead, Peter undergoes a battery of tests by Tony Stark and Reed Richards. Menwhile, Flash Thompson, suffering from amnesia, gets a job as a P.E. teacher at the same high school where Peter works. Peter takes Mary jane out on one of his Spider-Man patrols, and when they return to Avengers Tower they find that it is all webbed up. Entering to investigate, Spider-Man inds that his 'corpse' has been devoured by spiders, and he battles a mysterious woman made of spiders. During the battle, Spidey discovers that he has a new power: sharp 'stingers' that protrude out of his wrists.

Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #3
"The Other: Evolve or Die" part 7 of 12. Beaten to a pulp my Morlun, Spider-Man is brought back to Avengers HQ for medical care. Later, Morlun attacks Peter to finish the job, endangering Mary Jane who is keeping vigil at Peter's bedside. Peter makes one last push to save Mary Jane and defeat Morlun, but the exertion is too much for his weakened state and he dies. Continued in Marvel Knights Spider-Man #21.

Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #2
"The Other: Evolve or Die" part 4 of 12: "Bargaining." In search of a cure for his condition, Spider-Man visits Reed Richards, Black Panther, and Dr. Strange, but the message from all three is the same: he is dying, and there's no cure. Continued in Marvel Knights Spider-Man #20.

Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #1
"The Other--Evolve or Die, Part 1: Shock" - After experiencing problems with his powers and becoming injured in a battle with a super-villain, Spider-Man visits a doctor, and the resulting blood tests reveal that something is going very wrong. Continued in Marvel Knights Spider-Man #19.

Collections

 * Spider-Man: The Other - Collects #1-4, plus Amazing Spider-Man #525-528 & Marvel Knights Spider-Man #19-22. "The lives of Peter Parker and everyone close to him change forever! Haunted by unsettling dreams. Disturbed by a growing sense of dread. Convinced that people are out to get him. A portrait of someone on the edge of a nervous breakdown? Nah. Simply a typical day for Peter Parker, as your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man must contend with a new and deadly opponent named Tracer, self-defense lessons with Captain America and some disturbing news that will change his life in a distinctly negative manner. This is the startling super-story that turns the wall-crawler's world upside down and setting the stage for the year to come." - (forthcoming, April 2006)

Publishing History
Began publication in October 2005.

Future Publication Dates
Dates subject to change at the whims of the publisher or distributor. Please see the Diamond Shipping Lists for current information.


 * Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #6: 16 Mar 2006
 * Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #7: 05 Apr 2006
 * Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #8: 03 May 2006

Links

 * Marvel Comics - Publisher Website
 * Spider-Man