Marvel Comics is relaunching Spectacular Spider-Man and taking the character back to how comic fans know Peter Parker best: a return to the wall-crawler’s down-on-his-luck days.
The announcement of Marvel Comics returning Peter Parker to his roots follows the recent rumor that Marvel Comics is bringing back its iconic characters.
Peter Parker recently became a tech millionaire running his own company, which hasn’t been that well received by fans.
Chip Zdarsky offered:
The main book, Amazing Spider-Man, has kept things fresh by stretching the character and his situation. It’s still classic Spider-Man at its core, but transposed into new settings. With this book, we’re using the same Spider-Man in-continuity but shifting the spotlight back to his NYC environment and supporting cast. But even though we’re pushing to make it a more personal book, we’re still going to have big adventures with ramifications that’ll be felt in his other books. If I had, like, a true mission statement for the title though, it would be: “Have fun, have heart, have stakes.” My personal mission statement going into the book is “With great power comes something something I don’t know I’ve never had power before.
He’s misunderstood and underestimated, either as Pete or Spider-Man. He’s the mascot for New York City, and, like a sports mascot, that means he’s beloved by children and endured by adults. He’s the only street-level superhero who could beat a herald of Galactus in a fight. He feels things stronger than any other hero and covers that up with jokes. He’s Spider-Man!
