Written by Taboo and B. Earl and drawn by artist Juan Ferreyra, Deadly Neighborhood Spider-Man is a five-issue limited series that delivers a revolutionary dark take on the iconic web-slinger. The saga kicks off with Peter Parker swinging over to Los Angeles, but what he finds there are definitely not angels.
Demons are waiting to prey on Peter’s greatest fears and most haunting insecurities and bring them to life. In the process, Peter’s dark side will awaken and send the hero spiralling into a waking nightmare where he’ll emerge as the Friendly Deadly Neighborhood Spider-Man.
The first issue arrived on stands yesterday, and Marvel Comics has now released a trailer featuring never-before-seen artwork of Peter’s terrifying encounter with the central villain of this mystery: the infamous X-Men and New Mutants foe known as the Demon Bear!
In addition, the trailer features Taboo’s "Welcome to the Neighborhood," an original track by the Grammy Award-winning member of the Black Eyed Peas.
"It was an absolute ‘Fanboy’ dream come true for B. Earl and me to work with our amazing team made up of Juan Ferreyra, and editors Devin Lewis, Thomas Groneman, and Nick Lowe," Taboo says. "As a Native/Mexican kid from East Los Angeles, I never would have dreamed I would be creating stories with Marvel Comics—let alone getting to co-write and bring Deadly Neighborhood Spider-Man to my city of Pasadena, California!"
"This story is not only a crazy roller coaster of a read, it’s also paying homage to the love that B. Earl and I have for the horror films of the 80s," he adds. "When creating ‘Welcome to the Neighborhood,’ I was inspired by songs like ‘A Nightmare on My Street’ by Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince and ‘Children’s Story’ by Slick Rick."
What is reality and what is dream? What is science and what is magic? These questions and many more will make Peter's head spin in the pages of Deadly Neighborhood Spider-Man, and it looks like the best is yet to come in the hero's battle against the Demon Bear...