SPIDER-BOY #1 Variant Cover By Kaare Andrews Shows The Sidekick Swinging Into Action With Spider-Man

SPIDER-BOY #1 Variant Cover By Kaare Andrews Shows The Sidekick Swinging Into Action With Spider-Man

Marvel Comics has unveiled a spectacular new variant cover for Spider-Boy #1 by Kaare Andrews (Spider-Man: Reign) and it puts Peter Parker front and centre alongside the sidekick he's somehow forgotten.

By JoshWilding - Sep 14, 2023 03:09 PM EST
Filed Under: Marvel Comics

On the surface, Spider-Boy might be one of the worst ideas Marvel Comics has dreamed up in quite some time. Many fans have rolled their eyes at the prospect of Spider-Man getting a Robin-like sidekick, but there's definitely still a lot of interest in this young web-slinger. 

Multiple sold-out printings of his key appearances and a mysterious backstory that's gripped people's imaginations are proof of that, and Spider-Boy's impact on the Marvel mythos is certainly noteworthy. However, it's going to get even bigger when he headlines his own solo series this November.

Harkening back to the 1990s, Spider-Boy #1 will shine on comic stands with a Foil Variant Cover. Illustrated by acclaimed artist Kaare Andrews, this new piece captures Spider-Man and Spider-Boy's special bond that was forged over their countless adventures together...adventures that no one but Spider-Boy remembers.

Leaping from the pages of Dan Slott and Mark Bagley Spider-Man, the series will finally reveal the startling origin of Bailey Briggs, Peter Parker's long-lost sidekick. In addition, Spider-Boy's very own rogues gallery will be introduced, including the mad scientist behind his creation.

As Spider-Boy digs into his top-secret past, he'll discover the shocking reason why everyone in the Marvel Universe has forgotten him and if there's anything he can do to fix it.

"Spider-Man isn't supposed to have a sidekick. That's just wrong on so many levels. And that is exactly why we are going to have so much fun with this," Slott says. "Both this character - and this new title - are going to break all the rules. Bailey Briggs is going to have over-the-top adventures in the Spider-Man corner of the Marvel Universe." 

"He'll be facing off against a mix of both all-new villains and fan-favorite Spidey bad guys. The one thing we can promise you, whenever you pick up a copy of Spider-Boy, we are going to take the weirdest and wildest swings with every single story!" the writer adds. "Our goal is to get every reader to ask two questions: 'What in the hell did I just read?!' and 'When is the next one coming out?!'"

We can't help but wonder what travesties Sony Pictures could commit with this character on screen as they continue expanding the Spider-Verse without Peter Parker. Regardless, this comic book series has the potential to be fun for anyone looking for something new from Spidey's corner of the Marvel Universe.

Marvel Comics has said more covers and some preview pages will be released tomorrow so you'll want to check back here soon for those. For now, check out Andrews' Spider-Boy #1 cover below. 

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AnthonyVonGeek
AnthonyVonGeek - 9/14/2023, 3:13 PM
Why’s he sitting on Spider-man’s butt?
ElvenKingSlayer
ElvenKingSlayer - 9/15/2023, 4:30 AM
@AnthonyVonGeek - watch Me and you and everyone we know and you will also know ;)
st1s
st1s - 9/14/2023, 3:17 PM
that just looks wrong
Origame
Origame - 9/14/2023, 3:30 PM
Ok, so what if it sold copies for the initial issue? What you fail to understand is that, since this is the introduction of a new supporting character to a major superhero like spiderman, that attracts collectors to get it in the hopes it becomes valuable later. This means nothing. It's like saying people want gay Tim drake and superman, yet both of those were canceled.
NGFB
NGFB - 9/14/2023, 3:55 PM
"Spider-Boy" has got to the be dumbest thing ever. What's the next blatant money grab - "Deadpool-Boy"?
Fogs
Fogs - 9/14/2023, 3:55 PM
Hey that's some good art. Never heard of the guy.
Fogs
Fogs - 9/14/2023, 3:57 PM
Except for the bizarre pumped up kid. Damn, look at those arms. Is he a kid, right?
StSteven
StSteven - 9/14/2023, 4:31 PM
@Fogs - I think so but it also looks like he has 6 eyes so clearly he's not a normal boy (plus it says he was created by a mad scientist), so...

Otherwise I agree that that's some good art despite a few exaggerated proportions (like Spidey TOTALLY has Barbie feet there with those arches).
JonC
JonC - 9/14/2023, 8:43 PM
@Fogs - he got spider-juiced
soupysales
soupysales - 9/14/2023, 4:06 PM
as i haven't read spiderman in years, so not sure what's going on in his world...but i remember when he married mj...it would have been cool for him to have a kid who followed in his webbed footsteps...maybe let him get older...and eventually die...one of the things i don't like about comics, is no one ages out...all the top heros, were once...obscure and not known...there could have been a much bigger, wider universe...and keeping characters dead, may have actually meant something.
Slotherin
Slotherin - 9/14/2023, 10:20 PM
@soupysales - I feel you. One of my hopes for MCU was to have certain stuff like Tony Stark to stay dead after having settled down and saved the universe and Cap to stay retired.

It frustrated me in comics as well and I've often loved the idea of a world populated with super characters but a sense of lapsed time. That's one thing Batman has dabbled with that I'll give credit to and am glad kind of came full circle in things like Batman Beyond and the DCAU.

I'm reminded of Avatar and Legend of Korra as well.
soupysales
soupysales - 9/15/2023, 3:36 PM
@Slotherin - i read this book series "heralds of valdemar" and their timeline is enormous, with trilogies all across it...sometimes there is a connected story, or something from an older series is mentioned in a newer...it's cool, the world is so much bigger, continuity is preserved, and when i go back and read them, i still get emotional when a favorite dies...that's good storytelling
TheVandalore
TheVandalore - 9/14/2023, 4:11 PM
wtf, why is the boy on Spider-mans gooch?
grif
grif - 9/14/2023, 4:51 PM
spiderbaby on the way next
Makiveli21
Makiveli21 - 9/14/2023, 4:52 PM
I know none of you actually read comic books, but if you did you would realize Bailey Briggs is already way more interesting than Miles Morales. The little boy who was spliced with spider DNA is way better than killing Ultimate Peter and replacing him with Miles just to destroy an entire universe and have Miles come to 616. Go read the first few appearances of Spiderboy I promise you get hooked.
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 9/14/2023, 8:58 PM
Those are awkward poses on the cover.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 9/14/2023, 9:27 PM
Kaare Andrews always slays
ElvenKingSlayer
ElvenKingSlayer - 9/15/2023, 4:31 AM
@McMurdo - Looks to much like Todd McFarlane
PC04
PC04 - 9/15/2023, 9:21 AM
So odd...
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