Last night, the Marvel Entertainment Twitter account sent out an image of a spider spinning a web in the shape of the number 4, and it sent speculation into overdrive.
The prevailing theories were that this was either a tease for a new book featuring
Spider-Man and the
Fantastic Four, or a comic adaptation of Sam Raimi's never-filmed script for
Spider-Man 4.
The former seemed more likely, until acclaimed artist Alex Ross followed up with a now deleted Tweet of Spidey swinging through the city with MJ along with the caption #SpiderMan4.
Raimi's fourth
Spider-Man movie, which would have featured The Vulture as the main villain, came very close to happening before Sony ultimately decided to reboot the franchise with
The Amazing Spider-Man. Fans have been hoping to see a comic book adaptation for years now, and they may be about to get their wish.
There are other possibilities, of course, but hopefully Marvel gives us a little more to go on at some point today.
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