Make way for the return of a legendary writer back with a character he helped define for a generation with landmark stories and iconic foes.
Gerry Conway succeeded Stan Lee on Amazing Spider-Man. During Conway’s acclaimed, lengthy run he co-created the Punisher, Jackal and scripted the death of Gwen Stacy
Conway launches Amazing Spider-Man: Spiral in Amazing Spider-Man #16.1 this week. It’s gang war in New York City after the Kingpin’s fall in this four-part limited series.
“The notion here is that the various Marvel crime gangs like the ones led by Hammerhead, Tombstone, the Circus of Crime, Black Cat, and Mr. Negative—they’re all at each other’s throats because there’s no single overlord of crime currently running things in New York. Things only escalated, especially after The Goblin King fell out of the scene and Doc Ock is no longer operating as the Superior Spider-Man, keeping a lid on everything. It’s an opportunity for all of these power players to see which one of them can come out on top. While the larger gang war is taking place over the whole city, we’re focusing in on how it’s affecting the precinct of Captain Yuri Watanabe, who we also know as The Wraith, and that’s where the focus of our story is going to be,” Conway told Marvel.com.
Conway wrote a story for Spider-Verse Team-Up which came out before this limited series.
Amazing Spider-Man #16.1: Spiral by Conway, artist Carlo Barberi with covers by Arthur Adams arrives Wednesday.
By Editor