Peter Parker is back as the Amazing Spider-Man. The countdown is on to Spider-Verse in which every man, woman, animal or thing who ever had a Spider in front of their name joins a massive crossover.
There will be new heroes under the masks, too.
Marvel revealed Edge of Spider-Verse #3 will be written and drawn by Dustin Weaver, a frequent collaborator with Jonathan Hickman (SHIELD, Avengers.)
“My Spider-Man is a man named Aaron Aikman, and unlike Peter, he chose to be Spider-Man. He did it to himself, to become a hero for his city. I guess that says a lot about the character of my Spider-Man. He’s got a big ego and being good at being Spider-Man is a point of pride. He doesn’t struggle with his responsibility. He enjoys it. Other than his origin being different, he also has a completely different cast of supporting characters and villains.
“Aaron does share some things in common with Peter; they are similar types, white, male, fairly young—Aaron might be a little older—and they both have high intellects; but, while Peter had his career as a photographer, Aaron never strayed from academic and scientific pursuits. He’s an accomplished and ambitious scientist.”
“In Aaron’s personal life, he struggles to save his romantic relationship with his mentor, the brilliant Dr. Kaori Ikegami,” Weaver told Marvel. “As Spider-Man, Aaron is facing an incredibly elusive and mysterious villain known as Naamurah, who has been kidnapping people all over the city. The question is, will Spider-Man learn the truth behind Naamurah in time to save his city, or does fate, despite all Aaron’s ambition, all his intelligence, and his strength, have other plans for him?”
Edge of Spider-Verse begins this September.
By Editor