Marvel sent over previews of the Spider-related books coming out in February 2022. What will you be picking up?
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #88.BEY
GEOFFREY THORNE (W) • JAN BAZALDUA & JIM TOWE (A)
COVER BY NICK BRADSHAW • VARIANT COVER BY JAN BAZULDUA
• Did you think BEYOND only had ONE hero on their payroll?
• In this issue: The Slingers come out to play!
• Watch as Hobie Brown ascends to new heights as THE HORNET!
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #88
ZEB WELLS (W) • MICHAEL DOWLING (A)
Beyond Board: KELLY THOMPSON, PATRICK GLEASON, SALADIN AHMED,
CODY ZIGLAR & ZEB WELLS • Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS
Variant Cover by TBA • DESIGN VARIANT COVER BY PATRICK GLEASON
X-GWEN VARIANT COVER BY FRANCESCO MANNA
• Who is QUEEN GOBLIN?!
• For almost sixty years, Spider-Man has been defined by Goblins, and Ben Reilly has a brand-new one all his own.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #89
PATRICK GLEASON • MARK BAGLEY (A) • Beyond Board: CODY ZIGLAR,
KELLY THOMPSON, SALADIN AHMED, ZEB WELLS, & PATRICK GLEASON
Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS • VARIANT COVER BY MARK BAGLEY
• After her first showdown with Ben Reilly, Queen Goblin now faces THE BLACK CAT!
• This will be a showdown for the ages — as you see just how horrifying this queen’s reign will be.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #90
PATRICK GLEASON (W) • PATRICK GLEASON (A) • Beyond Board: ZEB WELLS,
SALADIN AHMED, CODY ZIGLAR, KELLY THOMPSON, & PATRICK GLEASON
Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS
Variant Cover by PATRICK GLEASON • VARIANT COVER BY ROGE ANTONIO
• QUEEN GOBLIN IS TRIUMPHANT!
• The Daily Bugle is decimated.
• Can Ben Reilly bounce back and take down the Queen Goblin?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
BEN REILLY: SPIDER-MAN #2 (OF 5)
J.M. DE MATTEIS (W) • DAVID BALDEÓN (A)
Cover by STEVE SKROCE
Variant Cover by DAN JURGENS
Variant Cover by DAVID LAFUENTE
SCORPION STINGS!
BEN REILLY comes to blows with the sinister SCORPION as SPIDER-MAN begins to face down a gauntlet of his most fearsome foes!
But is all as it seems?
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN #35
SALADIN AHMED (W) • MICHELE BANDINI (A) • Cover by TAURIN CLARKE
VARIANT COVER BY JAVIER GARRON
X-GWEN VARIANT COVER BY PETE WOODS
BEYOND TIE-IN!
• The Space Stone-Host QUANTUM and the ASSESSOR are back – you know it doesn’t bode well for Miles or Shift.
• Their only hope? The Beyond Corporation.
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
SAVAGE SPIDER-MAN #1 (OF 5)
JOE KELLY (W) • GERARDO SANDOVAL (A) • Cover by NICK BRADSHAW
Variant Cover by GERARDO SANDOVAL
Variant Cover by MARK BAGLEY
Variant Cover by RON LIM
VARIANT COVER BY LOGAN LUBERA
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG
SPIDER-MAN LIKE YOU’VE NEVER SEEN HIM BEFORE!
Peter Parker finds himself at the middle of the biggest, most wide-ranging adventure he’s ever had and out of the gate it has turned him into a SAVAGE BEAST! Forget everything you know about Spider-Man. All rules and regulations are out the door and Peter Parker may never be the same!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
CARNAGE FOREVER #1
PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON, RAM V, TY TEMPLETON (W)
EDGAR SALAZAR, TY TEMPLETON, AND MORE! (A)
COVER BY KENDRICK LIM
VARIANT COVER BY MARK BAGLEY
VARIANT COVER BY JONBOY MEYERS
VARIANT COVER BY Dan Panosian
A KILLER CELEBRATION!
Cletus Kasady is the most notorious serial killer in the Marvel Universe — and it’s been thirty years since his first introduction! Thirty years of monsters, mayhem and murder — AND YOU HAVEN’T SEEN ANYTHING YET! With an awesome assembly of creators, this issue will HAVE IT ALL! A look back on Carnage’s past, his present and, just maybe, the first hints you’ll ever get of his visceral and violent FUTURE!
40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$4.99
SPIDER-GWEN: GWENVERSE #1 (OF 5)
TIM SEELEY (W) • JODI NISHIJIMA (A) • Cover by DAVID NAKAYAMA
Variant cover by Leonardo Romero
HOMAGE VARIANT COVER BY GREG LAND
HEADSHOT VARIANT COVER BY TODD NAUCK
DESIGN VARIANT COVER BY PEACH MOMOKO
STORMBREAKER VARIANT COVER BY NATACHA BUSTOS
NOT ENOUGH GWENS!
When Gwen Stacy was bitten by a radioactive spider, she gained arachnid-like super-powers and started a crimefighting career as Spider-Woman (or as she’s affectionately known to her peers, Ghost-Spider)! But what would have happened if instead she had picked up the enchanted hammer, Mjolnir? Or if she received the Super-Soldier Serum? Or built a high-tech suit of armor? Or…you get the idea! Find out in this new five-issue miniseries by Tim Seeley (HEROES REBORN: MARVEL DOUBLE ACTION) and Jodi Nishijima (UNITED STATES OF CAPTAIN AMERICA) as Ghost-Spider tumbles through time and comes face-to-face with herselves!
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99
EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE #2 FACSIMILE EDITION
Written by JASON LATOUR
Penciled by ROBBI RODRIGUEZ
Cover by ROBBI RODRIGUEZ
Introducing Gwen Stacy, the Spider-Woman of Earth-65 — one of the most sensational web-slingers in the entire Spider-Verse! In the atmospheric, neon-lit world envisioned by Jason Latour and Robbi Rodriguez, Peter Parker wasn’t bitten by a radioactive spider — but Gwen Stacy was! Now “Spider-Gwen” is smart, charming and able to lift a car — just don’t tell her police chief father! But what happened to Peter in this reality? Why does everybody hate Spider-Woman so much? And can Gwen find time to battle the Rhino and make it back in time to play drums in a major gig for her band, the Mary Janes?! A modern super hero icon makes her debut right here! It’s one of the all-time great Marvel comic books, boldly re-presented in its original form, ads and all! Reprinting EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE #2.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
DEVIL’S REIGN: SUPERIOR FOUR #2 (OF 3)
ZAC THOMPSON (W) • DAVIDE TINTO (A)
Cover by IVAN SHAVRIN
VARIANT COVER BY SUPERLOG
THE FANTASTIC ARE NO MORE. LONG LIVE…THE SUPERIOR FOUR
Otto Octavius just irrevocably altered the multiverse. Now he must do everything he can to undo a paradox of his own creation before it undoes him. As Otto’s relentless assault on reality continues, the other Ottos grow weary of their reckless leader. Can the SUPERIOR FOUR set aside their egos to work together, or will they be lost to the multiverse forever?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
DEVIL’S REIGN: VILLAINS FOR HIRE #2 (OF 3)
CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN (W)
MANUEL GARCIA (A)
Cover by SKAN
VARIANT COVER BY PAULO SIQUEIRA
WHAT’S LAW GOT TO DO WITH IT?
As his war against vigilantes grows, Wilson Fisk has laid out a proposition for the villains of the Marvel Universe: Join him or suffer the same fate as the heroes…or worse.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
DEVIL’S REIGN #4 (OF 6)
CHIP ZDARSKY (W) • MARCO CHECCHETTO (A/C)
CONNECTING VARIANT COVER BY NICK BRADSHAW
BLACK HISTORY MONTH VARIANT COVER BY JOSHUA “SWAY” SWABY
X-GWEN VARIANT COVER BY TBA • VARIANT COVER BY Leinil Francis Yu
NEW YORK UNDER SEIGE!
Wilson Fisk, duly elected Mayor of New York, has broken. Whatever shred of decency that may have been left of him is gone entirely and now, with an army of super villains at his command, THE KINGPIN has set his gaze upon everyone the heroes of the Marvel Universe hold dear — but even the Kingpin is unaware of the magnitude of danger he has put the city, its citizens and even himself with his war against the city’s super heroes!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99
DEVIL’S REIGN: X-MEN #2 (OF 3)
Gerry Duggan (W) • PHIL NOTO (A/C)
Variant cover by Javier GARRÓN
DEALS WITH THE DEVIL!
Turns out attending Hellfire Club soirees was not the naughtiest thing Emma Frost was up to in the time before she joined the X-Men… And the dirty deeds she did for Wilson Fisk are coming back to haunt her.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
DEVIL’S REIGN: SPIDER-MAN #1 (OF 3)
ANTHONY PIPER (W)
ZÉ CARLOS (A)
Cover by CARLOS GÓMEZ
VARIANT COVER BY MARK BAGLEY
• The events of DEVIL’S REIGN #1-2 have put Spidey in an awful position.
• As if that weren’t enough, the newly returned ROSE has Spidey in his crosshairs and wants to prove that he’s badder than his dad, Kingin, ever was.
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99
SPIDER-WOMAN #20
KARLA PACHECO (W) • PERE PÉREZ (A) • Cover by JUNGGEUN YOON
VARIANT COVER BY PERE PÉREZ • VARIANT COVER BY PEACH MOMOKO
X-GWEN VARIANT COVER BY DAVID TALASKI
ENTER…THE ANTI-ARACHNINE!
• Spider-Woman has made a lot of enemies in her time…
• …and that’s about to come back to bite her in a big way.
• What’s worse than a Sinister Six? THE ANTI-ARACHNINE!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
VENOM #5
AL EWING (W) • BRYAN HITCH (A/C) • X-Gwen Variant Cover by RUSSELL DAUTERMAN
VARIANT COVER BY PAULO SIQUEIRA
If you thought the first four issues of the latest volume of VENOM were crazy, all-out action, just wait till you get a load of this one! IN THIS ISSUE, Al Ewing returns to the pages of Venom – AND HE’S BROUGHT ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS WITH HIM!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
SILK #2
EMILY KIM (W) • TAKESHI MIYAZAWA (A) • Cover by INHYUK LEE
Variant Cover by AUDREY MOK
K-POP KATASTROPHE!
• The new villain in town targets Silk’s friend and fellow super hero, the pop star Luna Snow!
• The same villain is siphoning the youth of social media influencers, and Silk is racing to find out why.
• Can Silk save her friend, solve the mystery and salvage a date gone awry? She can only pick two!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
DARK AGES #5 (OF 6)
TOM TAYLOR (W) • IBAN COELLO (A/C) • Variant Cover by RYAN STEGMAN
VARIANT COVER BY KYLE HOTZ • VARIANT COVER BY PEACH MOMOKO
BLACK HISTORY MONTH VARIANT COVER BY JOSHUA “SWAY” SWABY
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
Spider-Man joins Doctor Doom, the X-Men, the Inhumans, the Avengers and what’s left of the Fantastic Four on a rescue mission across a continent ruled by a madman. But they could be too late. The dictator of Europe has heroes and villains by his side, and the unthinkable is now in motion. Apocalypse could tear the world apart.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
AVENGERS: TECH-ON AVENGERS #6 (OF 6)
JIM ZUB (W) • JEFFREY “CHAMBA” CRUZ (A)
Cover by EIICHI SHIMIZU
Variant Cover by PEACH MOMOKO
The Marvel sentai spectacular comes to a climactic finish! With one of their own controlled by the enemy and the Red Skull imbued with energy of the infinite, the Iron Avengers must assemble one last time or all will be lost!
AVENGERS TECH-ON is an action-adventure series produced in partnership with Bandai Namco of Japan, written by Jim Zub (UNCANNY AVENGERS, CHAMPIONS) and illustrated by Jeffrey “Chamba” Cruz (VENOM: THE END)!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN OMNIBUS VOL. 1 HC ALEX ROSS COVER [NEW PRINTING]
Written by STAN LEE & STEVE DITKO
Penciled by STEVE DITKO & JACK KIRBY
Covers by ALEX ROSS & JACK KIRBY
In 1962, in the pages of a series slated for cancellation, Stan Lee and Steve Ditko created one of the most enduring icons in American popular media: the Amazing Spider-Man! Turning the concept of a super hero on its head, they imbued the young, guilt-ridden Peter Parker with the fantastic powers of an arachnid and the fantastic pressures of an everyday teenager. The combination was pure magic. In 40 issues of web-slinging, wisecracking wonderment, Lee and Ditko built the foundation for decades of Spidey spectaculars: girl trouble, bill trouble, the Daily Bugle and a cast of friends, family and foes unlike any other! Now, experience the entire Lee/Ditko Spider-Man run in one gorgeous volume! Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #1-38, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL (1964) #1-2, STRANGE TALES ANNUAL #2 and material from AMAZING FANTASY (1962) #15 and FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #1.
1152 PGS./All Ages …$125.00
ISBN: 978-1-302-94563-3
Trim size: 7-1/4 x 10-7/8
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN OMNIBUS VOL. 1 HC KIRBY COVER [NEW PRINTING, DM ONLY]
1152 PGS./All Ages …$125.00
ISBN: 978-1-302-94564-0
Trim size: 7-1/4 x 10-7/8
MARVEL SUPER HERO CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS GALLERY EDITION HC
Written by BILL MANTLO, MARK GRUENWALD, STEVEN GRANT, STEVE ENGLEHART & TOM DEFALCO
Penciled by JOHN ROMITA JR., AL MILGROM, BOB HALL & MORE
Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR.
The first-ever Marvel event series receives the extra-sized treatment it deserves! When the Grandmaster plays a game of cosmic chess against Death herself, Earth’s super heroes become the pawns! If the Grandmaster wins, his brother the Collector will be restored to life. But if he loses, Death will claim a bitter price! Each side selects twelve champions from across Earth to do battle for the fragments of the golden globe of life. But this clash of Marvel titans comes with unexpected twists and turns — and several surprising new combatants! Then, months later, the fallout of the contest leads to a life-and-death saga pitting two teams of Avengers against one another — and a truly lethal Legion of the Unliving! Collecting MARVEL SUPER HERO CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS #1-3, WEST COAST AVENGERS ANNUAL #2 and AVENGERS ANNUAL #16.
168 PGS./Rated T …$44.99
ISBN: 978-1-302-94503-9
Trim size: 9-1/4 x 13
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN VOL. 5 HC
Written by ROGER STERN & BILL MANTLO with DAVID ANTHONY KRAFT & MARV WOLFMAN
Penciled by ED HANNIGAN & JIM SHOOTER with JOHN BYRNE, GREG LAROCQUE, BOB HALL, JIM SHERMAN,
ALAN WEISS, MARIE SEVERIN & KEITH POLLARD
Cover by FRANK MILLER
Roger Stern’s seminal writing run concludes, and Bill Mantlo returns for a fan-favorite second stint! After a run-in with the Jack O’Lantern, Spider-Man must protect Marla Madison — noted scientist and J. Jonah Jameson’s one true love — from the deadly Will-O’-the-Wisp! The Ringer menaces Spidey’s world in a tale drawn by John Byrne, setting up a double-sized issue featuring Stern’s retelling of Spider-Man’s origin! Then, Mantlo pits Spidey against a cavalcade of his deadliest rogues: Kraven, Electro and the Molten Man! And in one of the most timeless tales in SPECTACULAR history, teen-runaways-turned-heroes Cloak and Dagger make their debut! Plus: An Annual that takes Spidey to the “Dark Side of the Moon” with Man-Wolf! Collecting PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN (1976) #56-66 and SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #3.
352 PGS./Rated T …$75.00
ISBN: 978-1-302-93340-1
Trim size: 7 x 10
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN VOL. 5 HC — VARIANT EDITION VOL. 326 [DM ONLY]
328 PGS./Rated T …$75.00
ISBN: 978-1-302-93341-8
Trim size: 7 x 10
VENOM BY AL EWING & RAM V VOL. 1: RECURSION TPB
Written by AL EWING & RAM V
Penciled by BRYAN HITCH
Cover by BRYAN HITCH
One blockbuster era gives way to another! Symbiotic writing team Al Ewing and Ram V join superstar artist Bryan Hitch to unleash their vision of Venom! Together, they will push Eddie and Dylan Brock to their limits — and as everything Dylan has come to know and love unravels around him, he begins to realize the terrible truth about his new “other.” The Venom symbiote is not a harmless pet, no matter how much it pretends to be one. It’s an alien. A dangerous, violent, often bloodthirsty alien. Whatever bond it had with Dylan’s father, Eddie — as special as it may have been — is now gone. And Dylan might be gone soon too. Because the villainous Life Foundation is back, led by the insidious Carlton Drake — and they have the new Venom square in their sights! Collecting VENOM (2021) #1-5.
144 PGS./Rated T+ …$17.99
ISBN: 978-1-302-93255-8
Trim size: 6-5/8 x 10-3/16
CARNAGE EPIC COLLECTION: BORN IN BLOOD TPB
Volume #1 in the Carnage Epic Collections
Written by DAVID MICHELINIE, TERRY KAVANAGH, J.M. DEMATTEIS & TOM DEFALCO
Penciled by MARK BAGLEY, ALEX SAVIUK, TOM LYLE, SAL BUSCEMA, RON LIM & STEVEN BUTLER
Cover by MARK BAGLEY
Carnage slashes his way into his own Epic Collection! When the offspring of Eddie Brock’s alien symbiote bonds with Brock’s psychopathic former cellmate, Cletus Kasady, the result is the most deranged and bloodthirsty foe Spider-Man has ever faced! Against the remorseless killer that is Carnage, Spidey must do the unthinkable and forge an alliance with Venom! But Carnage soon gathers some fiendish friends of his own: Carrion, Demogoblin, Shriek and the evil six-armed Spider-Man Doppelganger! And now a small army of heroes — including Spidey, Captain America, Iron Fist, Black Cat, Cloak and Dagger, Morbius and Venom — must hit the streets in a desperate bid to stop Maximum Carnage! Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #361-363 and #378-380, WEB OF SPIDER-MAN (1985) #101-103, SPIDER-MAN (1990) #35-37, SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN (1976) #201-203 and material from SPIDER-MAN UNLIMITED (1993) #1-2 and AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL (1964) #28.
472 PGS./Rated T …$44.99
ISBN: 978-1-302-94662-3
SPIDER-GIRL: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION VOL. 4 TPB
Written by SEAN MCKEEVER, TOM DEFALCO & RON FRENZ
Penciled by CASEY JONES, RON FRENZ & PAT OLLIFFE
Cover by RON FRENZ
The return of the Soldiers of the Serpent! Spider-Girl has battled them before and come out ahead. But this time, the group has united behind an enigmatic, powerful leader — and May Parker’s spider-powers might not be enough to save her this time. Meanwhile, May’s romantic life takes a sudden left turn, a crisis brews at Midtown High, the Scarlet Spider returns and a new gang war breaks out in New York City! The rivalry between the Kingpin and challenger Canis has heated up — can Spider-Girl end the violence before the death of a classic Marvel villain? Elsewhere, more deadly foes are popping up, all guided by a mysterious agenda! To them, Spider-Girl is just a troublemaker — but the Black Tarantula thinks she’s destined for more! Guest-starring Darkdevil and Kaine the corrupted clone! Collecting SPIDER-GIRL (1998) #51-67.
384 PGS./Rated T …$39.99
ISBN: 978-1-302-93479-8
Trim size: 6-5/8 x 10-3/16
Also, why must every common person surrounding Spider-man become super at one point or another?
It’s not just getting old, it removes from the classic and beloved “the world outside your window”.
@Evan – I’d guess not. I don’t know if any of them know they are clones at this point. I wonder if Ben knows she’s a clone. Something they have in common so he might be able to reach out to her to break her from being a goblin.
I do wish they’d give the goblin thing a rest. It smacks of a lack of creativity and ideas. We just “solved” (to put it loosely) the Harry and Norman Goblins. Let that breathe and give Kafka her own schtick.
So much for the mystery angle, i guess.
@franz29 — Good catch. I can’t tell you how dumb I feel for not noticing that earlier. I can only attribute it to my lack of excitement about a new goblin, I guess. I wonder if this queen of all Goblins knows she’s a clone.
“Who is QUEEN GOBLIN?!” they ask in a solicit, then release a great big picture reading “Ashley Kafka – AKA Queen Goblin. Marvel doesn’t do subtlety do they?
And Yay, Gwen Verse, just what no-one was asking for.
Some interesting solicits here though so my February will be full enough.