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The unfortunate feud between Ben Reilly, the current Spider-Man filling in for Peter Parker, and Miles Morales, also technically the current Spider-Man with Peter’s blessing to use the name, ramps up in December 15’s Amazing Spider-Man #81.
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Ben and Peter’s conflict all comes down to the Spider-Man name, which Ben’s employers the Beyond Corporation assert is their legal property, sending him to put a stop to Miles using the Spider-Man name. Too bad Peter Parker’s currently hospitalized, or he’d likely have something to say about his chosen protÉgÉ being denied his legacy.
Marvel Comics has now released a preview of interior pages from the issue by writer Saladin Ahmed, artists Carlos E. Gomez and Bryan Valenza, and letterer Joe Caramagna, in which Ben Reilly’s latest « assignment » puts him at odds with the people of Brooklyn – and in the path of Miles Morales.
Check out the pages here, along with the issue’s main cover from Art Adams and a pair of variant covers by Arist Deyn and Mahmud Asrar, respectively:
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The Beyond Corporation, who are likely not entirely on the up-and-up given their villainous history in the title Nextwave: Agents of HATE, lay claim to the trademark on the Spider-Man name and identity thanks to having purchased the assets of Peter Parker’s former company Parker Industries, which used its corporate assets to trademark the name and likeness of Spider-Man.
The only problem is, it wasn’t actually Peter that did that – it was Otto Octavius, when he had body-swapped with Peter Parker, stealing his identity and becoming the Superior Spider-Man, meaning Peter didn’t even know the trademark existed until he lost it to the Beyond Corporation.
Amazing Spider-Man, currently in the ‘Spider-Man Beyond’ era, continues with weekly releases of both the main title and tie-ins. Keep up with it all with our handy listing of all the new Spider-Man comics planned for 2021 and beyond.
George Marston
I’ve been Newsarama’s resident Marvel Comics expert and general comic book historian since 2011. I’ve also been the on-site reporter at most major comic conventions such as Comic-Con International: San Diego, New York Comic Con, and C2E2. Outside of comic journalism, I am the artist of many weird pictures, and the guitarist of many heavy riffs. (They/Them)