Spider-Boy first debuted in the pages of Dan Slott and Mark Bagley's Spider-Man, with the character retconned into a Marvel Universe where no one, including his mentor and idol Peter Parker, remembered him.
Despite a mixed response from comic book fans, his first appearance in Spider-Man #7 and his first solo adventure in last week's Edge of Spider-Verse #3 both sold out, and it's now been confirmed that Spider-Boy, aka Bailey Briggs, will headline his very own solo ongoing series starting this November.
Spider-Boy is going to be penned by the character's co-creator Dan Slott with art from Paco Medina. Co-creator Humberto Ramos, meanwhile, will be on cover art duties.
Spinning directly out of Spider-Man, the new series will dive headfirst into Spider-Boy's untold past by introducing his arch-nemesis and further exploring his connections to the Spider-Man mythos. We'll loin Spider-Boy as he battles to restore his destiny and retake his place amongst the great heroes of the Marvel Universe.
After the events of "The End of the Spider-Verse" story arc, Spider-Boy's secret history as Spider-Man's sidekick was nearly forgotten forever. But now those mysteries will be revealed while they embark on exciting new adventures together. The "freaktacular" first issue will feature what Marvel calls two pulse-pounding tales as Bailey teams up with Squirrel Girl and then confronts the mad scientist who made him into a monster, Madame Monstrosity.
"Spider-Man isn't supposed to have a sidekick. That's just wrong on so many levels," Slott says in a press release. "And that is exactly why we are going to have so much fun with this. Both this character - and this new title - are going to break all the rules. Bailey Briggs is going to have over-the-top adventures in the Spider-Man corner of the Marvel Universe."
"He'll be facing off against a mix of both all-new villains and fan-favourite Spidey bad guys. The one thing we can promise you, whenever you pick up a copy of Spider-Boy, we are going to take the weirdest and wildest swings with every single story! Our goal is to get every reader to ask two questions: 'What in the hell did I just read?!' and ‘When is the next one coming out?!'"
You can check out the cover for Spider-Boy #1. We'll no doubt have more to share about the series before its launch this November, so keep checking back here for updates as we have them.