Marvel Unveils Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Season 2 Prequel Comic

Spider-Man fans have been impatiently waiting for the animated series Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man to make its return on Disney+. The wait finally ends early in 2027, but that's not all. Marvel Comics is also launching a new Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man prequel comic in December.

As with the previous series and the various X-Men '97 comics, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is designed to bridge the gap between Season 1 and 2 of the animated series, revolving around a new conspiracy within Oscorp that springs up after Norman Osborn's downfall in Season 1.

As with the first Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man comic, the new series is written by Christos Gage and drawn by Eric Gapstur. Here's the official summary for the series:

Your favorite web-slinger is back!

Peter Parker is ready to save the world thwip by thwip! But things aren’t perfect. He’s been drifting away from his friends. And Norman Osborn may be out of the spider business, but Harry doesn’t think things are over just yet. Something’s happening at Oscorp, and Spidey and his friends need to figure out what it is!

“I'm beyond excited to return to the world of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man!” Gage said in a statement. “Just like last time, showrunner Jeff Trammell has been incredibly generous about coordinating in a way that makes our story a firm part of the show's continuity. Best of all, Eric Gapstur returns on art, and while he was great before, he's leveled up...wait until you see his work on Spidey, Daredevil, and classic Spider-Man villains finally making their debut here...whoops, spoiler! It's a real pleasure to be a part of this take on Spidey that combines the feel of the Silver Age with new and exciting characters and situations. I hope I get to do it again next year!”

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #1 will be released on December 9. You can preorder a copy at your local comic shop.

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