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A Bigger Ultimate Spider-Man Change Than We Were Expecting (Spoilers)

Tomorrow sees the release of Ultimate Spider-Man #1 by Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto. and it is making big changes to Spider-Man.

Tomorrow sees the release of Ultimate Spider-Man #1 by Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto. and it is making big changes to the Spider-Man way of doing things. Some we know. Some will hit hard. Spoiler-sense activate!

In this world, The Maker, the Ultimate version of Mister Fantastic, stopped the radioactive spider from biting Peter Parker. And a definite switch from the original versions, both 616…

… John Byrne…

…or Ultimate.

He grew up, not being Spider-Man.

But marrying Mary Jane Watson and having kids with her.

We also know that as a result of the events of Ultimate Invasion and Ultimate Universe, his aunt, May Parker, was killed by the attack on New York orchestrated by the Maker and the Council but blamed on the young Tony Stark.

And previews of the new Ultimate Spider-Man #1 confirmed it. As the Parkers visit a memorial to all those who died in the attack.

And it is this, older Peter Parker, that gets transformed into Spider-Man.

When he gets bitten by a radioactive spider that grants him his powers.

But there's another big change coming, that may not have been hinted at before. We have Peter Parker working in the Daily Bugle for J Jonah Jameson.

But he's not the only Parker in the building. There's another, and someone more senior.

Uncle Ben Parker, Managing Editor of the Daily Bugle. Making Peter Parker a Nepo Baby.  In almost every version of Spider-Man, Uncle Ben dies at the hands of someone who Spider-Man could have stopped, but didn't. And it turns him from a self-seeking pleasure hound into a superhero.

In a recent Dan Slott/Mark Bagley Spider-Verse story in the ongoing Spider-Man series, we saw a non-powered Peter Parker intervene and save his uncle… who then saved him.

This was done away with at the end of that story, though the 616 version of Spider-Man kept his memories of that version of himself.  Did something similar happen – or not happen – here? Peter Parker raised by Ben and May into adulthood? Not receiving the lesson about great power and great responsibility? And, you know, just as with Miles Morales, sometimes events of the Ultimate universes have a tendency of making their way into the 616… just saying.

"Written by Hickman and drawn by acclaimed artist Marco Checchetto, ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN is the first ongoing series of the new Ultimate line and presents a startling twist to the Spider-Man mythos. After the Maker used time travel to create a world without heroes, Peter Parker lived a relatively normal life, marrying Mary Jane and building a family. Now, it's time to set things right! Learning the truth behind his reality, Peter will step up to become the Amazing Spider-Man the world didn't know it was missing!"

"When we decided that we were going to do a book about an older Peter Parker becoming Spider-Man, we really wanted to lean into him starting his super hero life from a very different place than what's traditionally expected," Hickman explained. "Peter and MJ being married is one of many decisions we made that underline this being quite a 'different' kind of Spider-Man story."

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #1
MARVEL COMICS
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(W) Jonathan Hickman (A/CA) Marco Checchetto
THE NEW ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN FOR A NEW ULTIMATE UNIVERSE! Visionary writer Jonathan Hickman (HOUSE OF X/POWERS OF X) and acclaimed artist Marco Checchetto (DAREDEVIL) bring you a bold new take on Spider-Man, with this, the debut title of the new line of Ultimate Comics! After the events of ULTIMATE INVASION, the world needs a hero…who will rise up to take on that responsibility? Prepare to be entangled in a web of mystery and excitement as the all-new ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN comic redefines the wall-crawler for the 21st Century!  Rated T In Shops: Jan 10, 2024 SRP: $5.99

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #2
MARVEL COMICS
DEC230541
(W) Jonathan Hickman (A/CA) Marco Checchetto
THE MOST SURPRISING SPIDER-MAN STORY OF THE 21ST CENTURY CONTINUES! Spider-Man faces his first super villain! J. Jonah Jameson's quest to uncover who is really pulling the strings of this new Ultimate Universe leads to a shocking revelation! And New York City welcomes its newest hero…the Green Goblin! Rated T In Shops: Feb 21, 2024 SRP: $4.99

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #3
MARVEL COMICS
JAN240512
(W) Jonathan Hickman (A/CA) Marco Checchetto
PETER PARKER'S NEW LIFE GETS EVEN MORE COMPLICATED…
Spider-Man sizes up the new hero Green Goblin! As they team up to fight a new super villain, secrets about the corporations running North America are revealed…
And you'll never guess who discovers Spider-Man's secret identity! Rated T In Shops: Mar 27, 2024 SRP: $4.99

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