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A First Look Inside Amazing Spider-Man #1 by Joe Kelly & Pepe Larraz

A first look inside Amazing Spider-Man #1 by Joe Kelly and the extraordinary Pepe Larraz, out in April 2025...

Published Fri, 24 Jan 2025 13:23:09 -0600

Last updated Mon, 27 Jan 2025 21:38:51 -0600

Article Summary

A first look at Amazing Spider-Man #1 by Joe Kelly and Pepe Larraz, launching in April 2025.
Spider-Man faces off against the Rhino in an epic battle illustrated by Pepe Larraz.
The new series doesn't reunite Peter Parker and Mary Jane, but brings back Rhino and Itsy Bitsy.
Spider-Man's job search is interrupted by a rampaging Rhino, hinting at major villains returning.

This April will bring the first two issues of the newly relaunches Amazing Spider-Man #1 by Joe Kelly and Pepe Larraz. And no, Mary Jane Watson will not be back together with Peter Parker. But the Rhino is in town…

Pepe Larraz is one of the very best superhero comic book artists working in monthly comics today, he is possibly the closest we have to a new Jim Lee, Todd McFarlane, Dale Keown or Frank Quitely. Heavily kinetic, hyper-detailed, utterly gorgeous. House Of X made him the superstar he is today, he got grabbed by Mark Millar for a brief Netflix sojourn, then he burned through Marvel's Blood Hunt and now smack bang into the new Amazing Spider-Man relaunch. And hey, writer Joe Kelly is pretty good too…

But it's Pepe Larraz who gets to show off here, in a big one-on-one fight scene between Spider-Man and the Rhino , giving us this great collision…

What's not to love?

Oh yes, and on the way, bringing back the genetic offspring of Spider-Man and Deadpool, Itsy Bitsy…here are the solicits for the first two issues out in April 2025.

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1
JOE KELLY (W) • PEPE LARRAZ & JOHN ROMITA JR. (A)
WRAPAROUND COVER BY PEPE LARRAZ • HIDDEN GEM VARIANT COVER BY GIL KANE
VARIANT COVER BY RYAN STEGMAN • VARIANT COVER BY SIMONE DI MEO
VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY SIMONE DI MEO • VARIANT COVER BY DAVID MARQUEZ
VARIANT COVER BY LEE BERMEJO • FOIL VARIANT COVER BY MARK CHIARELLO
VARIANT COVER BY FRANK MILLER • VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY FRANK MILLER
BLACK CAT VARIANT COVER BY NIMIT MALAVIA • BLACK CAT VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY NIMIT MALAVIA
BLANK VARIANT COVER ALSO AVAILABLE
ALIVE & THWIPPING!
The next era of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN has arrived! Peter is, shockingly, without a job and looking for gainful employment, but his job search is interrupted by a RAMPAGING RHINO who is but the tip of a sinister iceberg. What major Spider-Villain is working behind the scenes weaponizing other Spider-Villains including one we haven't seen in OVER SEVEN YEARS?! Also, what is that Goblin-free Norman Osborn up to anyway?
40 PGS./Rated T …$5.99
RETAILERS/CONSUMERS: PLEASE INQUIRE REGARDING FOIL PRICING.

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #2
JOE KELLY (W) • PEPE LARRAZ (A/C)
VARIANT COVER BY PABLO VILLALOBOS
VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY PABLO VILLALOBOS
VARIANT COVER BY PAOLO RIVERA • VARIANT COVER BY TONY DANIEL
MARVEL UNIVERSE CONNECTING VARIANT COVER L BY CHRIS GIARRUSSO
MARVEL UNIVERSE CONNECTING BLUE LINE SKETCH VARIANT COVER L BY CHRIS GIARRUSSO
RHINO RAMPAGE!
• What amped Rhino up from criminal super-bruiser to rampaging disaster machine? We aren't spilling, but it just amped up Spider-Man!
• That's right, Spider-Man is going in and out of control of his senses trying to figure out how to get full control of his body.
• And the only people who can help are Norman Osborn and…Peter's long-lost childhood best friend?!
32 PGS./Rated T …$4.99

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