Bailey Briggs: Spider-Boy Appreciation 2023

[Anthony W]

I'm not convinced but maybe there's something to the theory that he's a spider who turn into a boy after coming into contact to Spider-Man 's blood after all.Lol.

I'm glad Dan is making his powers a little different for Peter's and Miles'

He is a red head? Dude is going to be played by a serious outside the box casting choice if he ever makes it into a movie.

[CaptainUniverse]

He is a red head? Dude is going to be played by a serious outside the box casting choice if he ever makes it into a movie.

If he does ever get adapted, it will probably be in an animated Spider-Verse spin off.

[Mister Mets]

This was a cool scene.

[betaraybob]

With the fangs, and the extra eyes appearing he's got to be like half spider. I hope his face changes when he "transforms"

[betaraybob]

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Met Sanford Greene and got a 4x6, very cool guy.

[betaraybob]

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New Spider-Boy 1 Negative Variant

[Mercwmouth12]

Looks like he was created by an evil scientist. So there goes the originality

[Ursalink]

Looks like he was created by an evil scientist. So there goes the originality

Hummm... Hello? What do you expected? Around 50% of the comic characters with powers has an origin tied with a freaky accident with dangerous science and/or and psycho-scientist.

[Jman27]

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New Spider-Boy 1 Negative Variant

cool variant

[betaraybob]

Hummm... Hello? What do you expected? Around 50% of the comic characters with powers has an origin tied with a freaky accident with dangerous science and/or and psycho-scientist.

Right? I bet he's a spider turned into a boy, and when he goes savage/fangs his face kinda morphs back to spider. I dig it

[Ursalink]

Right? I bet he's a spider turned into a boy, and when he goes savage/fangs his face kinda morphs back to spider. I dig it

Not exactly. For what I heard, he was born human, and a woman named "Madame Monstruosity" used as a test subject for some kind of experiment.

[betaraybob]

Not exactly. For what I heard, he was born human, and a woman named "Madame Monstruosity" used as a test subject for some kind of experiment.

As long as he somewhat transforms I'll be stoked. The fangs were rad.

[Ursalink]

As long as he somewhat transforms I'll be stoked. The fangs were rad.

Doesn't Miguel have fangs too?

[Hypestyle]

where is this alleged revelation about Spider Boy's background?

Legally, Marvel should have had a Spider-Boy for decades. Miles could have started out this way, then 'graduated' to being Spider-Man a few years later. I still feel it was a mistake to call that fusion Amalgam character "Spider-Boy" which ostensibly gave DC half-claim over the name. Maybe it's been finally worked out. Maybe. (Or maybe he's legally called "Marvel's Spider-Boy"; notice a lot of the Hasbro toy characters are named "Marvel's..... (fill in the name)"

[bob.schoonover]

I'm pretty sure Marvel (correctly) decided to save Bailey's origin for his new series - the volume 1 tpb being his origin is a good sales idea for an evergreen volume if they think the character has legs. Issues 1-4 should lock in his origin

As to why they put "Marvel's ..." or "Autobot Jazz" on toys is about trademark and IP generally (not a lawyer). There can be a character called Wasp, but it's harder to trademark that specific name because a Transformer that transforms into a wasp, or a woman who shrinks down to the size of a wasp, isn't sufficiently distinct to warrant a trademark. Spider-Boy would be distinct, but the name was previously trademarked by Amalgam and had to fall out of use.