Spider-Man: Freshman Year

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On sale Dec 12, 2023 | 288 Pages | 9781302951856

Collects Spidey #1-12. It's action, adventure and hilarity in equal measure as we head back to high school to explore Peter Parker's early days as Spider-Man! Navigating your teen years is tough enough, but Peter also has to contend with a never-ending merry-go-round of Spider-Man madness courtesy of the best rogues' gallery in comics! We're talking Doctor Octopus, Sandman, the Vulture, Electro, Kraven, the Scorpion…and believe it or not, Doctor Doom! But could our young hero ever be ready for an archnemesis like the Green Goblin? Black Panther and Captain America guest-star as Spidey learns the ropes of heroism - but fun time is over when the Sinister Six strikes! Can a lone Spidey defeat his most powerful foes all at the same time? Return to a classic era, and discover what made Spider-Man the world's greatest super hero!
Robbie Thompson is a comic-book and TV writer. His TV credits include the sci-fi hit Supernatural on The CW, The New Woody Wood Pecker Show for Cartoon Network, Human Target for Fox and The Cape for NBC. He also wrote Ark, an original science-fiction series, for Oni Press that was then developed into a web series by 60 Frames Studios. Thompson is writer of the Marvel Comics series Silk.

Artist Nick Bradshaw has worked extensively in various multimedia fields, including animation and gaming. In comics, he rose to fame on Dynamite Entertainment’s Army of Darkness; he has also illustrated DC Comics’ Rokkin and Danger Girl. His Marvel credits include Astonishing X-Men and Uncanny X-Men Annual #3 — the first chapter of the “Escape From the Negative Zone” three-parter continued in Steve Rogers: Super-Soldier Annual #1 and Namor: The First Mutant Annual #1. Bradshaw brought his lively style to the pages of Jason Aaron’s Wolverine & the X-Men, and revisits Peter Parker's early days in Spidey.

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Collects Spidey #1-12. It's action, adventure and hilarity in equal measure as we head back to high school to explore Peter Parker's early days as Spider-Man! Navigating your teen years is tough enough, but Peter also has to contend with a never-ending merry-go-round of Spider-Man madness courtesy of the best rogues' gallery in comics! We're talking Doctor Octopus, Sandman, the Vulture, Electro, Kraven, the Scorpion…and believe it or not, Doctor Doom! But could our young hero ever be ready for an archnemesis like the Green Goblin? Black Panther and Captain America guest-star as Spidey learns the ropes of heroism - but fun time is over when the Sinister Six strikes! Can a lone Spidey defeat his most powerful foes all at the same time? Return to a classic era, and discover what made Spider-Man the world's greatest super hero!

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Robbie Thompson is a comic-book and TV writer. His TV credits include the sci-fi hit Supernatural on The CW, The New Woody Wood Pecker Show for Cartoon Network, Human Target for Fox and The Cape for NBC. He also wrote Ark, an original science-fiction series, for Oni Press that was then developed into a web series by 60 Frames Studios. Thompson is writer of the Marvel Comics series Silk.

Artist Nick Bradshaw has worked extensively in various multimedia fields, including animation and gaming. In comics, he rose to fame on Dynamite Entertainment’s Army of Darkness; he has also illustrated DC Comics’ Rokkin and Danger Girl. His Marvel credits include Astonishing X-Men and Uncanny X-Men Annual #3 — the first chapter of the “Escape From the Negative Zone” three-parter continued in Steve Rogers: Super-Soldier Annual #1 and Namor: The First Mutant Annual #1. Bradshaw brought his lively style to the pages of Jason Aaron’s Wolverine & the X-Men, and revisits Peter Parker's early days in Spidey.

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