Written by david lapham
Pencils & cover by tony harris
After the spider-bite…before the great responsibility! Meet peter parker, “midtown high’s only professional wallflower,” a hapless young nerd suddenly gifted with great power…no strings attached! Happy at home with his aunt may and uncle ben, but plagued by the bullies and mean girls of high school, see what peter does when the bite of a radioactive spider gives him the strength to take the things he wants. Fame? Money? Fast cars? Girls? This dweeb’s up to his pencilneck in 'em! Surely things can’t suddenly be this easy… it’s a side of spider-man’s early life you’ve barely glimpsed, written by david lapham (stray bullets terror, inc.) With art by tony harris (ex machina)!
"While I’m not a huge fan of Year One comics that feel the need to spell out every implied detail of a 45 year-old origin story, I AM a huge fan of David Lapham and Tony Harris. So if they say this is a story worth being told, who am I to argue? And it turns out they’re mostly right, as this series looks to be not only beautifully done, but also full of a Spider-Man we never got to see: jerky, self-involved, and desperately in need of some life lessons. I’m still not completely convinced that we need five issues of said Spidey, but this first issue is pretty good."
THIS BOOK GETS 7 GRAHAMS OUT OF 10
