Spider-Punk Gets Solo Marvel Comics Series
In a post made to Den of Geek on Wednesday, January 19th, 2022, it was announced that Hobart Brown, A.K.A. Spider-Punk, will be getting his own solo title in April 2022! The five-issue Spider-Punk miniseries will be written by Cody Ziglar (whose writing credits include the Marvel multiverse-adjacent Rick & Morty as well as the upcoming She-Hulk series on Disney+) and with art by Justin Mason.
Spider-Punk
Photo: Marvel Comics.
Spider-Punk made his first appearance in the panels of Marvel Comics in The Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #10 by Dan Slott, Olivier Coipel, Wade von Grawbadger, Justin Ponsor, and Chris Eliopoulous.
The Amazing Spider-Man (2015) #13 by Slott, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Cam Smith, Ponsor, and Eliopoulos. Photo: Marvel Unlimited.
He went on to play a key part in the Spider-Verse event, which took place in 2015.
Web Warriors #6 by Mike Costa, David Baldeon, Walden Wong, Terry Pallot, Scott Hanna, Matt Yackey, Rachelle Rosenberg, and Joe Caramagna, with a cover by Julian Totino Tedesco. Photo: Marvel Unlimited.
After Spider-Verse had concluded, Spider-Punk continued to play an important role in protecting the Spider-Verse thanks to his role in Web Warriors, which concluded with Web Warriors #10 in 2016.
Photo: Marvel Unlimited.
Spider-Punk went on to appear in the Spider-Geddon event as well as Edge of Spider-Geddon (2018) #1 by Jed MacKay, Gerardo Sandoval, Brain Reber, and Cory Petit.
And now, he’s getting his own title.
Cover by Coipel. Photo: Marvel Comics.
Ziglar is one of the writers who is currently working on the Spider-Man Beyond storyline, which is unfolding in the panels of The Amazing Spider-Man, but there’s a particular reason that he’s excited to get the chance to write Spider-Punk.
Variant cover by Todd Nauck. Photo: Marvel Comics.
According to the interview with Den of Geek, Ziglar regularly joked with the Marvel editors: “‘I want to write Spider-Man, but if it’s a Black Spider-Man? I’m the guy to come to.” And the fact that the character is into punk stuff on top of that is just the cherry on top: “Great! Literally all my bases are covered,” Ziglar said.
Arriving April 2022
Recap page from Edge of Spider-Geddon (2018) #1, featuring art by Sheldon Vella. Photo: Marvel Unlimited.
On top of all this, Ziglar revealed another detail we can look forward to when the comic arrives in April 2022: Spider-Punk’s band will include a variant of Riri Williams among its ranks. Will you be picking up Spider-Punk #1 when the series arrives this spring? Let us know in the comment section!
