So... this whole Spider-Man Alpha thing. Now we know what (or who) it is...

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Not what I'd expected, that's for sure, and not in line with Marvel's usual policy, but...


From Newsarama, by way of (of all places to link to from s_d) Fox News



In short, he's Spider-Man's new (and first) sidekick!

Meet Andy Maguire (I'm sure the fact he has one live-action Spider-Man's first name, and another's last name (If we find out his middle name is Nicholas, it'll be a trifecta!)

Like Peter was, he's an outsider, but he's not a science geek like Peter was, he's a... well, he's not really anything, he's a walking clique-non-intersection set



Thanks to forging his name on the permission slip, Andy joins the group going on a trip to a certain science lab...



Yeah, I think you can see where this is going, no?

The six page preview is here and more details here.

So what do you think? Intriguing? Inspiring? Desperate?

Visually his appearance and costume makes me think of Risk of the Teen Titans, but, y'know, with more arms than he ended up with. Origin wise, a little bit Speedball-ish, but science accidents are responsible for so many heroes that might be being nit-picky.

Comments

[batman]

Why should having super powers mean he has to use them? If he doesn't have the drive to be a superhero (and it's clear from here that he doesn't really have much drive at all for anything) then the more responsible thing would be to show him how to go about his life without accidentally killing someone with his powers and then leaving him to live a normal life. Forcing him to be a superhero when he doesn't have the passion for it just seems kind of cruel.

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Fair enough.

It's just as likely that now he does have something that sets him apart from everyone else he'll want to use them (he can FLY now, that has to be tempting and it's sort of hard to overlook the kid who's floating to school in the mornings) but isn't sure how and so feeling-responsible Peter has to ensure he lives long enough to learn NOT to try and take down Apocalypse on his first day out and use his powers well.

And of course he may not want to be a hero, but another Marvel staple (and Peter's mantra) is the "With great power there must be great responsibility". To have all these powers and NOT use them would be even more of a kick in the shins to one of the founding ethos of the MU.