Marvel has a brand new Spider-Girl, and she might just be the best help Bullseye could ever ask for. Spider-Boy #12 finds the titular hero joining his old mentor Daredevil for a team-up that is long overdue.

Unfortunately, the two don’t get much of a chance to catch up before they are beset by a duo of dangerous villains in the form of Bullseye and his new protégé. Worse still, Bullseye’s young ward makes her proper introduction as none other than Marvel’s latest Spider-Girl, and she is anything but what the name would imply.

Written by DAN SLOTT Art by PACO MEDINA Colors by ERICK ARCINIEGA Letters by VC’s JOE CARAMAGNA Design by ADAM DEL RE Main cover art by PACO MEDINA & RACHELLE ROSENBERG Variant covers by ELIZABETH TORQUE, MARK BAGLEY & GURU-eFX, MICHAEL CHO, EDWIN GALMON & JESUS ABURTOV, and FEDERICO VICENTINI & EDGAR DELGADO

The name Spider-Girl is one that has been handed down to a plethora of characters over the years. The most prominent of these is likely May “Mayday” Parker, the daughter of Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson from the alternate future of Marvel’s MC2 line of books, also known as the reality of Earth-982. In the years since, characters ranging from the gruff and grim Ashley Barton to the primary Marvel Universe’s Anya Corazon have picked up the mantle of Spider-Girl, though rarely has it fallen into the hands of anyone who could be described as an abject villain in the same way as Bullseye’s new pint-sized sidekick.

The villainous assassin known as Bullseye has been a mainstay of the Marvel Universe since his debut back in 1975’s Daredevil #131 by Marv Wolfman and William Robert Brown. Since his introduction, Bullseye has maintained a fierce, often obsessive rivalry with the Man Without Fear. This has driven Bullseye to make numerous personal attacks against Daredevil, even going so far as to murder the hero’s beloved Elektra Natchios with her own sai in one of the most infamous moments not just in comic book history, but in all of pop culture.

Bailey Briggs, aka Spider-Boy, is a relatively new addition to the Marvel Universe, with his first appearance having only taken place in 2023’s Spider-Man #7 by writer Dan Slott and artist Mark Bagley. Following the Web of Life and Destiny’s repair, Bailey was effectively spun into existence out of sheer nothingness. Though no one else had any idea of who he was, Bailey was ushered into existence with full knowledge of his own life, as well as intact memories of his time fighting crime alongside the likes of Spider-Man. This led to a great deal of tension between Bailey and his fellow heroes, not to mention the mother who never knew he existed in the first place. Luckily, knowledge of Bailey’s existence has recently been returned to the world that forgot him, giving rise to a revival of Spider-Boy fanatics all across the globe, as well as some particularly enthusiastic friends and family members who can once again cherish their memories of and life with the budding young Wall-Crawler.

Spider-Boy #12 is on sale now from Marvel Comics.

Source: Marvel Comics