The Marvel Universe is finally beginning to remember the long-lost sidekick it never knew it had in the first place.

Spider-Boy #11 opens to what would be an otherwise ordinary day at Stillwell Farms, if not for the sudden emergence of thousands if not millions of memories all over the globe. As it turns out, people are suddenly beginning to remember Spider-Boy and his years of high-flying adventures. More importantly, his own mother is finally starting to remember Bailey Briggs as her son, leading to the family reunion he has spent his entire life fighting for.

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 & ERICK ARCINIEGA Variant covers by LEE GARBETT and PASQUAL FERRY & EDGAR DELGADO

Introduced in the pages of 2023’s Spider-Man #7 by Dan Slott and Mark Bagley, the young Bailey Briggs, better known as Spider-Boy, has one of the strangest origin stories of all time. Rather than being bitten by a radioactive spider, Bailey was the creation of Melodia Stillwell, aka Madame Monstrosity, whose work gave rise to most of Spider-Man’s iconic, animalistic foes. At least, that’s the story Bailey knows, whereas the rest of the Marvel Universe doesn’t remember him at all thanks to his existence being a byproduct of the reweaving of the Web of Life and Destiny.

As such, Bailey can recall his entire life with clarity, whereas the likes of Spider-Man, the Avengers, and even his own mother have no recollection of him. This has driven Bailey to the fringes of life in New York City, although he has found plenty of help along the way. Unfortunately, Bailey has also been devastated by the various villains who have hounded him. That’s on top of the fact that not even the woman who gave birth to him has any clue who he is.

More recently, Bailey and his allies have managed to end Madame Monstrosity’s operations, all while securing Bailey’s freedom. But following the heroes’ victory, Bailey’s mother stayed behind at Stillwell Farms with the humanimals she knew best instead of trying to build a life with the son she never knew. Thankfully, Bailey wasn’t alone in his return. He had an entire team of heroes including Captain America and even Marvel’s Toy Soldier to accompany him on his journey and, presumably, continue helping him as he adjusts to whatever life has in store for him next.

Spider-Boy #11 is on sale now from Marvel Comics.

Source: Marvel Comics