The Spider-Man hype only heightens as the new movie release comes ever closer. In a report by MSN News, Marvel adds to the excitement by spinning a new web for the nerdy hero's history.
A five-part comic book story called "Learning to Crawl" will hit the stores beginning May 7th, alongside the "Amazing Spider-Man" 1.1 series, and will conclude in September with issue number 1.5.
Apparently, there is more to the story of how Spiderman came to be, and Marvel Comics will shed the light on how the hero transformed during those early days of fighting crime. It will also tackle the story of how Peter Parker came to terms with losing his beloved Uncle Ben.
Dan Slott, writer of the series since 2008, said that the new story does not only pay homage to the first appearance of the character in 1962, but also peels back layers of what has been going on in the first volume of "The Amazing Spider-Man." According to Newsarama.com, Slott calls the new series, "the story you never knew about the story you know by heart."
He said, "When you're looking at things in those issues, you're going 'Wait a minute! How did this happen? How did he get this? Where did this come from? 'Why didn't Aunt May ever wonder about that?'"
Slott also said that the story is a chance to learn more about the geeky Peter Parker as a teenager and a high school student, not the hero who got bitten by a radioactive spider. "You start looking at it closer and closer and you go 'There's a story here that we're not seeing. A very pivotal and crucial story that lovingly respects everything that went on but tells you more, so much more about Spider-Man and so much more about Peter Parker."
A new villain also debuts, and he may or may not be Parker's peer who wanted to be the webbed hero himself. According to Slott, "Someone's running around trying to be just like Spider-Man and there's no way in Peter's mind that he's not responsible for everything that guy's going to do. He's got his first villain who is his own age, someone that he's inspired" instead of clashing with The Vulture or Doctor Octopus or the Lizard, all of whom were adults and authority figures.He's a troubled teen hero fighting a troubled teen villain!"
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