Spider-Man has a new mystery villain
What did Spider-Man do? That's the question posed by April 27's Amazing Spider-Man #1, which relaunches the ongoing title with a mystery surrounding some kind of terrible disaster, the responsibility for which apparently lies at Peter Parker's feet.
But what Spidey did (or seems to be taking the blame for, including with himself) isn't the only big question posed in the issue. For one thing, one longrunning Spider-Man supporting character seems to have undergone a huge change in family dynamics (expect a major spoiler on the other side of that link).
And for another, the issue's final page introduces another new apparent villain after the debut of Chasm in the conclusion of the previous volume of the title. What's more, it seems the still-unnamed villain may have important ties to Peter Parker's past, and to his future - specifically what's ahead in Amazing Spider-Man #900.
Whatever Peter Parker did - or at least whatever he's taking the blame for - it's got him on the outs with all his loved ones from Aunt May to Mary Jane Watson, and taking big risks both as Peter Parker and as Spider-Man.
It's that risky behavior that most exemplifies where Peter/Spidey's head is at, which takes an especially stark spotlight when Peter is confronted by Tombstone, who tells him to warn Spider-Man that he's going to make the wall-crawler his "project," after an assassination attempt by his fellow mob bosses.
Rather than playing it cool, Peter leans into Tombstone's threats with a devil-may-care attitude, grinning and telling Tombstone Spider-Man is more than ready for him - leading even Tombstone to notice just how weird and self-destructive Peter seems to be acting.
Tombstone is set up as the first big threat of the new volume of
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