Spider-Man's New Nemesis Can Break Peter Even Worse Than Green Goblin
Warning: Contains spoilers for Amazing Spider-Man #1
The new Amazing Spider-Man series from Marvel Comics introduced many changes to Peter Parker's life, including putting in his path a dangerous villain who just became his sworn nemesis, Tombstone. While Spider-Man and Tombstone already crossed paths in the past, this time the stone-hard criminal poses such a big threat to Peter's life that even the Green Goblin pales in comparison.
Lonnie Lincoln is an African American man affected by albinism who grew up in Harlem, attending the same school as Joe Robertson, Peter Parker's future friend and editor at The Daily Bugle. After a difficult childhood as "a black man trapped in a white man's skin," Lonnie became an enforcer for the Mob and worked his way up the ladder of New York's crime families, earning the nickname «Tombstone.» After being exposed to an experimental gas, Tombstone gained super-strength and a near-indestructible skin. Over the years, Lonnie tussled with many New York heroes, especially Spider-Man and Daredevil. Thanks to his powers and ruthless attitude, he was able to become one of the crime bosses of the city, keeping his position even after Wilson Fisk (aka the Kingpin of crime) lost his office as mayor. Recently, Tombstone's daughter Janice (who was formerly the super-villain Beetle) got engaged to Joe's son, Randy, who is also Peter's friend and roommate.
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In Amazing Spider-Man #1, by Zeb Wells, John Romita Jr, Scott Hanna, and Marcio Menyz, Peter stops a deal in which the Rose (another crime boss who is the Kingpin's son) was about to buy a Goblin Glider from Tombstone. The Rose uses the failed exchange as an excuse to attack
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