It's been months building up to Spider-Verse, a large-scale, multi-universe Spider-Man story. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #9 marks the first part of the Spider-Verse. Written by Dan Slott, drawn by Olivier Coipel, and colors by Justin Ponsor, this issue revealed quite a bit about what is going on in this story as well as a few familiar faces returning. Let's take a look at some of the developments from this issue.
Warning: There are spoilers from the issue below.
6. Master Weaver controls how Morlun and company gets to the different Earths
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How is Morlun and his family jumping from world to world? That's been one big question on many fans minds in the preludes to this arc. Here, fans learn that a character named "Master Weaver" uses a device to spin webs that open portals to different worlds, so the family can feast on their favorite dish: Spider-People. In the epilogue story, there's a spread, drawn by Giuseppe Camuncoli, with Cam Smith on inks, and Antonio Fabela on colors, that shows a great amount of detail to what the full web looks like.
5. Kaine Parker is the Other
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Daemos finds himself face-to-face with Kaine Parker, the Scarlet Spider, and before he decides to feast on his essence, Daemos discovers there's something very special about Kaine: he's the Other. Kaine is a key component to something going on here. Luckily, other Spider-folk come and save him. But later...
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We find out that there's a trinity of important Spider-people in this story line. We know that Kaine is The Other, but we also learn there's The Bride and The Scion. Lord Solus knows the location of them all. Who are these characters and what does all of this mean in the big picture?
4. Spider-Gwen joins the fight
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Lots of Spider-Men and Spider-Women have been joining the fight against Morlun and his family, and now all the forces are in the 616 Universe to team-up. It wasn't much of a surprise but lots of people will be really excited to see Gwen Stacy of Earth-65 make her way into the book. Fans also like to call her Spider-Gwen. And yes, she's many folks new favorite. This is her first appearance in the 616 and certainly not her last, so get excited Spider-Gwen fans!
3. Peter Parker is the greatest Spider of all
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Here's the biggest twist in the issue. All the Spider-characters, from different universes are showing up in the 616, but why? Well, it's revealed here that the Peter Parker/Spider-Man from the 616 universe is the greatest of all the Spider-People. What makes the 616 Peter Parker so special and more than that, what makes any of the 616 Spider-People more important than the others? There are lots of other Spider-Folk that are more powerful than the 616 Spider-Man. Obviously, more will be revealed as the series goes on.
2. Verna attacks Miles Morales and Jessica Drew with her "dogs"
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One popular Spider-Man we haven't really seen is Miles Morales, the Ultimate Spider-Man. Lady Verna fetches the hounds, but the hounds happen to be Silver Sable, Fireheart (Puma), and Kravinoff (Kraven the Hunter) from various worlds. She seems to be taking a lot of firepower to hunt down a young kid and a clone, isn't she? Most of the time, one of the family goes on their own to kill the Spider. Does that mean that either Miles or Jessica are either the Bride or the Scion? Or is it just as Verna said: she like young spiders.
1. The bad guys are all fighting over the 616
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There's a little bit of a family feud happening on Earth-001 AKA Loomworld and there's no Steve Harvey to break it up. What they're fighting over is the right to dine at Earth-616. Morlun wants to go there but so does Daemos. Is this the first crack we've seen in the family's armor? Can their fighting over food be their undoing? As of now, Morlun and company seem incredibly powerful and unbeatable. This rift between Daemos and Morlun will most likely continue in future issues, so let's see where this is headed.
There you have it. Part 1 of Spider-Verse is in the books. If anything, this issue really taught readers more about Loomworld and Morlun's family than anything else, but there's a lot to take in here. What did you think of this issue? Where do you think this story is going?