Scarlet Spider Preview

Scarlet Spider is back! Marvel released a very revealing first look at the new Scarlet Spider #1 slated to hit shelves in January.

What Marvel (officially) says:

Get ready for a new brand of web-slinging action in your first look at SCARLET SPIDER #1! From the red-hot creative team of Chris Yost & Ryan Stegman, Kaine – the all-new Scarlet Spider – finds himself on the run in Texas after saving New York City from becoming the world’s largest spider nest during Spider-Island. But when his escape is stopped by a super-powered crime syndicate, Kaine must put an end to their corruption the only way he knows how…violently.

“SCARLET SPIDER is a book that can deal with a character much like Peter Parker but at darker, more difficult place in his life,” said Stephen Wacker, Marvel Senior Editor. “The violent choices he’s made through years of struggle—the sins of youth, so to speak—have come at a brutal cost. He may hope that the things he’s done will be left to the dusty, yellowed pages of history, but someone always remembers who you used to be.”

Redefining power & responsibility, no fan can miss the brutal debut of SCARLET SPIDER #1 hitting comic shops everywhere, this January.

SCARLET SPIDER #1
Written by CHRIS YOST
Pencils by RYAN STEGMAN
Colors by MARTE GRACIA
Cover by RYAN STEGMAN
January 2012

*end press release

I’m quite excited for this, even though I’m not sure why. I never cared for the Scarlet Spider before, but maybe that was because he was always playing second fiddle to Spider-Man. Now, if Kaine is given his own turf—in Houston, no less—I think he can really shine as a unique character and just from the setting alone, there’s plenty of potential storylines to explore. This is definitely a must-read for me, and I hope it proves to stay that way when it comes out in January.