American Son

Bursting onto the scene in 2009 courtesy of Joe Kelly and artists Paulo Siqueira and Marco Checchetto, American Son is a Modern Age Marvel creation whose brief but charged existence unfolds against one of Spider-Man's most dramatic storylines. With only a handful of appearances concentrated in The Amazing Spider-Man and the dedicated Spider-Man: American Son arc, this character burns bright rather than long — sharing the page with heavy hitters like Spider-Man, Wolverine, Harry Osborn, and Menace. Rare and tightly focused, American Son is exactly the kind of compelling, era-specific figure that rewards collectors who dig into the rich, morally complicated corners of the Spider-Man mythos.