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6 GREG LAND DIGITAL EDITION DIGITAL 9 5 JAY LEISTEN 7 BONUS BONUS FRANK D’ARMATA KNULL, THE PRIMORDIAL AND MALICIOUS GOD OF THE SYMBIOTES, HAS BEEN FREED FROM HIS PRISON AT THE EDGE OF THE GALAXY.
AFTER THE FIRST SECRET WARS, PETER PARKER RETURNED OLDER THAN MEMORY AND IMPRISONED FOR MILENNIA, THE GODKING OF THE HOME TO NEW YORK CITY WITH A BRAND-NEW COSTUME ABYSS HAS LED A HORDE OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF SYMBIOTE DRAGONS HE THOUGHT HAD BEEN CRAFTED BY ALIEN TECHNOLOGY. ACROSS THE COSMOS WITH A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION AND DEATH IN THEIR WAKE. IT COULD RESPOND TO HIS EVERY THOUGHT, SHAPE-SHIFT TO MIMIC HIS CIVILIAN CLOTHING AND EVEN GENERATE A NOW, THEY HAVE ARRIVED TO EARTH -- THE GALAXY’S FINAL LINE OF DEFENSE AGAINST SEEMINGLY ENDLESS SUPPLY OF HIS UNIQUE WEBBING! THE KING IN BLACK. NOW, IN HIS SLEEK ALL-BLACK COSTUME, PETER PARKER BALANCES HIS PERSONAL LIFE, HIS PHOTOGRAPHY JOB FOR THE DAILY BUGLE AND HIS SUPER-HEROICS AS HE SWINGS THROUGH THE CITY AS THE AMAZING FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN! THOUGH UNBEKNOWNST TO PETER, HIS ALIEN COSTUME MAY BE MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE…
THE SWORD AND THE SPIRIT PART ONE
PETER DAVID WRITER // GREG LAND PENCILER JAY LEISTEN INKER// FRANK D’ARMATA COLORIST VC’s JOE SABINO LETTERER
GREG LAND & FRANK D’ARMATA COVER ARTISTS
ALEX SAVIUK & CHRIS SOTOMAYOR;
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