<<

3

RATED T | $3.99 US 0 0 3 1 1 GREG LAND 7 5 9 6 0 6 0 9 9 4 4 3 JAY LEISTEN BONUS DIGITAL EDITION – DETAILS INSIDE! FRANK D’ARMATA AFTER THE FIRST SECRET WARS, PETER PARKER RETURNED HOME TO NEW YORK CITY WITH A BRAND-NEW COSTUME HE THOUGHT HAD BEEN CRAFTED BY ALIEN TECHNOLOGY. IT COULD RESPOND TO HIS EVERY THOUGHT, SHAPE-SHIFT TO HIS CIVILIAN CLOTHING AND EVEN GENERATE A SEEMINGLY ENDLESS SUPPLY OF HIS UNIQUE WEBBING! NOW IN HIS SLEEK ALL-BLACK COSTUME, PETER PARKER BALANCES HIS PERSONAL LIFE, HIS PHOTOGRAPHY JOB FOR THE 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 THREE

AFTER ALISTAIR SMYTHE WAS CONSUMED BY A MYSTERIOUS BLACK SPECTER CALLING HIMSELF MISTER E, THE RESULTING TRANSFORMED ALL OTHER HUMANS IN THE RAVENCROFT INSTUTUTE, INCLUDING PETER PARKER’S COWORKER , INTO SHADOW CREATURES! WHILE SPIDER-MAN WAS BUSY SAVING NED, THE LEARNED FROM MISTER E—DISGUISED AS MERLIN—THAT THE EBONY BLADE MIGHT BE ONE OF THE ONLY WEAPONS THAT COULD HURT MISTER E’S CREATOR, THE GOD OF THE SYMBIOTES, KNULL. TAKING THE BLADE AND STABBING BLACK KNIGHT WITH IT, MISTER E ESCAPED…JUST AS KANG AND ROCKET RACCOON ARRIVED AT MANSION!

PETER DAVID WRITER // GREG LAND PENCILER JAY LEISTEN // FRANK D’ARMATA COLORIST

VC’s JOE SABINO LETTERER SPIDER-MAN: No. 3, March 2021. Published Monthly by MARVEL WORLDWIDE, INC., a subsidiary of MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT, LLC. OFFICE OF GREG LAND & FRANK D’ARMATA COVER ARTISTS PUBLICATION: 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104. BULK MAIL POSTAGE PAID AT NEW YORK, NY AND AT ADDITIONAL MAILING OFFICES. © TAURIN CLARKE VARIANT COVER ARTIST 2021 MARVEL No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons, and/or institutions in this magazine with those of any living or dead person or institution is intended, and any such similarity which PATRICK McGRATH KING IN BLACK LOGO DESIGN may exist is purely coincidental. $3.99 per copy in the U.S. (GST #R127032852) in the direct market; Canadian Agreement JAY BOWEN KING IN BLACK TRADE DRESS DESIGN #40668537. Printed in the USA. Subscription rate (U.S. dollars) for 12 issues: U.S. $26.99; Canada $42.99; Foreign $42.99. ANTHONY GAMBINO RECAP PAGE DESIGN POSTMASTER: SEND ALL ADDRESS CHANGES TO SYMBIOTE SPIDER- MAN: KING IN BLACK, C/O MARVEL SUBSCRIPTIONS P.O. BOX 727 NEW HYDE PARK, NY 11040. TELEPHONE # (888) 511-5480. FAX # (347) 537-2649. SALENA MAHINA PRODUCTION DESIGN [email protected]. KEVIN FEIGE, Chief Creative Officer; DAN BUCKLEY, President, Marvel Entertainment; JOHN NEE, Publisher; JOE QUESADA, EVP & Creative DANNY KHAZEM ASSISTANT EDITOR Director; DAVID BOGART, Associate Publisher & SVP of Talent Affairs; TOM BREVOORT, SVP of Publishing; DAVID GABRIEL, VP of Print & Digital Publishing; JEFF YOUNGQUIST, VP DEVIN LEWIS EDITOR of Production & Special Projects; DAN CARR, Executive Director of Publishing Technology; ALEX MORALES, Director of Publishing Operations; DAN EDINGTON, Managing Editor; RICKEY PURDIN, NICK LOWE EXECUTIVE EDITOR Director of Talent Relations; SUSAN CRESPI, Production Manager; , Chairman Emeritus. For information regarding advertising in or on Marvel.com, please contact Vit DeBellis, Custom C.B. CEBULSKI EDITOR IN CHIEF Solutions & Integrated Advertising Manager, at [email protected]. For Marvel subscription inquiries, please call 888-511-5480. Manufactured between 12/04/2020 and 12/19/2020 by FRY COMMUNICATIONS, SPIDER-MAN CREATED BY STAN LEE & MECHANICSBURG, PA, USA.

SYMBIOTE SPIDER-MAN: KING IN BLACK No. 1, January 2021. Published Monthly by MARVEL WORLDWIDE, INC., a subsidiary of MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT, LLC. OFFICE OF PUBLICATION: 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104. © 2020 MARVEL No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons, and/or institutions in this magazine with those of any living or dead person or institution is intended, and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental. $4.99 per copy in the U.S. (GST #R127032852) in the direct market; Canadian Agreement #40668537. Printed in the USA. KEVIN FEIGE, Chief Creative Officer; DAN BUCKLEY, President, Marvel Entertainment; JOHN NEE, Publisher; JOE QUESADA, EVP & Creative Director; DAVID BOGART, Associate Publisher & SVP of Talent Affairs; TOM BREVOORT, SVP of Publishing; DAVID GABRIEL, VP of Print & Digital Publishing; JEFF YOUNGQUIST, VP of Production & Special Projects; DAN CARR, Executive Director of Publishing Technology; ALEX MORALES, Director of Publishing Operations; DAN EDINGTON, Managing Editor; RICKEY PURDIN, Director of Talent Relations; SUSAN CRESPI, Production Manager; STAN LEE, Chairman Emeritus. For information regarding advertising in Marvel Comics or on Marvel.com, please contact Vit DeBellis, Custom Solutions & Integrated Advertising Manager, at [email protected]. For Marvel subscription inquiries, please call 888-511-5480. Manufactured between 10/23/2020 and 11/02/2020 by FRY COMMUNICATIONS, MECHANICSBURG, PA, USA.