0 0 3 1 1 7 59606 08698 6 MARVEL.COM DIRECT EDITION $3.99 RATED US T+ PICHELLI PONSOR BENDIS # 3 WHEN PETER PARKER WAS BITTEN BY A RADIOACTIVE SPIDER, HE GAINED THE PROPORTIONAL SPEED, STRENGTH AND AGILITY OF A SPIDER; ADHESIVE FINGERTIPS AND TOES; AND THE UNIQUE PRECOGNITIVE AWARENESS OF DANGER CALLED “SPIDER- SENSE”! AFTER LEARNING THAT WITH GREAT POWER THERE MUST ALSO COME GREAT RESPONSIBILITY, HE BECAME THE CRIMEFIGHTING SUPER HERO CALLED… PART THREE THE SPIDER-MEN FIRST MET WHEN A VILLAIN BROKE THROUGH THE WALL BETWEEN THEIR DIMENSIONS. AT THE TIME, PETER SEARCHED FOR A MILES MORALES IN HIS WORLD, AND WAS SHOCKED TO FIND…NOTHING EXTRAORDINARY. SINCE THEN, MILES AND MANY OF THE PEOPLE HE LOVES HAVE BEEN BROUGHT INTO PETER’S UNIVERSE, WHERE MILES HAS CONTINUED FIGHTING CRIME AS SPIDER-MAN, WITH PETER’S BLESSING. RECENTLY, PETER AND MILES INVESTIGATED THE REAPPEARANCE OF A DIMENSIONAL RIFT, APPARENTLY CONNECTED TO THE MERCENARY TASKMASTER. HE ESCAPED AFTER A DIFFICULT FIGHT, BUT NOT BEFORE THE YOUNGER SPIDER-MAN OVERHEARD HIM DISCUSSING HIS DEAL WITH A “MILES MORALES.” WHAT KIND OF PERSON WORKS WITH MEN LIKE TASKMASTER AND LEAVES NO TRACE OF A PUBLIC RECORD? IN A DIMENSION VERY MUCH LIKE OURS, MILES MORALES WAS BITTEN BY A STOLEN, GENETICALLY ALTERED SPIDER THAT GRANTED HIM INCREDIBLE ARACHNID-LIKE POWERS. WHEN THAT DIMENSION’S PETER PARKER WAS KILLED BY THE GREEN GOBLIN, MILES CHOSE TO DEDICATE HIS LIFE TO THE LEGACY OF SPIDER-MAN AND BECAME... BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS WRITER SARA PICHELLI ARTIST ELISABETTA D’AMICO INKING ASSISTANT JUSTIN PONSOR COLOR ARTIST VC’s CORY PETIT LETTERER SARA PICHELLI & MORRY HOLLOWELL COVER ARTISTS JESÚS SAIZ CONNECTING VARIANT COVER ARTIST KATHLEEN WISNESKI ASSISTANT EDITOR NICK LOWE EDITOR AXEL ALONSO EDITOR IN CHIEF JOE QUESADA CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER DAN BUCKLEY PRESIDENT ALAN FINE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER SPIDER-MAN CREATED BY STAN LEE & STEVE DITKO SPIDER-MEN II No. 3, November 2017. Published Monthly by MARVEL WORLDWIDE, INC., a subsidiary of MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT, LLC. OFFICE OF PUBLICATION: 135 West 50th Street, New York, NY 10020. BULK MAIL POSTAGE PAID AT NEW YORK, NY AND AT ADDITIONAL MAILING OFFICES. © 2017 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. $3.99 per copy in the U.S. (GST #R127032852) in the direct market; Canadian Agreement #40668537. Printed in the USA. Subscription rate (U.S. dollars) for 12 issues: U.S. $26.99; Canada $42.99; Foreign $42.99. POSTMASTER: SEND ALL ADDRESS CHANGES TO SPIDER-MEN II, C/O MARVEL SUBSCRIPTIONS P.O. BOX 727 NEW HYDE PARK, NY 11040. TELEPHONE # (888) 511-5480. FAX # (347) 537-2649. [email protected]. DAN BUCKLEY, President, Marvel Entertainment; JOE QUESADA, Chief Creative Officer; TOM BREVOORT, SVP of Publishing; DAVID BOGART, SVP of Business Affairs & Operations, Publishing & Partnership; C.B. CEBULSKI, VP of Brand Management & Development, Asia; DAVID GABRIEL, SVP of Sales & Marketing, Publishing; JEFF YOUNGQUIST, VP of Production & Special Projects; DAN CARR, Executive Director of Publishing Technology; ALEX MORALES, Director of Publishing Operations; SUSAN CRESPI, Production Manager; STAN LEE, Chairman Emeritus. For information regarding advertising in Marvel Comics or on Marvel.com, please contact Vit DeBellis, Integrated Sales Manager, at vdebellis@ marvel.com. For Marvel subscription inquiries, please call 888-511-5480. Manufactured between 08/25/2017 and 09/04/2017 by QUAD/GRAPHICS WASECA, WASECA, MN, USA..