311 RYAN • FRIGERI • KEITH RATED T | $3.99US | MARVEL.COM 3 1 1 1 1 7 5 9 6 0 6 0 8 8 1 4 0 ON A STORY BY DAN S BASED LOTT SOME TIME AGO, THE SPIDER-POWERED HEROES OF MANY UNIVERSES UNITED IN BATTLE TO DEFEAT THE INHERITORS, A FAMILY OF SUPERHUMAN BEINGS WHO FED ON THE LIFE ESSENCE OF SPIDERS. THE SPIDER-ARMY TRAPPED THEM ON A RADIOACTIVE PLANET AND RETURNED TO THEIR LIVES. THE INHERITORS WAITED. THEN OTTO OCTAVIUS, IN HIS QUEST TO BECOME THE PREDOMINANT HERO OF SAN FRANCISCO, USED THE INHERITORS’ CLONING TECHNOLOGY, UNKNOWINGLY OPENING A DOOR FOR THEM TO RETURN...TO EARTH. PETER PARKER’S HISTORY WITH THE INHERITORS BEGAN LONG BEFORE THE WAR FOR THE SPIDER-VERSE, WHEN THEIR FAVORED SON, MORLUN, BEGAN STALKING HIM. EACH TIME THEY MET, MORLUN INFLICTED DAMAGE THAT MADE PETER FEAR FOR HIS LIFE. AND EACH TIME, PETER’S NARROW ESCAPE COMPOUNDED MORLUN’S HATRED. NOW, THE HUNTER HAS RETURNED, AND HE HAS ONLY ONE TARGET… SEAN RYAN WRITER JUAN FRIGERI PENCILER & INKER JASON KEITH COLORIST VC’s TRAVIS LANHAM LETTERER PHILIP TAN & MORRY HOLLOWELL COVER ARTISTS ANTHONY GAMBINO PRODUCTION DESIGN KATHLEEN WISNESKI ASSISTANT EDITOR NICK LOWE EDITOR C.B. CEBULSKI EDITOR IN CHIEF JOE QUESADA CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER DAN BUCKLEY PRESIDENT ALAN FINE EXEC. PRODUCER SPIDER-MAN CREATED BY STAN LEE & STEVE DITKO PETER PARKER: THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN No. 311, December 2018. Published Monthly except in March, June, and September 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. © 2018 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 PETER PARKER: THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN, 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; JOHN NEE, Publisher; JOE QUESADA, Chief Creative Officer; TOM BREVOORT, SVP of Publishing; DAVID BOGART, SVP of Business Affairs & Operations, Publishing & Partnership; 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; DAN EDINGTON, Managing Editor; 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 09/21/2018 and 10/02/2018 by LSC COMMUNICATIONS INC., GLASGOW, KY, USA. three times. three times I have fought the spider-man of this world. he has defeated me three times. it is three times too many. he is food. food does not “win.” he has been lucky. that luck runs out today. today I feed. every second he lives is an insult to me and my family. he must be shown his place. and I will confirm my place... ...at the top of the food chain. that's all, folks! what? no chuckles or anything for that? cut me some slack, guys. that’s pretty good quipping for zero sleep. anyway, I’m just glad I you guys finally tracked couldn’t have you down. what robbed that bank was it, three during normal banks before operating hours this one? that’s like sensible impressive. criminals? but enough’s enough. you’re starting to give stinky, off- brand cartoon characters a bad name. hey, look at that. that’s my cue. morning, boys! the bad guys are all web-wrapped phew. thank for ya! goodness that’s finally over with. I am exhausted. you’re welcome! how about the paperwork? yeah, that all done, too? oh, good. the sun is rising. that should give me a nice, solid, healthy hour and a half before I need to wake up. you know what, I’m way too tired. I’m gonna konk out mid swing. and I can’t have that happen again. I should just get a cab. what the--?!.