Spider-Boy #10

History

Bailey Briggs was co-created by writer Dan Slott and artist Humberto Ramos and first appeared in Spider-Man #7 (2023, part of the 'End of the Spider-Verse' arc written by Slott with art by Mark Bagley), emerging from the reweaving of the Web of Life and Destiny as a child hero nobody remembered. The character's immediate popularity — both that issue and his solo debut in Edge of Spider-Verse #3 sold out — led directly to the ongoing solo series launched in November 2023, with Paco Medina joining as series artist alongside Slott. By issue ten, the creative team of Slott and Medina (with Nathan Stockman sharing interior art duties) had spent the series' first arc methodically building out Bailey's world: his tragic origin at the hands of Madame Monstrosity, his connection to his mother Tabitha Briggs, and his uneasy partnership with Peter Parker — all setting up the status quo upheaval delivered here.

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• Published August 14, 2024 (cover-dated October 2024) by Marvel Comics, written by Dan Slott with interior art by Nathan Stockman and cover art by Paco Medina; Erick Arciniega on colors and Joe Caramagna on letters.
• The issue features Spider-Boy (Bailey Briggs, Earth-616) meeting the Spider-Society and a large assembly of multiversal spider-people referred to as the Spider-Warriors, each 'powered by radioactive spider-blood.'
• Mayday Parker (Spider-Girl, Earth-982) appears and interacts directly with Bailey, with the action partly set on Earth-982 — a notable multiverse crossover moment for the series.
• The plot advances the central 'forgotten hero' arc of the series, with reader reviews confirming this issue moves the story toward the Marvel Universe regaining its memories of Spider-Boy's existence, a status quo change Marvel's own solicitation described as having 'massive repercussions' for both Spider-Man and Spider-Boy.
• Supporting cast from the Spider-Society present includes Silk (Cindy Moon), Araña (Anya Corazón), and Madame Web (Julia Carpenter), alongside multiversal Spider-Men from Earth-67 and Earth-51914.
• Ghost-Spider (Gwen Stacy), Spider-Man (Miguel O'Hara / Spider-Man 2099), and Spider-Hulk (Bruce Banner) appear in cameo; Doc Ock's Spider-Man and members of the Fantastic Four appear only in flashback.
• Three cover editions were offered: the main Paco Medina cover, a C.F. Villa Stormbreakers Variant, and an Andrés Genolet Variant.
• Spider-Boy (Bailey Briggs) was co-created by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos, debuting in Spider-Man #7 (2023); the ongoing solo series — of which this is the tenth installment — ran for 20 issues total before concluding in 2025 when Slott departed Marvel.

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#1 1st appearance — Hellifino

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