Spider-Boy #17

Name: Spider-Boy #17
Brand: Marvel
Availability: InStock

May 2025 · Marvel · 4.99 USD

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“Bug Brothers”

About this Issue

Spider-Boy #17, titled 'Bug Brothers,' marks the first appearance of the Bada-Bros within the pages of Dan Slott's run, expanding Bailey Briggs's growing personal rogues gallery at a moment when the series was building toward its finale. The issue's central conflict — Boyd Briggs's Boy-Spider threatening to literally supplant Bailey as both a hero and a member of the Briggs household — crystallizes the series' recurring meditation on identity, memory, and what it means to belong, themes that have defined Spider-Boy since his inception. Arriving three issues before Slott concluded the title with issue #20, this chapter represents the creative team pressing deeper into the emotional core of the Bailey-Boyd sibling dynamic before the series' wrap-up. For a character who debuted as the 'hero the Marvel Universe forgot,' the question of whether someone else can simply step into his shoes carries particular narrative weight.

writer Dan Slott · artist, inker Nathan Stockman · colorist Erick Arciniega · letterer VC's Joe Caramagna · cover Paco Medina

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History

Spider-Boy #17 was written by Dan Slott with interior art by Nathan Stockman — a rotation from regular series artist Paco Medina, who handled the main cover alongside colorist Edgar Delgado. The issue was edited by Nick Lowe under editor-in-chief C.B. Cebulski and shipped March 5, 2025, with a May 2025 cover date. Slott had conceived the Spider-Boy title as a deliberate rule-breaker within the Spider-Man corner of the Marvel Universe, introducing an entirely original rogues gallery alongside familiar Spidey villains; by issue #17, the series was in its final stretch, with Slott departing Marvel for DC Comics shortly after concluding the book at issue #20.

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Released March 5, 2025 (cover date: May 2025); story title: 'Bug Brothers.'
Written by Dan Slott; interior art by Nathan Stockman; cover art by Paco Medina with colors by Edgar Delgado.
First in-continuity appearance of the Bada-Bros, a new antagonist group added to Spider-Boy's rogues gallery.
First appearance of a character named Dave, per the Marvel Database issue entry.
Boy-Spider (Boyd Briggs) appears in what is catalogued as a vision or hallucination — and dies within it — marking a significant emotional beat in the Bailey/Boyd sibling arc.
Killionaire continues his role as an ongoing antagonist; Daredevil (Matt Murdock) and May Parker appear in supporting roles; Hellifino (Eli Hartman) and Tabitha Briggs appear in cameo.
Captain America (Steve Rogers) is present in the issue only as a poster image — not as an active character — though he is indexed in the issue's character catalog.
The issue shipped three installments before Slott concluded the series with Spider-Boy #20, after which he departed Marvel to write for DC Comics.