Superior Spider-Man #4

History

The series grew out of Marvel's Sales department approaching writer Dan Slott — who created the original Superior Spider-Man saga in 2013 — to craft a 10th-anniversary storyline, which Slott has described as happening 'like clockwork.' What began as a planned arc of the ongoing Spider-Man title by Slott and artist Mark Bagley expanded into an eight-issue standalone series launching in November 2023, preceded by the one-shot Superior Spider-Man Returns. It was announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2023 that the new series would replace the Slott/Bagley Spider-Man book for eight issues, with Ellie Pyle as editor.

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• Released February 14, 2024 (cover-dated April 2024); titled 'Two Minds' per the Marvel Database.
• Written by Dan Slott with art by Mark Bagley (pencils), John Dell (inks), Edgar Delgado (colors), and lettering by Joe Caramagna.
• Core plot: Peter Parker defeats Otto Octavius in a psychic battle inside Peter's own mind, preventing Doc Ock from retaking his body.
• First appearance of the Sinister Six Hundred — appearing as an illusion or holographic simulation within Peter's mindscape.
• The vast catalog of characters in this issue (heroes, villains, Spider-folk) appear as illusions or holographic simulations within the mental battle, not as physical presences in the main narrative.
• Supernova (Estrella Lopez) — the new villain of the arc whose first appearance was in Superior Spider-Man Returns #1 (2023) — appears in a supporting/cameo capacity as the external threat Otto and Peter must still jointly face after the mental battle.
• Collected in the trade paperback Superior Spider-Man Vol. 1: Supernova, which compiles Superior Spider-Man Returns #1 and issues #1–4 of the 2023 series.
• The issue shipped with three covers: a standard Mark Bagley cover, a Marcos Martín variant, and a 1:25 incentive variant by Sam De La Rosa.

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