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The Amazing Spider-Man #611

Name: The Amazing Spider-Man #611
Brand: Marvel
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Jan 2010 · Marvel · 2.99 USD

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“This Man, This Expletive Deleted”

★ 1st appearance — Lady Stilt-Man

About this Issue

Amazing Spider-Man #611 (cover-dated January 2010) marks the debut of Lady Stilt-Man (Callie Ryan), a deliberately absurdist female legacy villain who has since racked up nearly twenty Marvel Universe appearances — a testament to how a one-joke concept can take on genuine comic-book life. The issue also serves as the functional prologue to 'The Gauntlet,' one of the most ambitious Spider-Man mega-arcs of the Brand New Day era, using Deadpool as an unwitting instrument of the Kravinoff family's conspiracy to isolate and break Spider-Man before the gauntlet of classic villains begins. Creatively, it reunites writer Joe Kelly — the architect of the modern Deadpool persona — with the character he shaped in the 1990s, giving the issue a meta dimension that readers immediately noticed: here was the man who defined Wade Wilson's voice writing him again, this time against his thematic counterpart in wisecracking wall-crawlers.

In "This Man, This Expletive Deleted," Spider-Man faces off against Lady Stilt-Man, only to find himself unexpectedly aided by Deadpool—though not for long. Written by Joe Kelly and illustrated by Eric Canete with colors by Andres Mossa and letters by VC's Joe Caramagna, the issue unfolds with a twisty, high-stakes clash that takes a bizarre turn when Deadpool’s motives unravel. Skottie Young’s cover captures the chaotic energy of the moment, as Spider-Man grapples with a battle that’s less about heroics and more about a game of "the dozens" with deadly consequences.

writer Joe Kelly · artist, inker Eric Canete · colorist Andres Mossa · letterer VC's Joe Caramagna · cover Skottie Young

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History

The issue was written by Joe Kelly and penciled by Eric Canete, with a cover by Skottie Young; editor Stephen Wacker and assistant editor Tom Brennan oversaw production during Marvel's thrice-monthly Brand New Day publishing schedule. Kelly had previously defined Deadpool's irreverent, fourth-wall-breaking personality during his landmark 1997–2001 run on the Merc's solo title, so his return to the character for this single-issue diversion carried built-in significance for fans. The recap page itself was a gag — illustrated with photos of actual Marvel editorial staff — a Deadpool-style meta-joke that set the tone for the issue's self-aware humor. A second-printing variant was released with added dialogue in Deadpool's word balloon, the punchline being a Spider-Man rendered in the gun-heavy, pouch-laden aesthetic of early-1990s Cable, directly sending up that era of Marvel excess.

Trivia · 7 facts

First appearance of Lady Stilt-Man (real name Callie Ryan), created by Joe Kelly and Eric Canete; she is a female legacy villain who adopts the Stilt-Man armor as an homage to the original and goes on to accumulate roughly 18 Marvel appearances.
Functions as a prologue to 'The Gauntlet' story arc: Ana Kravinoff and Sasha Kravinoff hire Deadpool to keep Spider-Man distracted so they can capture Mattie Franklin (Spider-Woman) while holding Madame Web hostage — events that set the Gauntlet's wheels in motion.
Deadpool is positioned as the issue's central antagonist rather than a traditional team-up partner; he battles Spider-Man only to fulfill the Kravinoffs' contract, with the fight deliberately staged to prevent Spider-Man from crossing paths with Araña, Anti-Venom, or Spider-Woman.
Joe Kelly is credited as a primary architect of Deadpool's modern characterization during his 1990s solo run, making this his high-profile return to writing the character — a reunion that drew significant pre-release attention.
The issue appeared in the collected trade paperback Spider-Man: Return of the Black Cat (which collects Amazing Spider-Man #606–611) and was later reprinted in Spider-Man/Deadpool #0: Don't Call It a Team-Up (2016), cementing its place in the canonical Spider-Man/Deadpool crossover history.
A second-printing variant features an altered Skottie Young cover with added Deadpool dialogue, the visual joke depicting Spider-Man outfitted in exaggerated 1990s Cable-style accessories — a self-referential dig at that era's design excess.
Issue #611 is also collected in the Spider-Man by Joe Kelly Omnibus, recognizing Kelly's run as a cohesive and significant chapter of the Brand New Day period.