[MARVEL] - SPIDER-MAN REIGN [ESP]

#SPIDERMAN

#REIGN

Writer(s) Kaare Andrews

Artist(s) Kaare Andrews, Jose Villarrubia

Esta es una historia futurista/paralela al Universo Marvel, Peter Parker, vive solo y sin fe ya que quedó viudo porque Mary Jane tuvo cáncer debido al mucho tiempo que estuvo expuesta al cuerpo radioactivo de Peter. Nos encontramos en una New York dictatorial y totalmente bajo control. Hace varios años que Spider Man desapareció, pero la visita inesperada de un muy viejo J. Jonah Jameson hará que cambie la vida de Spidey y New York para siempre.

Spider-Man: Reign is a four-issue comic book limited series featuring Spider-Man, written and illustrated by Kaare Andrews and published by Marvel Comics. Set 30 years into Spider-Man's future, in Earth-70237, it features a retired Spider-Man who returns to combat the injustices of a vastly different New York City.

Thirty years in Spider-Man's future, New York City is a relatively safe zone, although it is under total control of its mayor. Super-criminals are a thing of the past, but the authoritarian government utilizes a merciless police force, "The Reign".

Some teenagers are brutally attacked by the Reign after spray-painting a message, "Where did you go?", presumably directed to Spider-Man. The group runs away.

A late 60s, early 70s aged Peter Parker works as a florist, and he is fired for ruining a couple's wedding by sending the wrong flowers. He bumps into one of the fleeing children as the Reign show up and arrest the youth, and is beaten by a cop.

Parker returns home and is haunted by memories of his deceased wife Mary Jane, as Mayor Waters announces the WEBB system to protect the city from attacks. Behind the scenes, he keeps a vegetative Kingpin prisoner, mocking him.

At Peter's apartment, J. Jonah Jameson delivers him a package. Jameson also apologizes for his years of abuse, saying he sold the Daily Bugle because he realized he was running it on lies. Jameson leaves, starts a riot, and inside, Parker opens the package, revealing a camera and his old black-suit mask. He defeats the officers wearing only the mask and civilian clothes, imagining himself in his prime. After Jonah asks if Spider-Man is back, the webslinger punches him and walks away without a word.

Mayor Waters is shocked at the return of Spider-Man and releases Electro, Mysterio, Kraven the Hunter, The Sandman, Scorpion and Hydro-Man from prison. "The Sinner Six", if they defeat their old nemesis, can leave New York. J.Jonah Jameson announces the return of Spider-Man while hiding, as the Reign locks down on the citizens. Following the news of Spider-Man's return, an elderly Hypno-Hustler comes out of retirement in hopes of aiding his former foe. Unfortunately, the boombox he uses to hypnotize the police soon runs out of battery power. The Reign reacts swiftly, firing at and killing Hypno-Hustler.

Peter's apartment is shot with a missile as he struggles with his Mary Jane hallucinations, acting as a guide for his actions in the present day. After the smoke clears, Spider-Man leaps out cheerfully, using his old tactics of taunting his foes.

Spider-Man is cornered by the Sinister Six, but in the final moments, Kraven rips his mask off, disheartening the crowd when they realize their hero is an old, defeated man. His life is saved at the last moment by Dr. Octopus, who is now dead, but a final command to his tentacles (He had referred to them as his "Four Sons") cause them to show Peter three grave-markers: those of Mary Jane Watson-Parker, May Parker, and Ben Parker.

The tentacles dig up Mary Jane's body, and Peter recalls how he accidentally caused her death giving her cancer due to prolonged exposure to the radioactivity in his semen. He was given a choice to stay with her as she died, or attend to gunshots outside. After he returned from the gunfight, Mary Jane had already died, prompting Peter to give up the Spider-Man mantle.

After being buried in Mary Jane's coffin by Doc Ock's tentacles and coming face-to-face with and conquering his past demons within, Peter emerges in his famous red and blue suit, which he secretly had buried with her.

In the Mayor's office, a detained Jameson attacks him, only to realize that Edward Saks, the mayor's assistant, is actually Venom. Venom uses the WEBB system to project his suit, converting the population of New York into an army of symbiotes that does his bidding. He calls the Sinner Six back to guard the building as Peter begins his assault.

The unconverted population use bells to drive the symbiote invasion back, and Sandman decides to go back to the good side of the law when the Reign attacks his daughter, whom he had never met before.

Spider-Man defeats the remaining members of the Sinner Six and battles Venom, perhaps his last fight. Sandman comes at the last minute, gives Peter a detonator telling him that the six of them were implanted with detonators that would explode if they ever disobeyed Waters' orders. Peter activates the detonator causing the Six to explode, and killing Venom in the process.

After Venom and the Reign are defeated, Jameson reports that all crime levels are back where they were years ago, but so are heroes. As Peter visits Mary Jane's grave, he states that he will join her in peace one day, but until then, he has "responsibilities".

SPIDER-MAN REIGN [ESP]