COMICS: First Look At AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #692; The Debut Of Spidey's New Sidekick

COMICS: First Look At AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #692; The Debut Of Spidey's New Sidekick

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Spider-Man, the iconic superhero is getting his own sidekick in the form of 16 year-old Alpha. Thanks to Marvel, we now have a first look at his introduction in Amazing Spider-Man #692 and the cover of Amazing Spider-Man #693.

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By JoshWilding - Jun 27, 2012 08:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Marvel Comics

Fans across the globe have been asking, "Who Is Alpha" and this August, in Amazing Spider-Man #692, they’ll find out! Marvel is celebrating Spider-Man’s 50th anniversary in style as the blockbuster creative team of Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos give Peter Parker his very own….sidekick?! When he’s not working with the Avengers of the Future Foundation, Spider-Man has been saving the Marvel Universe on his own for fifty years! But now, with his anniversary right around the corner, that’s all about to change!

This special event, could only be told in this oversized issue celebrating the values that made Spider-Man the world’s greatest super hero for the past five decades and many more to come. And with special variant covers by superstar artist Marcos Martin, depicting Spider-Man through the years, no fan can miss out on this! Get ready for a story about power and responsibility like you’ve never seen before in Amazing Spider-Man #692, swinging into comic shops everywhere, the Marvel Comics app and the Marvel Digital Comics Shop this August.


Click on the preview pages below to view the full-size versions.



AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #692
Written by DAN SLOTT
Pencils and Cover by HUMBERTO RAMOS


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csdot
csdot - 6/27/2012, 8:53 AM
horrible idea, horrible artwork.
superotherside
superotherside - 6/27/2012, 8:59 AM
What?!?!??!! Oh well guess I'll see how it goes...
AnungUnRama
AnungUnRama - 6/27/2012, 9:01 AM
Uh, is there something lamer than a sidekick?
ralfinader
ralfinader - 6/27/2012, 9:01 AM
csdot - 6/27/2012, 8:53 AM
Report Comment horrible idea, horrible artwork.

100% AGREED. God Humberto sucks hard. Everything looks like a Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon. Spiderman and Alpha? Yeah, that has a ring to it. Stupid shit...
TheStranger
TheStranger - 6/27/2012, 9:02 AM
ah i like it...can't wait to see how this turns out
SuperSomething616
SuperSomething616 - 6/27/2012, 9:03 AM
Interesting...Peter actually responsible for the creation of a teenaged superhero...i like it!!!
marvel72
marvel72 - 6/27/2012, 9:07 AM
does spider-man really need a sidekick,i don't think so.

i'll have to read the issue to see if i like the idea.
AlSimmons
AlSimmons - 6/27/2012, 9:12 AM
Parker Particles, eh? Looks like Pete is stepping up in his genius. And as for Alpha... Oh yayyyyy another self-pitying teen who's jealous of people with muscles because they get all teh womenz. yayyyyyy.
RSDhillon
RSDhillon - 6/27/2012, 9:15 AM
It's not that he needs a sidekick. He doesn't NEED a sidekick. He didn't decide, "Frick, I need help from a kid who needs help!" The kid was on a field trip, and there was an accident (like Spidey's).
LucasMend
LucasMend - 6/27/2012, 9:16 AM
A sidekick for spider-man is the stupidest idea I've ever seen
webheaded
webheaded - 6/27/2012, 9:20 AM
THAT is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Spidey with a side kick?
XxSnakeProxX
XxSnakeProxX - 6/27/2012, 9:25 AM
I dont like the idea of Spidey with a sidekick at all, unless hes not literally a sidekick, just a new hero being shown the ropes a bit. Problem is, Spidey has already done that a few times, so this idea isnt that great to begin with. Either way, Slott is great, and that artwork is gorgeous! Definitely will continue getting ASM.
Cosmic1
Cosmic1 - 6/27/2012, 9:26 AM
Stupid, just stupid! They really know how to mess up an iconic comic book, I mean TASM has been going down hill for a while and this is surely going to help speed that process up. I wonder when Wolverine will get a sidekick?
CaptainObvious
CaptainObvious - 6/27/2012, 9:37 AM
Giving him a sidekick contradicts the whole point of the character Spider-Man is.
JoeTheCEO
JoeTheCEO - 6/27/2012, 9:39 AM
"Andy Maguire" ?

Oh, I get it, he's named after Andrew Garfield AND Tobey Maguire
Clever..
HughJasol
HughJasol - 6/27/2012, 10:05 AM
Some comic spider dude has jumped the shark.
JohnnyKrypton
JohnnyKrypton - 6/27/2012, 10:07 AM
SHARK
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/ / MARVEL
Jimdlux
Jimdlux - 6/27/2012, 10:16 AM
Sidekick?!?!?
antman73
antman73 - 6/27/2012, 10:34 AM
Dan Slott is Great!!! Not only he wrote the best spiderman since Stan Lee, he made me love the character again, not only he gave him new direction for the future that no other writers could ( not even Peter David and JM DeMatteis ) but this preview hook me like no others did!! he almost re-wrote PP origin but for a new prospective. Now it's Peter the scientist that created the origin...
I'm looking forword to read it!!!
Hope Dan Slott write one of the Avengers titles once Bendis leave it!
xstryker
xstryker - 6/27/2012, 10:37 AM
Sounds terrible. Of course, if the story is good, all is forgiven.
scrappybuttons
scrappybuttons - 6/27/2012, 10:39 AM
Please no sidekick. Marvek has f.ucked up spidey enough in the last 10 years. No one asked for this, theres no reason to do it. In an industry where mass cross overs are like summer blockbusters, and you have to read(and pay for)a dozen different titles just to understand one story line, an additional cahacter is the last thing my wallet and interest care for. There was already a spider-woman, for some reason. Please dont force me to care about this too.
Dedpool
Dedpool - 6/27/2012, 10:42 AM
NICE!! I was actually hoping SPdiergirl would be his sidekick/partner of sorts. But this works. It's like SPidey taking a next gen Spidey under his wing.
LOL
LOL - 6/27/2012, 10:47 AM
Whenever I hear the name Apha used in anything it ALWAYS brings me back to ONE Alpha in particular:

Illustration
DudeLove721
DudeLove721 - 6/27/2012, 10:48 AM
I think it's kind of obvious even in the description that this won't be a perfect thing. There seems to be some sarcasm in the line saying "Marvel is celebrating Spider-Man’s 50th anniversary in style as the blockbuster creative team of Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos give Peter Parker his very own….sidekick?"

Maybe it's just me though.
DudeLove721
DudeLove721 - 6/27/2012, 10:49 AM
Ugh, I meant permanent thing... not "perfect thing."
BlackFlash
BlackFlash - 6/27/2012, 10:51 AM
I think they should use the word partner seen as how Stan Lee doesn't like the whole sidekick thing, hence the reason Stark calls Rhodey his partner same for anyone who teams up with Captain America.
bane187
bane187 - 6/27/2012, 11:42 AM
Hate the artwork
SpiderBat209
SpiderBat209 - 6/27/2012, 11:43 AM
If they had to give Spidey a sidekick, then why not Miles Morales? Sigh. Alpha? Really? If Marvel's gonna cram a sidekick in our faces, it might as well be Miles. Give Alpha a mask that covers his entire face to at least. :P
Zell9
Zell9 - 6/27/2012, 11:52 AM
I don't know about anyone else but I was hoping Alpha was something else entirely and that the whole sidekick business was something to put Hope(considering what happened at the end of the last New Avengers) into the Spider-Man books to learn from him.
mctrinket
mctrinket - 6/27/2012, 12:48 PM
Nothing like a good lab accident.
BIGBMH
BIGBMH - 6/27/2012, 1:12 PM
I like his name. It's either a ridiculous coincidence or they've decided to pay tribute to Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire in a clever way.
SolidSnake007
SolidSnake007 - 6/27/2012, 2:46 PM
God, his name is so lame...... Spider-Man is going to have a sidekick and it's not Miles Morales? Why didn't they give him Spider based powers? They could have made his sidekick Anya Corazon... She's pretty cool.
theomegasanction
theomegasanction - 6/27/2012, 2:47 PM
i'm sure it has been said, but Spidey doesn't need a sidekick! that's part of what makes him special/different from teams such as xmen and ff
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