GENERATION X SPIDER-MAN (Issue #36)

"FOREVER YOUNG"
After being bitten by a genetically engineered spider, young Peter Parker finds that he now has incredibly enhanced strength, speed and agility. Along with the ability to adhere to any surface, a precognitive spider-sense that warns him of danger and a pair of mechanized web shooters, the idealistic teenager fights against evil as the costumed hero Spider-Man.
Set during the decade of the 1990's, this is a Generation X version of the Amazing Spider-Man story. This is a time when young people believed that they had the power to change the world for the better. In order to make a difference, Peter will need to rely on his friends for help and have the courage to believe in good.

(Written: October 28, 2024)

LAST ISSUE:
Another dream predicting some sort of terrible tragedy makes Peter Parker feel as though something awful is on the horizon and the idealistic teen is left shaken. It has been two months since his confrontation with the evil Zoltan Amadeus. The young man behind the mask is convinced that the vice president of Oscorp is planning something evil. Little does Peter realize just how right he is and how Spider-Man will be needed more than ever before.
Harry Osborn has been expelled from Midtown High School. The affluent teenager was the one bringing drugs into the school and has been summarily dismissed. It is a source of frustration for Osborn as he had hoped to win back the love of Mary Jane Watson before he graduated from high school. He burns with rage. Now, his rage has led him to embrace the evil philosophies of Zoltan Amadeus. So vile are the pair of entitled businessmen, that they arrange to have Peter Parker's aunt fired from her job.