Spider-Island
| "Spider-Island" | |
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Cover to The Amazing Spider-Man #667. Art by Humberto Ramos.
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Publication date | August – November 2011 |
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Spider-Man Jackal Spider Queen |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Dan Slott |
| Artist(s) | Humberto Ramos |
| Penciller(s) | Stefano Caselli |
| Inker(s) | Stefano Caselli |
| Letterer(s) | Joe Caramagna |
| Colorist(s) | Marte Gracia |
| Editor(s) | Stephen Wacker |
"Spider-Island" is a 2011 comic book storyline starting in The Amazing Spider-Man and crossing over into other comic books published by Marvel Comics, most of which were limited series or one-shots specifically for this storyline. The main plot involves the inhabitants of Manhattan Island mysteriously gaining powers similar to Spider-Man. It featured the return of the Jackal and the Queen to the Marvel Universe as well as laying the ground work for the second volume of the Scarlet Spider series.
"Infested" was a series of six back-up stories that were at the end of regular issues of The Amazing Spider-Man. They were in issues #659, 660, and 662–665. These stories featured the Jackal and his experiments that led to the "Spider-Island" story. These were compiled in a comic book reprint called Amazing Spider-Man: Infested, which was released on August 31.
The prologue outlines Peter Parker's life up to the start of Spider-Island. He is seen effortlessly neutralizing a robbery by Hydro-Man, as well as stopping a normal robbery. He puts in some time at Horizon Labs; finally, he visits Shang-Chi, his martial arts mentor who is teaching him "The Way of the Spider", as seen in the Free Comic Book Day edition of The Amazing Spider-Man. Madame Web warns Spider-Man of the events that are to come, but Spider-Man dismisses the warnings as nonsense. Meanwhile, the Jackal is seen recruiting spider-powered criminals for his project, along with a severely mutated Kaine, now called Tarantula. He has a large secret lab, in which clones of Miles Warren are seen to be working. The Jackal has a mysterious female benefactor called the Spider Queen.
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