Spider-Man: Reign
| Spider-Man: Reign | |
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Cover art for Spider-Man: Reign #1.
Art by Kaare Andrews. |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Limited series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date(s) | December 2006 – March 2007 |
| No. of issues | 4 |
| Main character(s) | Spider-Man |
| Creative team | |
| Written by | Kaare Andrews |
| Artist(s) | Kaare Andrews Jose Villarrubia (4) |
| Letterer(s) |
Chris Eliopoulos Rus Wooton (4) |
| Colorist(s) | Kaare Andrews |
| Editor(s) |
Axel Alonso Michael O'Connor (4) Joe Quesada (4) |
| Collected editions | |
| Hardcover | ISBN |
| Paperback | ISBN |
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.
On December 12, 2006, Marvel announced that issue #1 had sold out through Diamond Comic Distributors and that a second printing would be released.
The series has been compared to The Dark Knight Returns, a comparison which Marvel has also quoted when promoting Reign. As well as the thematic similarities between the two stories, both of which revisit aged heroes after the end of their careers, The Dark Knight Returns is also acknowledged within the pages of Reign by the inclusion of a character named Miller Janson (the name reflects Dark Knight Returns creators Frank Miller and Klaus Janson).
The book also has several themes relevant in the post 9/11 world, most notably Mayor Waters taking control of the city of New York to protect it, and the WEBB, an energy field that seals all of New York inside it so no one can leave.
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.
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