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The Original Origin of Spidey's Black Costume in Sensational Spider-Man Self-Improvement [Preview]

Published Fri, 02 Aug 2019 17:30:39 -0500

Before Secret Wars, a Marvel fan named Randy Schueller came up with the idea to give Spider-Man a black suit. In Schueller's concept, Reed Richards would design a new suit for Spidey out of unstable molecules, giving the wall-crawler better stealth and more sticking power.

Marvel Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter liked the idea so much he paid Schueller a whopping $220 for the story and offered to let him write the script, though that never panned out. Eventually, to Schueller's surprise, Spider-Man would indeed don a black suit, not created by Reed Richards, but an alien organism that would one day come to be known as Venom.

Now, Marvel is finally publishing Schueller's story in Sensational Spider-Man Self-Improvement, in stores next week. With a little help from Peter David and Rick Leonardi. Here's a preview.

SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN SELF-IMPROVEMENT #1
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(W) Peter David, Randy Schueller, Tom DeFalco (A) Rick Leonardi, Ron Frenz (CA) Mark Bagley
• In honor of Marvel's 80th Anniversary, we've uncovered a hidden gem!
• Fan Randy Scheuller submitted an idea of Spider-Man donning a black suit before SECRET WARS, but his story was never printed.
• So we tasked SPIDER-MAN legends PETER DAVID and RICK LEONARDI with bringing it into the light!
• Then read a story by two of the creators who told the first printed stories of the black costume, TOM DEFALCO and RON FRENZ!
Rated T
In Shops: Aug 07, 2019
SRP: $4.99