Spidey gets a brutal beating in Amazing Spider-Man #3 preview

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Tombstone tries to teach Spider-Man a brutal lesson with his fists

Amazing Spider-Man #3 panel
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The last time we saw Peter Parker in Amazing Spider-Man #2, he was getting captured in a cunning trap by his enemy Tombstone, who recently came out of retirement from violence to wage war not just on Spider-Man but on many of his fellow gangsters and villains in New York City. 

Amazing Spider-Man #3 cover (Image credit: Marvel Comics)

Now, in a preview of Amazing Spider-Man #3 from Zeb Wells, John Romita Jr., Scott Hanna, and Marcio Menyz, we're getting a brutal glimpse of what comes next for the wall-crawler as he finds himself in Tombstone's web - and things aren't looking good.

After catching Spidey in a compactor truck, Tombstone has taken him to a remote hideout in an abandoned subway station for a little bit of old-fashioned violence, as Tombstone beats Spider-Man mercilessly in the name of "teaching a lesson."

What's the lesson? Well, maybe you can pick up on it a little easier than poor Peter Parker from the preview pages - but frankly, Tombstone doesn't seem to have a larger point other than tormenting his enemy.

Here's the preview:

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Amazing Spider-Man #3 page
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Tombstone has been at war with some of his fellow gangsters since the new volume of Amazing Spider-Man started, with his most recent encounter with the Crime Master resulting in Spidey's capture. 

But that's not all Spider-Man is up against as his title moves toward Amazing Spider-Man #900 (also #6), which will mark the milestone issue with the introduction of a new villain in the form of the Superior Adaptoid, an android with all the powers of Spidey's classic arch-villains the Sinister Six.

Amazing Spider-Man #3 goes on sale June 8.

Stay on top of our listing of all of Marvel's new Spider-Man comics planned for release in 2022 and beyond.

George Marston
George Marston

I've been Newsarama's resident Marvel Comics expert and general comic book historian since 2011. I've also been the on-site reporter at most major comic conventions such as Comic-Con International: San Diego, New York Comic Con, and C2E2. Outside of comic journalism, I am the artist of many weird pictures, and the guitarist of many heavy riffs. (They/Them)