WEB of Spider-Man comic back on Marvel's schedule in time for Disney Parks debut

(Image credit: Gurihiru (Marvel Comics))

With Disney theme parks slowly re-opening their doors, Marvel Comics' planned tie-in comic to an upcoming Spider-Man attraction at Disney Parks is back on the schedule for release.

The five-issue WEB of Spider-Man comic book series has been announced to finally go on sale June 9. The 'WEB' stands for 'Worldwide Engineering Brigade', and is part of the story of the upcoming Web Slingers: A Spider-Man Adventure ride coming to Disney California Adventure and Walt Disney Studios Park as part of their Avengers Campus areas.

"Peter Parker. Spider-Man. Scientist. Troublemaker? Thanks to none other than Tony Stark, a new scientific research station for the teenage heroes of the Marvel Universe has just been completed - and Spider-Man just got an invitation to join!" reads Marvel's description of WEB of Spider-Man #1. "Working alongside some of your favorite faces from the MCU and a whole bunch of awesome new gadgets, and with Iron Man keeping an eye on the them, surely everything's going to go great for the heroes, right?"

"... Right? Face front, True Believers, and treat yourself to this first issue in an adventure of the WORLDWIDE ENGINEERING BRIGADE!"

The WEB of Spider-Man comic book series is written by Kevin Shinick and drawn by Rob DiSalvo, with covers by Gurihiru.

The series was originally scheduled to debut this past December, but was mothballed just weeks before its planned debut.

WEB of Spider-Man #1 (of 5) goes on sale June 9, with WEB of Spider-Man #2 already scheduled for June 23.

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Chris Arrant covered comic book news for Newsarama from 2003 to 2022 (and as editor/senior editor from 2015 to 2022) and has also written for USA Today, Life, Entertainment Weekly, Publisher's Weekly, Marvel Entertainment, TOKYOPOP, AdHouse Books, Cartoon Brew, Bleeding Cool, Comic Shop News, and CBR. He is the author of the book Modern: Masters Cliff Chiang, co-authored Art of Spider-Man Classic, and contributed to Dark Horse/Bedside Press' anthology Pros and (Comic) Cons. He has acted as a judge for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, the Harvey Awards, and the Stan Lee Awards. Chris is a member of the American Library Association's Graphic Novel & Comics Round Table. (He/him)