Spider-Man: Fake Red

Spider-Man: Fake Red
スパイダーマン / 偽りの赤
(Supaidāman: Itsuwari no Aka)
Manga
Written byYusuke Osawa
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintShōnen Magazine Comics
MagazineMagazine Pocket
Original runJuly 26, 2019 – March 6, 2020
Volumes1

Spider-Man: Fake Red (スパイダーマン / 偽りの赤, Supaidāman: Itsuwari no Aka) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yusuke Osawa and "supervised" by Marvel Comics, based on the Spider-Man brand by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Published by Viz Media, and set in its own continuity within the Marvel Multiverse, the series follows teenage high school student and amateur rock climber Yu Onomae who is compelled to fill in for the missing Peter Parker as Spider-Man on finding the hero's suit in an alley. Over the course of his journey, he faces off against the supervillains Scorpion, Screwball, Mysterio, and Venom, and teams up with the original Spider-Man's partner Silk in an effort to find him.

The series, originally published across fourteen chapters in Magazine Pocket between July 2019 and March 2020 (following the original three-part one-shot), was published as a graphic novel, Spider-Man: Fake Red: Phase 1 in Japanese on April 9, 2023, and in English on June 13, 2023, although a second volume has not been ordered. In April 2024, the series was digitally published to the mobile applications Viz Media and Marvel Unlimited. The series has received a universally positive critical reception.

Premise

Yu Onomae is an unpopular high school student, who has no friends and is failing his classes. All that changes when he finds Spider-Man's suit abandoned in an alleyway, which he uses to impersonate the hero. Only when Spider-Man's enemies attack and it becomes clear the superhero has vanished (and that due to Yu having been wearing the suit, no one else had realised the original Spider-Man to be missing), Yu uses his amateur rock-climbing skills and can-do attitude to attempt to fill in for the hero, having to use his mind to outmanoeuvre supervillains who mostly outmatch him physically, assisted by his best friend Emma and Spider-Man's partner Silk. Meanwhile, a flashback storyline shows what happened to the original Spider-Man, Peter Parker.

Characters

Reception

Spider-Man: Fake Red has received a universally positive critical reception, with the characterisation of its original Spider-Man incarnation Yu Onomae being praised, CBR praising the "great story [and] lovable main characters".

References

  1. ↑ Rafael Antonio Pineda (June 28, 2019). "Kodansha Reveals Spider-Man: Fake Red Manga". Anime News Network.
  2. ↑ Nick Valdez (June 28, 2019). "Marvel's Spider-Man is Getting New Manga Series". ComicBook.com.
  3. ↑ Michael Doran (October 7, 2022). "Marvel and Viz team on 3 new 2023 Marvel manga titles". GamesRadar+.
  4. ↑ Alex Mateo (March 20, 2020). "Spider-Man Fake Red Manga Ends 'Phase 1'". Anime News Network.
  5. ↑ Anubhav Chaudhry (June 7, 2023). "Viz Media announces the English release for Spider-Man: Fake Red manga". Sportskeeda.
  6. ↑ Rich Johnston (March 27, 2023). "Spider-Man & Wolverine Manga In Viz Media June 2023 Solicits". Bleeding Cool.
  7. ↑ Luke Cornelius (October 10, 2022). "The Rundown: October 10, 2022". Multiversity Comics.
  8. ↑ Nick Valdez (July 3, 2020). "Marvel's Spider-Man: Fake Red Manga Officially Canceled". ComicBook.com.
  9. ↑ Patrick Frater (April 16, 2024). "Comic Book Platforms Marvel Unlimited and Viz Manga Extend Cooperation Into Digital Promotion (EXCLUSIVE)". Yahoo News.
  10. ↑ Justyn Cortes (June 15, 2023). "Spider-Man Has No Powers in New Project". Inside the Magic.
  11. ↑ D. J. Sol (July 13, 2022). "10 Most Wholesome Spider-Man Romances & Relationships". Comic Book Resources.
  12. ↑ Tyler Davis (June 29, 2023). "Comic Book Reviews: The Power of True Identities in Spider-Man: Fake Red". Comic Watch.
  13. ↑ Christopher Farris (July 19, 2023). "GN Review: Spider-Man: Fake Red". Anime News Network.
  14. ↑ Ben Sockol (June 19, 2023). "New Spider-Man Manga Understand the Hero Better than His Comics". Screen Rant.
  15. ↑ D. J. Sol (February 26, 2023). "10 Spider-Man Comics That Deserve More Attention". Comic Book Resources.

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