Season of the Serpent

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Season of the Serpent
DateOctober 2002 – April 2003
No. of issues8
Main characters Mayday Parker / Spider-Girl
Felicity Hardy / Scarlet Spider
Page count192 pages
Publisher Marvel Comics
Creative team
Writers Tom DeFalco [1]
Artists Pat Olliffe
Ron Frenz [2]
Inkers Al Williamson
Original publication
Published in Spider-Girl
ISBN 978-0-7851-3213-4
Chronology
Preceded by Secret Lives
Followed by Marked for Death

Season of the Serpent is a graphic novel written by Tom DeFalco, drawn by Pat Olliffe and Ron Frenz, and published by Marvel Comics 2 as the tenth volume of the American comic book series Spider-Girl , following Mayday Parker / Spider-Girl, the daughter of Peter Parker / Spider-Man and Mary Jane Watson, as she faces romance issues and becoming an older sister as her mother prepares to give birth, dealing with her possible half-sister and the new Scarlet Spider Felicity Hardy (the daughter of the Black Cat), while facing down Seth, the Egyptian God of Death, and his Soldiers of the Serpent. [3] [4] [5]

Contents

Prologue One, Seize the Day!, was released October 2, 2002; Prologue Two, An Invisible Girl!, was released November 6, 2002; Part One was released December 4, 2002; Part Two, Rising Storm!, was released January 2, 2003; Part Three, Three Minutes!, was released January 15, 2003; Part Four, Call of Thunder, was released February 5, 2003; Part Five, Daddy's Girl!, was released March 5, 2003; and Part Six, Proof of Life!, was released April 2, 2003. Preceded by Secret Lives and intended as the final storyline of Spider-Girl (the series having been cancelled then un-cancelled following fan backlash), [2] it is followed by the story arc Marked for Death . [6]

The series received a universally positive critical reception. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] Felicity Hardy / Scarlet Spider from the series was adapted as to the video game Spider-Man Unlimited (2018) and the animated film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023).

Premise

The series follows Mayday Parker / Spider-Girl, sworn to follow in her father's web-tracks, as she finds herself dealing with her possible half-sister Felicity Hardy (daughter of her father's ex-girlfriend Felicia Hardy), who seeks to become the new Scarlet Spider. [13] [14] [15] [16] Beset with problems in her romantic life, Spider-Girl also faces down a world-ending threat in the renewed forces of the Soldiers of the Serpent, their power freshly reinvigorated by Egyptian God of Death Seth, after he decimates the Avengers of A-Next . [17] [18] [19] [20]

Reception

Season of the Serpent received generally good reviews. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [19] [20]

Prints

Issues

IssueTitlePublication dateEstimated sales (first month)
#52Prologue 1: "Seize the Day!"October 2, 200226,644, ranked 75th in North America [21]
#53Prologue 2: "An Invisible Girl!"November 6, 200226,640, ranked 83rd in North America [22]
#54"Season of the Serpent", Part 1 of 6December 4, 200226,164, ranked 81st in North America [23]
#55"Season of the Serpent", Part 2 of 6: "Rising Storm!"January 2, 200325,397, ranked 72nd in North America [24]
#56"Season of the Serpent", Part 3 of 6: "Three Minutes!"January 15, 200325,267, ranked 73rd in North America [24]
#57"Season of the Serpent", Part 4 of 6: "Call of Thunder"February 5, 200324,122, ranked 90th in North America [25]
#58"Season of the Serpent", Part 5 of 6: "Daddy's Girl!"March 5, 200323,492, ranked 87th in North America [26]
#59"Season of the Serpent", Part 6 of 6: "Proof of Life!"April 2, 200323,264, ranked 98th in North America [27]

Collected editions

TitleMaterial collectedPublished dateISBN
Spider-Girl: Season of the Serpent Spider-Girl (vol. 1) #52–59February 11, 2009 [28] 978-0-7851-3213-4
Spider-Girl: The Complete Collection Volume 4Spider-Girl (vol. 1) #51–67 ( Betrayed , Season of the Serpent, Marked for Death , and The Games Villains Play )April 12, 2022 978-1-3029-3479-8

In other media

References

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  2. 1 2 Grand, Alex (April 1, 2020). "Ron Frenz Interview, Marvelous Comic Artist by Alex Grand & Jim Thompson". Comic Book Historians. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
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  7. 1 2 Cageclub Podcast Network (May 15, 2022). "XI4P AU: Spider-Girl Volume 09–11!". Cage Club. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
  8. 1 2 Wildman, Zachary (March 14, 2004). "Review: Spider-Girl (Vol. 1) #52". Spider-Fan. Retrieved March 14, 2004.
  9. 1 2 George, Richard (October 21, 2008). "Marvel in January 2009". IGN . Retrieved June 14, 2012.
  10. 1 2 Tate, Ray (November 10, 2002). "Spider-Girl #53 review". Comics Bulletin. Retrieved November 10, 2002.
  11. 1 2 Wildman, Zachary (March 14, 2004). "Review: Spider-Girl (Vol. 1) #53". Spider-Fan. Retrieved March 14, 2004.
  12. 1 2 Evangeli, Alex (May 7, 2018). "20 Reasons you should love Spider-Girl!". Spider-Man Crawlspace. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
  13. 1 2 Wildman, Zachary (March 14, 2004). "Review: Spider-Girl (Vol. 1) #56". Spider-Fan. Retrieved March 14, 2004.
  14. 1 2 JR (June 8, 2020). "Spidey Kicks Butt: Spider-Man 2003: Healing Old Wounds". Spider-Man Crawlspace. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
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  18. ↑ DeFalco, Tom; Frenz, Ron Spider-Girl #52–59 (October 2002–April 2003). Marvel Comics.
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  23. ↑ "December 2002 Comic Book Sales Figures". comichron.com. Estimated Comics Sold to North American Comics Shops as Reported by Diamond Comic Distributors. The Comics Chronicles . Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  24. 1 2 "January 2003 Comic Book Sales Figures". comichron.com. Estimated Comics Sold to North American Comics Shops as Reported by Diamond Comic Distributors. The Comics Chronicles . Retrieved 2018-01-03.
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