Too Many Spiders!

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Too Many Spiders!
DateNovember 2000 – April 2001
No. of issues6
Main characters Mayday Parker / Spider-Girl
Gerry Drew / Spider-Man
Page count144 pages
Publisher Marvel Comics
Creative team
Writers Tom DeFalco [1]
Artists Pat Olliffe
Inkers Al Williamson
Original publication
Published in Spider-Girl
ISBN 978-0-7851-2157-2
Chronology
Preceded by Endgame
Followed by Betrayed

Too Many Spiders!, also known as Spider-Girl vs. Spider-Man!? (That's Not True, That's Impossible!), is a graphic novel written by Tom DeFalco, drawn by Pat Olliffe, and published by Marvel Comics 2 as the sixth 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 Gerry Drew / Spider-Man, the erstwhile son of the retired Jessica Drew / Spider-Woman. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Part One, Unfinished Business, was released November 8, 2000; Part Two, Strange Allies!, was released December 13, 2000; Part Three, The Winds of War!, was released January 24, 2001; Part Four, With Friends Like These, was released February 28, 2001; Part Five, The Steel Spider, released March 21, 2001; and Part Six, Too Many Spiders, released April 11, 2001. Preceded by Endgame , it is followed by the story arc Betrayed . [5]

The series received a universally positive critical reception. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] Gerry Drew / Spider-Man, introduced over this novel as the young adult son of Jessica Drew / Spider-Woman, was later adapted to the mainstream continuity of Earth-616 in Spider-Woman: Shifting Gears (2015–2017) by Dennis Hopeless. [10]

Premise

The series follows Mayday Parker / Spider-Girl, worn to follow in her father's web-tracks, as she finds herself dealing with an upstart imitator wanting to help himself to her heritage: the dying Gerry Drew / Spider-Man, trained by Darkdevil, while also having encounters with the Avengers of A-Next , exploring the origin of American Dream, [11] and the legacies of the Fantastic Five, the X-Men and the New Warriors. [12] [13] Additionally, after temporarily losing access to her abilities as the result of a strong electric shock, another such shock not only restores Mayday's superpowers but also lets her extend her "adhesion field" through any object she sticks to. [14]

Reception

Too Many Spiders! received generally good reviews, [6] [7] Den of Geek lauding Gerry Drew / Spider-Man's story arc as "a neat character study into the psyche of a dying young man", describing the storyline as having "CW or ABC Family drama written all over it", [8] and Comic Book Resources praising the arc as "act[ing] as a kind farewell for Spider-Kid / Steel Spider". [9]

Collected editions

TitleMaterial collectedPublished dateISBN
Spider-Girl: Too Many Spiders! Spider-Girl (vol. 1) #28–33June 7, 2006 [15] 978-0-7851-2157-2
Spider-Girl: The Complete Collection Volume 2Spider-Girl (vol. 1) #16–32 ( Avenging Allies , Turning Point , Endgame , and Too Many Spiders!)August 6, 2019 978-1-3029-1844-6
Spider-Girl: The Complete Collection Volume 3Spider-Girl (vol. 1) #33–50 (Too Many Spiders!, Betrayed , Duty Calls , and Secret Lives )March 30, 2021 978-1-3029-2371-6

In other media

Gerry Drew / Spider-Man, introduced over Too Many Spiders! as the son of Jessica Drew / Spider-Woman, was adapted to the mainstream continuity of Earth-616 in Spider-Woman: Shifting Gears (2015–2017) by Dennis Hopeless as Jessica's infant son; unlike in Too Many Spiders!, the 616-Gerry Drew is conceived via a sperm donor. [10]

References

  1. ↑ Rich, Jesse, & Iverson (March 9, 2010). "Weekly Buyer's Guide – March 9, 2010". IGN . Retrieved June 14, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ IGN Staff (July 12, 2006). "Spider-Girl Continues to Amaze". IGN . Retrieved July 12, 2006.
  3. ↑ Carole (September 13, 2025). "May "Mayday" Parker Reading Order (Spider-Girl/Spider-Woman from Earth-982)". Comic Book Treasury. Retrieved September 13, 2025.
  4. ↑ DeArmitt, Grant (July 22, 2024). "Marvel had a comic book "that would not die" for more than a decade thanks to its loyal fanbase, according to the editor who ran it". The PopVerse. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  5. 1 2 Reed, Lee (March 7, 2023). "Spider-Girl & MC2 – Collected Editions Reviews". Omniverse Comics. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  6. 1 2 Wildman, Zachary (March 13, 2004). "Review: Spider-Girl (Vol. 1) #30". Spider-Fan. Retrieved March 13, 2004.
  7. 1 2 Wildman, Zachary (March 14, 2004). "Review: Spider-Girl (Vol. 1) #33". Spider-Fan. Retrieved March 14, 2004.
  8. 1 2 Buxton, Max (December 14, 2018). "Spider-Man: The Many Spider-Men of the Spider-Verse". Den of Geek . Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  9. 1 2 Pagent, William (August 25, 2023). "Remembering Spider-Kid, Not Spider-Boy, A Very Different Spider-Man Sidekick". Comic Book Resources . Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  10. 1 2 Narcisse, Evan (November 11, 2015). "Spider-Woman Is Going on Maternity Leave". Kotaku. Archived from the original on June 20, 2017. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  11. ↑ Herman, Ben (July 4, 2015). "Shannon Carter is living the American Dream". In My Not So Humble Opinion. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
  12. ↑ DeFalco, Tom; Frenz, Ron Spider-Girl #28–33 (November 2000 – November 2009). Marvel Comics.
  13. ↑ Allan, Scoot (June 11, 2023). "10 Strongest Spider-Men Who Aren't Peter Parker". Comic Book Resources . Retrieved June 11, 2023.
  14. ↑ Jung, Michael (December 17, 2022). "All Of Spider-Girl's Powers And Abilities Explained". Looper . Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  15. ↑ DeFalco, Tom; Frenz, Ron (June 7, 2006). "Spider-Girl Volume 6: Too Many Spiders!". Previews World . Retrieved June 7, 2006.
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