Peter Parker, the elder of Marvel's two equally important Spider-Men, teams up with Nick Fury to take on Scorpio in Amazing Spider-Man #9 by Dan Slott and Guiseppe Camuncoli, the first chapter of "Scorpio Rising."

Scorpio is of course an old enemy of the original Nick Fury, and leader of the Zodiac criminal organization (not to be confused with Zodiac Starforce). The original Scorpio was Nick Fury Sr's brother, and later the name was used by Fury's son. So whichever Scorpio this is must be related to Nick Fury Jr somehow, mostly like as an uncle or half-brother. Either way there's sure to be some drama when Nick and Peter catch up to him.

Amazing Spider-Man #9 features a cover by Alex Ross and goes on sale March 9th.

 

Variant by Bob McLeod
Variant by Bob McLeod
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Story Thus Far Variant by Guiseppe Camuncoli (in progress)
Story Thus Far Variant by Guiseppe Camuncoli (in progress)
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Women of Power Variant by Tula Lotay
Women of Power Variant by Tula Lotay
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Guiseppe Camuncoli
Guiseppe Camuncoli
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Guiseppe Camuncoli
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Guiseppe Camuncoli
Guiseppe Camuncoli
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Here's the official word from Marvel:

Strap in webheads because the webswinging wallcrawler is in for yet another action-packed story arc! Today, Marvel is pleased to present your first look at AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #9 – the first chapter of “Scorpio Rising”! You thought Mr. Negative and Cloak & Dagger were tough? You ain’t seen nothing yet! Writer Dan Slott and artist Giuseppe Camuncoli put Peter Parker through the wringer as he faces down the remains of the international terrorist organization known as THE ZODIAC! Scorpio has put his master plan into action. It’s all been leading to this! If he succeeds, there’s no way Spider-Man or ANYONE for that matter will be able to stop him. It’s a race against time across Europe as Spider-Man and his allies hunt down Scorpio before it’s too late. Jump on board the series everyone is talking about when “Scorpio Rising” kicks off this March in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #9!

 

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