Slinger (Marvel NEW)

Slinger is a comic series within Marvel NEW. It is a prequel to everything in Marvel NEW, as it follows a young Spider-Man, who in the Marvel NEW universe started his career at only thirteen. The series follows Spidey who has only been a hero for a month as he encounters his villains for the first time. A lot of Peter's friends have been aged down to be in highschool at the same time as Peter. This title is tagged as a Marvel Age title,

Characters
Main Recurring Villains
 * Peter Parker/Spider-Man: The slinger himself, Peter Parker's story is one of the most famous hero origin stories in the world. In fact, he is one of the most famous heroes in the world period.
 * Harold "Harry" Osborn: Peter's older 16 year old friend and the rich kid of the school. Harry's father is none other than the rich and famous Norman Osborn, owner of OsCorp.
 * Gwendolyne "Gwen" Stacy: Peter's long time friend and his crush. Gwen and Peter have a lot in common, including a love of pop culture and an obsession with science
 * Eugene "Flash" Thompson: The school bully and the best football player at Midtown High. He isn't considered a true antagonist as he is actually willing to speak with the "losers" of the school, though he denies he ever did.
 * Norman Osborn/Green Goblin: A genius and the owner of OsCorp, Norman created a gas that he used on himself multiple times to gain super human strength, speed and stamina.
 * Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus: A formerly kind older man, Otto was driven mad after an extremely large explosion that fused Otto's mechanical arms to his back and caused brain damage that numbed Otto's ability to feel compassion.
 * Curtis "Curt" Connors/Lizard: A government scientist working on a way to regrow lost limbs much like a lizard. Connors' experiments went horribly wrong, as the formula regrew his arm but also transformed Connors in to a beast who can do nothing but destroy.
 * Adrian Toomes/Vulture: TBA
 * Maxwell "Max" Dillon/Electro: TBA
 * Flint Marko/Sandman: TBA

Issues

 * 1) "Wings of Evil!"
 * 2) "The Shifting Sandman!"
 * 3) "The Claws of the Lizard!"
 * 4) "The Diabolical Doctor Octopus!"
 * 5) "The Ultimate Evil of the Green Goblin!"

Trivia

 * Gwen's personality was changed to suit her more modern depictions, as Gwen's original personality was non existent. In fact, Gerry Conway has gone on record as stating, with her original personality, "Gwen is only interesting because she's dead".