Marvel has labeled the original Spider-Man: Reign as one of the most controversial Spider-Man stories of all time, and its current sequel, Spider-Man: Reign 2, lives up to that reputation by pitting a character against aged, but still powerful. – Peter Parker against an adult version of his protégé Miles Morales. And in Spider-Man Reign 2 #4, things come to blows when the pair are locked in a long, grinding spider battle, and we get a preview of the inside pages.
In the alternate future of Spider-Man: Reign, Peter Parker is a widower whose wife Mary Jane Watson died after contracting cancer due to radioactivity from Peter's, uh, well… bodily fluids. In the original story, he comes out of retirement to save the city one last time. The current sequel began with Peter in a sort of stasis, living an artificial life with MJ, a la The Matrix.
All of that was abruptly interrupted, and Peter has been called upon once again to save the world, although it's much more complicated than that, as demonstrated by these pages of Spider-Man: Reign 2 #4 by writer and artist Kaare Andrews, the colorist Brian Reber and letterer Joe Caramagna, who delve into Peter and Miles' fight.
Take a look:
“Ravaged by age, traumatized and now lost in time, Peter Parker can barely function. Miles Morales doesn't particularly care if taking down his old friend is what it takes to save the city and possibly all of existence,” says read in Marvel's official description. from Spider-Man: Reign 2 #4.
Spider-Man: Reign 2 #4 goes on sale October 16.