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An often - underused villain fromSpider - Man’srogues ' gallery is returning even scary than ever before . One fall back topic of the current campaign ofThe Amazing Spider - Manhas been the attempt to re - brand sure characters — both heroes and villains — in entirely raw ways . Such endeavour have watch Mary Jane and Norman Osborn become superheroes , and now , Beetle is determine to get a scary recontextualization .
The Amazing Spider - Man#42 by Zeb Wells and John Romita Jr. will mark the coming back ofBeetle aka Janice Lincoln , girl of Tombstone , in scarier fashion than she ’s ever had before . John Romita Jr ’s back art can be viewed below and shows Beetle in an all - new minatory Inner Light , hold her own unconscious father as she squares off against Spider - Man . The Amazing Spider - Man#42 is presently slat for a January 17 , 2024 release engagement .
The income tax return of Janice Lincoln coincide with the launching ofthe " Gang War " story spark . The result kicked off recently withThe Amazing Spider - Man : Gang War First Strikeby Zeb Wells , Cody Ziglar and Joey Vazquez . Janice ’s father Tombstoneis a focal item in the Gang War , and her actions could create a massive eye mask effect for the course of the electric discharge moving forward .
Janice Lincoln is Back
The first Beetle debuted 59 years ago in the pages of the floor " The nativity of the Beetle ! " by Stan Lee and Carl Burgos , which appeared in 1964’sStrange Tales#123 . As Beetle , Abner Jenkins became a mech suit - wielding recurring scoundrel for Spider - Man , typically as a henchman who was easily disposed of more often than not . After him , the second Beetle was Leila Davis , the widow woman of fellow scoundrel Ringer . Leila would debut inDeadly Foes of Spider - Man#1 by Danny Fingeroth , Al Milgrom and Kerry Gammill , vow retaliation after Jenkins ' manipulated Ringer into becoming a felon , leading to his murder at the manus of Scourge .
Finally , Janice Lincoln was introduced in 2010’sCaptain America#607 by Ed Brubaker and Mitch Breitweiser . Despite the adoration she hold for her Father of the Church and the succeeder he found in the vicious netherworld , she was forbidden from joining him , so settled on becoming a criminal attorney , defending the likes of Baron Zemo . Her link to Zemo lead to her volunteering to become his Beetle in hopes of finally becoming a supervillain . She ’s proven herself in recent years as a recurring villain for Spider - Man , and compared to her predecessors , an extremely efficacious one at that .
The Scariest Beetle Yet
As view in the above cover artwork , Janice Lincoln ’s Beetle suit gets a drastic makeover . Her lawsuit ’s coloring schema is switched from purpleness to all black while the mask and shrewd hand have become something far more grotesque . If the binding is anything to judge the story by , something must be happening to Tombstone to justify such a drastic variety . Either Tombstone is fatally wounded or hit altogether , but whatever happens to him , it looks as if Janice will be place one world to blame : Spider - Man .
The Amazing Spider - Man # 42goes on sale from Marvel January 17 .
