Peter and Black Cat get closer following the Dark Web Spider-Man / X-Men crossover

The Dark Web
(Image credit: Marvel Comics)

It looks like Peter Parker will not survive the events of the Amazing Spider-Man/X-Men crossover The Dark Web, but he'll come out of it with his on-again/off-again romance with the Black Cat in the on-positon. 

According to Marvel, after February's 1's Dark Web Finale #1 by writer Zeb Wells and artist Adam Kubert, the double-sized conclusion of the event, Peter and Felicia's romance will heat up and go to the "next level" in a two-part guest Amazing Spider-Man arc by fan-favorite Spider-Man writer Joe Kelly along with artists Terry and Rachel Dodson.

Amazing Spider-Man #18 variant cover (Image credit: Marvel Comics)

In Dark Web Finale #1, the dawn rises after the demonic invasion of New York City by Limbo, and Chasm's plot against his clone 'brother' will help create and unleash "new denizens of Hell" on a city Marvel promises will be literally changed forever.

That's very familiar talk for comic book readers so we'll reserve judgment for later.

The Dark Web Finale #1 cover (Image credit: Marvel Comics)

The cover by Kubert and variant cover to January 25's Amazing Spider-Man #18 (both seen here) will also give readers a first look at the Insidious Six, what looks to be a demonic twist on the classic Spider-Man supervillain team the Sinister Six that will plague Spidey during the Dark Web. 

Then in February 8's Amazing Spider-Man #19 and February 22's Amazing Spider-Man #19 by Kelly and the Dodsons, Peter and Felicia take a weekend trip to an exclusive upstate New York spa for some romantic couple time. But this is Spider-Man we're talking about, so it won't all be seaweed wraps and hot stone massages. As the covers suggest the two also have some superhero-ing to do. 

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