Warning : coddler for wanderer - Boy # 3 ahead !

Summary

The launching of Spider - Man ’s " long - forgotten " sidekick , Spider - Boy , has shaken upMarvel’sstatus quo with a slating of all - new villains from this zep ’s inscrutable yesteryear . Killionaire , the previous member of Spider - Boy ’s knave drift , is perhaps the most exemplary yet of this on-going serial publication , drawing intake fromDespicable Me(2010 ) to create a menace in keeping with Spider - Boy ’s swooning tone for younger readers .

In theSpider - Boy#3 story " Nonstop Action Figure " by Dan Slott , Paco Medina , and Erick Arciniega , we finally meet Killionaire , " Earth ’s most entitled influencer " and the one responsible for Taskmaster ’s rip-off of the Super Adaptoid ’s arm from the late issue . Making a miniature Super Adaptoid from the arm , Killionaire takes his new " Toy Soldier " on a petty rampage across the city while he livestreams the demolition .

Killionaire ’s objectionable nature is put front - and - center whenSpider - Boy fails to turn back the mayhem . Not content with merely having get the better of the hero , Killionaire also order his new minion to steal Spider - Boy ’s shoe .

Featured Image: Spider-Boy (left); Spider-Man with his Spidey-sense going off (right)

Spider - Man ’s latest chum claims that everyone draw a blank he be , but some thing are not exactly add up with that interlingual rendition of the story .

Killionaire Is Practically a Double ofDespicable MeAntagonist Vector

As an entitled , objectionable brat , Killionaire bears many similarities to Victor " Vector " Perkins , the elementary antagonist ofDespicable Me . While ostensibly an up - and - coming young villain , Vector is secretly tactless and being bankrolled by his forefather ; likewise , Killionaire is similarly uninstructed and despoil , look to get everything he wants by virtue of his obscene wealthiness . Not only are their personality like , the two share many key ocular elementsin their arena haircut , glasses , and tracksuits .

This comparison helps emphasizeSpider - Boy ’s overall young , more family - friendly tone . While Spider - Man ’s villain have ramped up in intensity over the years ( from the Green Goblin ’s maniacal intrigue toCarnage ’s theatrical violent disorder through New York ) , Spider - Boy ’s much more upbeat foes range from " Humanimals " to the outrageousEmilo Helio , the Balloon Man . With the fabulously pop Spider - Man presently catering to honest-to-god consultation , Spider - Boy gives young readers a softer jumping - on point to the Marvel Universe .

Killionaire Is a Younger Marvel Villain for Younger Marvel Readers

Spider - Boy#3is middling transparent about being aimed at younger audiences : the book largely deals with round-eyed plot of ground like face a rich bully show off their expensive raw toy , and later on , how to treat a scared , lost deary . give this , it make horse sense thatthe series would take inspiration from a highly pop animated franchise . Killionaire ’s evolution fromDespicable Me’sVector makes him a perfect foeman for Spider - Man’slost partner — just implore that he does n’t get going total Minions to theMarvelUniverse .

Spider - Boy#3is available now from Marvel Comics .

SPIDER - BOY # 3 ( 2023 )

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Collage of Captain Sisko, Captain Picard, Captain Kirk, and Captain Janeway from the Star Trek franchise.

Left: Spider-Man and Spider-Boy web swing in tandem. On the right: The cast of Despicable me (Gru, Agnes, Margo, Edith, and Minions) stand on a platform gazing up at the moon.

Top left: A close-up on Spider-Boy, a small figure in a blue-and-red costume, holding his arms out as he tries to reason with the Toy Soldier. Top right: The Toy Soldier, a green action figure, wields a mighty, miniature Mjolnir. Bottom: Killionaire, a brat with a bowl cut, gold jacket, gold phone, and purple sunglasses and turtleneck yells for the Toy Soldier to beat up Spider-Boy and steal his shoes.

Left: Killionaire, a young boy in a green tracksuit, sunglasses, and a bowl hairut. He wears an obnoxiously large letter ‘K’ around his neck on a gold chain. Right: Vector, a young boy in an orange tracksuit, bowl haircut, and glasses. He has his arms crossed with his fingers pointed.

Comic book panels: Killionaire examines a Toy Soldier figure.

Spider-Boy looms out from the darkness, baring his multiple eyes and fangs in a comedic way. He holds a flashlight under his chin and is wiggling his fingers.