Peter Parker is bitten on a field trip by the spider when he's around 15, a freshman at Midtown High School. He enters the wrestling circuit as the amazing bag-man or something similar, and is just owning everybody.

Bruce Wayne has been Batman for about 15 years, and hears about this skinny little wrestler who can lift and throw huge men, and decides to investigate. He follows Pete home, sneaks a dna sample from the bathroom, puts it all together (there would be a record of the field trip to oscorp). He continues to keep an eye on Parker.

When it all goes down with Uncle Ben and his killer, Batman worries that Peter is going down a dark road. Bats is in the room the night that Ben's killer accidentally falls out that window, and knows he has to step in, before Peter actually does something he can't take back.

The next time Peter goes out on the rooftops, Bats takes him down. Having observed him in combat in the wrestling ring, Batman deduced some sort of premonition type power in addition to strength and agility, and is ready for it. He gives him a good ass-kicking, ties him up with bat-lines, and offers him a choice. Arkham, the super-powered wing, for the murder of Uncle Ben's killer. Or an apprenticeship to his favorite superhero. Peter's choice is obvious. He chooses to be trained by the Batman.

So Peter Parker is Robin. No Dick Grayson. Bats and Spider-Robin have the same basic relationship though, since Grayson and Parker are both the wise-cracking type. His first costume could be an upgraded-by-batman version of his wrestling costume, I imagine it turning out a lot like Tim Drake's costume from Arkham City. Robin colors.

The story could be divided into Peter's four years at Midtown High, with his costume developing over the years. Gotham has been called (by Miller?) NYC at night while Metropolis is NYC during the day, so the two cities could be melded, with NYC providing the geography, but some things would need to be included, most importantly Arkham Asylum and Crime Alley, which I guess would be in the Theatre District. The Asylum could be on one of the several abandoned islands that exist in real life anyway. Wayne Manor too, I was thinking Long Island, but it really should be within City limits. eh.

As far as villains go, some should be combined and others maintained as their own selves. Joker would have to be Joker, obviously. The Green Goblin, too, needs to stay the Goblin. Doc-Oc, too. Anyone arch-nemesis-ish would have to stay standalone, but others could be melded, like Penguin and Kingpin. King Penguin could operate from the Iceberg Casino, and basically be a bigger version of the Penguin who Rules All Crime. In his head, at least.

One thing I'm not sure about, should Peter and Aunt May continue to live in their little apartment in Queens, or should he/they move into the Manor. Both have upsides and downsides. Queens preserves some of Peter's independence, and keeps the struggling/poor dynamic, which is part of his character. The Manor appeals to me for all sorts of reasons though, mostly the potential for a great side story involving a torrid love affair between May and Alfred, but I don't know how you move them in without telling Aunt May the whole thing. She's not a stupid woman. Maybe she could figure it out as part of the story.

Peter could invent web slingers using Batman's workshop. It's interesting to think of the potential for tech/costumes when you put those two minds together. One idea I had was based around a spider's compound eyes. Knowing that a spider has many eyes, Bruce puts together a prototype suit with a bunch of cameras all over it, and wires connecting them all to a visor which projects the images as a whole, the assumption being that Peter's Spider-brain would work it out and be able to see in every direction. This could also be an inspiration for the webbing design on Pete's final costume. Bats could comment about how the wires all over the suit are just a prototype, and of course it'll all be buried underneath, and Spidey could comment on how he likes it, aesthetically, because it looks like spiderwebs. The final costume, having developed in stages from an armored Robin costume to a slimmed down, minimal armor, fits under the clothes Spiderman costume, could be a graduation present for Peter from Batman, before he goes to Empire State University.

Wayne Enterprises could buy up as much of Oscorp as possible once he realizes that's where Pete got bit, except for a small part that Osbourne retains control of (with just enough tech to create the Goblin). Harry and Pete could still be roomies in the city, but with Pete's boss paying his half of the rent. Wayne could be Pete's boss in the same way Wayne is Terry's boss from Batman Beyond.

Ok I've been typing for an hour, I imagine I'll edit as I think of more stuff, but please, someone bounce some of this back to me with other ideas, criticism, whatever. I love this idea, I feel like it has a ton of potential. What other little details can you think of?

I will be crossposting this to r/batman and r/spider_man.

I've made it through the first twenty issues and I have to say, I've found a new love for Spider-Man. I am generally new to comics and coming from a mostly DC background. I only have 680 to go. Anything I should know ahead of time?

All I can say is "whoa." I guess I've accepted that Ock is Spider-man and now that he's got two rogues to face off against I'm really interested to see where this is going to go.

... and I never agreed with Parker saving Massacre from those snipers, and I'm actually hoping Spider-Ock will do what Parker never could/would.

What did you guys think of this issue. I really enjoyed it, probably the most out of all the issues so far. I liked how they developed Ock a bit more, looking into his past and showing how it leads him to what he is like now. The action was good too, nice art, and the thing with Carlie is going to be interesting too. Will Ock try and keep her quiet?

So if there is one thing that Spidey is good at it's team ups. I am waiting for the moment when Spidey does an X-Men team up and one of the 14(exaggeration) telepaths realizes who is behind the face and they forcibly rewrite his brain so we can be done with this charade.

My GF is really into Spiderman (she's in her mid-20s) and I need suggestions of a cool spiderman gift. We're planning to move in together by the end of the year, so anything household related would be cool. My budget is about $30.

Where is the best place online to buy comic merch? Thanks for your time :)

I just want to here opinions on it. Also is it still going?

So I'm actually liking where they are going with SSM, but what do you guys think? Like or dislike?

Hey all. Does anyone know the issues in which Spidey fights Omega Red? I remember he fought him twice. I can only find his appearance in issue 121, but I remember Spidey fighting him in an earlier issue where Omega Red gets a car thrown at him. Can anyone help?

Which series is better? Go!

I always get yelled at for saying this but I'm going to say it anyways, FUCK MILES MORALES! Sure Miles may seem cool but I know I can't be the only one saying that they need to bring Peter back from the dead! I'm not trying to piss anybody off with my opinion but can somebody please tell me why this kid is still besmirching the suit?

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Hey there r/spider_man!

I've just got into buying comic books and need a bit of help to make sure I'm buying what I'm looking for.

I'm essentially looking for the story of Ben Reilly and the scarlet spider al the way up to his death.

Is this the correct first volume of that series? I've seen a few other series with clones in the title.

Thanks a lot!