Bailey Briggs (Earth-616)

Spider-Boy
Name	Bailey Bartholomew Briggs
Current Alias	Spider-Boy
Aliases	Nicknames: Bug-Boy, Spidey-B, Spidey-Two, The Web-less Wonder Other Aliases: Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Boy, Number Five, Superior Spider-Boy
Affiliation and Relationships
Group Affiliation	Spider-Society, partner of Spider-Man Formerly Spider-Army
Relatives	Parents: Tabitha Briggs (mother) Clones and Donors: Boy-Spider (clone / "brother")
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Irises: Blue
Hair	Red
Unusual Features	Barcode tattoo on the back of his neck, fangs and six eyes.
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Humanimal (Human/Spider hybrid)
Living Status	Alive; formerly deceased
Reality	Earth-616
Cause of Death	Erased from the Web of Life and Destiny by an unidentified Totem Dagger wielder (Restored by Neith)
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Adventurer, vigilante, Student
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Dan Slott, Humberto Ramos
First	Spider-Man (Vol. 4) #7 (April, 2023)
First	Spider-Man (Vol. 4) #7 (April, 2023)

Huh? What are you talking about? I'm from right here. It's me-- Spider-Boy!

—Spider-Boy[source]

History

Early Life and Origins

Bailey Briggs was a young boy who lived at the F.E.A.S.T. Center. One day, he, his mother and other children were kidnapped by the Inner Demons and given to the evil scientist known as Madame Monstrosity. She proceeded to experiment on Bailey, splicing his DNA with that of a spider, turning him into a Human-Spider Hybrid. During his imprisonment he befriended a fellow kid named Eli. However, when they were conversing, Briggs gave his new friend the nickname Hellifino, causing Madame Monstrosity to turn the other boy into a human-elephant-rhinoceros hybrid, filling Bailey with guilt.

He later on managed to escape when Spider-Man rescued him, and gifted with spider-like powers, he became Spider-Boy, the Amazing Spider-Man's alleged sidekick, going on adventures with him and Miles Morales. Alongside his mentor, he fought a number of villains including the Inner Demons and Gutterball, while also meeting some of Peter's allies like Daredevil and Mister Fantastic who both helped him with managing his powers. Bailey appeared to be close to Peter's civilian identity as well. He once saved Aunt May from Big Wheel on Big Wheel 2.0 crushing the F.E.A.S.T. center.

Unmasked

After Doctor Octopus took over Peter's body and became the Superior Spider-Man, he decided to finally grant Bailey his own pair of web-shooters. However, while swinging through the city, he saw that his mentor was currently fighting Mister Negative and beating his goons to near death. Spider-Boy attempted to intervene, telling who he thought was Peter that he was taking it too far, only for Mister Negative to take advantage of his distraction and corrupt him with his touch. On Mister Negative's order Spider-Boy began to fight Spider-Man who could have easily beaten him hadn't been reminded of his traumatic past. Eventually, as Mister Negative attempted to escape, Otto knocked Bailey out. Declaring that he was better off without a sidekick, Spider-Man left Bailey in the care of the Fantastic Four who had just arrived to help detain the criminals.

He once teamed-up with Spider-Woman to defeat Red Heron and even got know her baby Gerry. Spider-Boy also helped Ms. Marvel fight the dinosaur/human hybrid Stegron when he attempted to steal dinosaur bones. In that moment, the villain Bullseye dispatched his new apprentice, Funhouse, to fight the heroes. Funhouse had the power to copy the powers of others, but when she copied Spider-Boy's powers, something went wrong, and she was permanently stuck with his spider abilities.

Return from Nonexistence

At an unknown point in time, after making a great sacrifice for the sake of the Spider-Men, Bailey was supposedly erased by the Totem Dagger by an unknown Spider corrupted by Shathra. He was restored to the Web of Life by Neith following Shathra's defeat. Frustrated that his friends didn't remember him, he swung off in a fit of rage. Bailey explored New York City trying to find scraps of proof that he existed, but was unsuccessful. Rebuilding his reputation, Spider-Boy saw an innocent girl being threatened by the Inner Demons and intervened. He fought the criminal gang and rescued the girl named Christina Xu, and befriending her he revealed his identity to Xu. With Xu's help, Briggs sought to reinstate his presence in New York.

The return of Spider-Boy

Suddenly, he felt that Peter had heightened his Spider-Sense using Oscorp's technology, and remembering that he did this same thing previously, Briggs went to intervene. He was too late as Peter was having a breakdown from the immense amount of information overflowing his mind, and with no other choice Briggs went to Norman Osborn, who had become the hero Gold Goblin, for help in reverting the process. The two arrived to Peter's location where they found him fighting Electro.

As Peter was left at Electro's mercy, Spider-Boy swung to defend him by exposing his fangs and biting into the villain, incapacitating him. With the battle over, Osborn revert Peter's Spider-Sense to normal, but although the day was saved the public became wary of him due to his monstrous appearance. Frustrated from Spider-Boy's interfering activities, Spider-Man took his protege to a rooftop where he demanded that Bailey abandon his superheroic identity. However, Briggs reminded Peter of their time together, going on adventures, fighting villains and meeting various other heroes, before telling him how he taught Bailey the importance of powers and responsibilities. Spider-Man understood and apologized for being too harsh on him, accepting Spider-Boy as his sidekick and resuming their activities in defending New York.

Times Square came under attack of Supernova who demanded Spider-Man to come out as she blamed him for what had happened to her. Spider-Boy arrived to rescue the citizens caught in her attack, inadvertently catching her attention. She demanded him to call Spider-Man since he was his sidekick, but Spider-Boy refused, instead joking about being Spider-Woman's sidekick. Irritated by his response, Supernova struck his Bug-Pack, causing it to melt which forced Spider-Boy to discard it. He attempted to evade her subsequent attacks, but was quickly overwhelmed and soon fell under some rubble. Realizing she just hurt a child, Supernova fled, leaving Peter, who was prevented from helping by Doctor Octopus, to bring an injuried Spider-Boy to a hospital.

Spider-Boy made a quick recovery and sneaked out of the hospital to go help out Spider-Man as he could feel him being in danger. In search of him, Spider-Boy went inside Peter's base within Oscorp Tower where he came across Spiders-Man. He attempted to communicate with him to see if he knew where Peter was, but to his horror Bailey found that the spiders now carried the consciousness of Octavius. The spiders jumped him and proceeded to enter his body, taking completely possession of his mind and rechristening themselves as the Superior Spider-Boy. Superior Spider-Boy proceeded to use the Neurolitic Scanner to take control of the spiders nearby, and have them take possessions of numerous citizens, forming a hive mind which shared the consciousness of Octavius, and named Superior Colony. The Colony attempted to assist Octavius in rewriting the minds from all around the world with his own, but he later abandoned this plan after being reminded of his love for Anna Maria Marconi, and instead returned everyone to their original selves, which included Spider-Boy.

Solo Adventures

With help from Spider-Man, Spider-Boy defeated another of his past foes, Gutterball. After noticing civilians scared of the Web-less Wonder after the Daily Bugle's reporting, Spider-Man convinced Robbie Robertson to organize an award presentation for Spider-Boy, set at the bowling alley they'd previously saved. As Spider-Boy celebrated his day with the public, the event was interrupted by Hellifino who was sent by Madame Monstrosity to see if Briggs was one of her creations since she, like the rest of the world, had completely forgotten about him. Although Hellifino was able to ascertain that Spider-Boy was in fact an experiment of Madame Monstrosity, Briggs tried to remind his former friend of their past, convincing him he wasn't a monster, leading him to let him go and depart.

At the F.E.A.S.T. shelter, Bailey and Christina helped with setting up the Christmas decorations as the festivity time was approaching. All of a sudden, a man stole Bailey's phone, forcing him and Christina to follow him. Bailey would've chased the thief down if he hadn't received a vision in that exact moment that warned him about Taskmaster. He decided to let the thief go and went to change into Spider-Boy to investigate his vision. He swang through the city until he came across an helicopter being guarded by Captain America and some soldiers. The soldiers were cautious of the young hero, but Captain America assured them Spider-Boy wasn't a threat as he was told about him by Spider-Man. Spider-Boy warned Captain America that Taskmaster was nearby, which made the older hero realize that he was actually one of the soldiers. He attacked the soldier, who was revealed to be Taskmaster using an Image Inducer, and attempted to fight the mercenary while ordering the soldiers look over Spider-Boy. Taskmaster managed to break inside the helicopter which was containing the Super-Adaptoid and intended to steal for his latest employer. Spider-Boy joined Captain's side and defeated Taskmaster, though the mercenary was at least able to steal the Super-Adaptoid's left arm. Captain America thanked Spider-Boy for his help, and promised to be there for the young hero in time of need.

Hunted by Taskmaster

With no money in his possession, Bailey attempted to find a job in Jarvis Lounge, only to have the door closed on his face. The repurposed Adaptoid hand, Toy Soldier, soon began going on a rampage across the city, forcing Spider-Boy to intervene. He confronted the one who had hired Taskmaster, the rich, entitled kid influencer known as Killionaire who unleashed Toy Soldier on him. As the miniature Adaptoid used the Avengers' powers against Spider-Boy, he held a replica of Mjolnir which prompted the hero to tell it that only a worthy hero could wield it. This caused Toy Soldier to turn on Killionaire and go on its own heroic journey. As the event was live streamed online, everyone saw Killionaire for what he truly was, leaving to swear vengeance on Spider-Boy.

On Thanksgiving Day, Spider-Boy brought Christina at the top of a building to better see the parade, and there they met Squirrel Girl. Suddenly the balloons came to life and began attacking them. This was part of a plot by Balloon Man who proceeded to animate the parade's balloons to attack the heroes. Spider-Boy and Squirrel Girl worked together to take down the living balloons, and soon were joined by Santa Claus himself who helped defeat the larger balloons. They then proceeded to beat Balloon Man, inadvertently breaking his helmet which was needed for him to breathe, and Spider-Boy quickly helped by providing him some helium. On Christmas Day, Christina gifted Bailey a physical photo of him and his mother which she took from his phone before it was stolen.

Some time later, Spider-Boy witnessed Thor battling an Asgardian spider and decided to intervene. Using his ability to speak to spiders, Spider-Boy cleared the situation, explaining to Thor that the spider was named Klöpp who had accidentally been teleported to Earth after falling through a portal and wished to be reunited with its owner the Rock Troll Ulik. Thor returned the spider to Ulik, and seeing how the people around them spoke about Spider-Boy's spider form, he encouraged the young hero to not pay them mind as all that it mattered was what he thought of himself.

Gang War

During the war between the criminal organizations, Spider-Boy helped by battling the criminals. He at first fought the Inner Demons to aid the police, but then received a premonition about a man named Mr. Kaur outside of the the F.E.A.S.T. shelter. He arrived there where Mr. Kaur explained to the young hero that F.E.A.S.T. was being attacked by the Maggia, and so Spider-Boy broke inside the shelter in order to rescue the staff inside which included Aunt May, Mr. Choi, Mr. Ikem, and Lucy. Spider-Boy managed to take down the criminals, only to find the shelter being overrun by countless hostile rats.

Spider-Boy guided the F.E.A.S.T. staff and a Maggia enforcer to a room where they could be safe from the rat infestation. Lucy gave him her phone which could release sound at a pitch high enough that rats couldn't hear, and planned to connect it to speakers in order to get rid of the infestation. Unfortunately, on his way Spider-Boy came across another Maggia goon who shot the phone, causing the rats to attack them. Spider-Boy quickly threw the criminal out of the window and still made his way to the sound room, only to find it trashed. He did find Christina hiding there, and together attempted to evacuate through the ventilation system, but it was soon breached by a couple of aggressive dogs. The duo fell through the ventilation and we're cornered by the rats and the dogs. Spider-Boy attempted to fight, but was soon confronted by the Vermin.

He battled the Vermin to keep them occupied while Christina fled, and was able to get them out of the shelter by running away as they chased him. Now all alone with the Vermin, Spider-Boy tried to fight them again, but although he was able to get the upper hand he was being overwhelmed by their sheer numbers. Thankfully, Christina arrived to his rescue by giving him a stereo that released the high pitch sound. This forced the Vermin to flee and disperse, and with the battle over Christina assured a tired Spider-Boy that everyone in the shelter had escaped to safety. He later participated in the climax of the criminal war.

Fighting Madame Monstrosity

Bailey kept hanging out with Christina, and one night he joined the battle between Peter with Miles and the Vulturions. To his disappointment, the two Spider-Men told him he was benched for the time being, and while the criminals were taken down Spider-Boy reintroduced himself to Miles as he had forgotten him as well. Back to the shelter, Bailey woke up from a nightmare and terrified Christina as he had accidentally assumed his spider form. Peter soon arrived to the shelter and had a conversation with Christina about the incident and an arachnid monster resembling Spider-Boy wrecking havoc. As Bailey overheard the conversation, he received a vision of Miles fighting said creature and immediately arrived to the scene. He attempted to break up the fight and talked down to the creature in the spider language. The creature left, and soon Peter and Christina arrived. Bailey grew frustrated with the two Spider-Men and Christina being wary of him, and proceeded to cut all ties with them. Unbeknownst to him, the creature was Bailey's clone named Boy-Spider created by Madame Monstrosity as a way to remember who her spider hybrid experiment was.

Traversing the city, Spider-Boy came across Spider-Woman, and despite her not remembering him she was surprised to see that Bailey did remember her son. The two teamed-up to fight and evade a group of drones controlled by Screwball. She proceeded to combine all of her drones into a bigger drone, only for Spider-Woman to take it down. She and Spider-Boy then used the remains of the drone to track down Screwball's location. She immediately attempted to flee, but the spider heroes managed to catch her and surrendered her to the police.

Bailey began attempting PS 41 in Greenwich Village among other public schools but found it difficult to blend with the other kids. Suddenly he received a vision about Christina being targeted by Hellifino who was sent by Madame Monstrosity. Spider-Boy intervened and lured Hellifino into Killionaire's New Esports Arena that would've been called the Kill Zone, destroying the entire structure while fighting the rhino-elephant hybrid. This only staggered Hellifino temporarily as he was immediately back up and managed to knock out Spider-Boy. Christina attempted to wake him up, but Hellifino captured both of them and brought them to Madame Monstrosity's Farm. Spider-Boy soon regained consciousness and tried to break Christina out, but was restrained by Mr. Bobo and was forced to watch his friend being fused to a pigeon. He fought against the other Humanimals, before Madame Monstrosity sent both Hellifino and Boy-Spider to overpower him. During the ensuing fight Spider-Boy demanded that Madame Monstrosity refused. As Spider-Boy fought Boy-Spider, a Humanimal by the name of Tabby attacked the hero to protect the creature out of motherly love. This prompted the Madame to reveal that Tabby was none other than Bailey's mother, who had also forgotten who he was, and intended to use her as leverage against him. Seeing that his loved ones were already in her grasp, Spider-Boy surrendered himself to Madame Monstrosity.

Christina was able to send a distress message to Spider-Man via one of the pigeons she spoke to. He got the message and recruited the help of the second Spider-Man, Captain America, Thor, Squirrel Girl and Toy Soldier to attack the Stillwell Farm and free its prisoners. Meanwhile, Madame Monstrosity continued experimenting on Bailey in hopes of improving her Humanimals. Before the Madame left, Spider-Boy received a vision about the Humanimals turning on her once they find out she can't change them back to normal. In that moment the heroes arrived to raid the farms, prompting Christina to convince both Tabby and Boy-Spider to save Bailey. They freed him, and explaining his vision to them they all went to meet Madame Monstrosity's husband, Dr. Jeremy Stillwell, who had his mind switched with that of an owl which used to be fused. He agreed to help Spider-Boy with revealing the truth, and together the group confronted Madame Monstrosity alongside the other heroes and Humanimals, just in time to witness her transformed into a hybrid monster of several animals. Before they could fight, Madame Monstrosity was abducted by the High Evolutionary, and with her gone the heroes came out victorious.

Spider-Man, Toy Soldier copying the minds of Ant-Man, Beast and Iron Man, Jeremy Stillwell, Mr. Cricket, and Squeakerton worked together to reverse Madame Monstrosity's machine in order to return the Humanimals back to normal. Christina and Tabitha became human again, but unfortunately the machine was unable to turn Hellifino, Stillwell and Bailey back to normal. Worse, his mother still didn't remember Bailey, and since she wished to stay in the farm to turn into a place for good, he was forced to return to the F.E.A.S.T. shelter.

Into the Spider-Verse

Back to the shelter Spider-Boy had a brief fight with Puzzle Man, and after defeating him he was met by Madame Web, Silk and Araña. The three women showed up to help him with him being forgotten, and had a plan to fix it. With this, Spider-Boy joined the Spider-Society among others.

Bailey was brought to the Web of Life and Destiny where he was told by the trio that they would be helping a spider variant of Howard the Duck known as Spider-Duck. When Bailey pointed out that the variant may actually be the main Howard disguising himself, the Duck admitted to it and proceeded to leave. With no other task at hand, the women attempted to fix Bailey's problem, but when Araña casted a spell on the Totem Dagger and Spider-Totem scrolls he got sucked into the Web. Spider-Boy ended up in Earth-51778 where he switched places with the reality's native Spider-Man, Takuya Yamashiro, right in the middle of a battle against King Bowler. Madame Web and Silk helped him by linking Bailey with Takuya to assist him in piloting Leopardon and defeat King Bowler. Once the battle finished, Takuya was returned to his reality, causing Bailey to be transported to Earth-67 where he began working for that reality's J. Jonah Jameson.

"It's a Spider-Verse thing."

Suddenly, the Daily Bugle was attacked by the Green Goblin who demanded that his latest theft be printed on paper. Madame Web established another psychic connection between Bailey and the Spider-Man of Earth-67 who help Spider-Boy defeat the attacker. Bailey was next transported to Earth-51914 where he battled Hotshot with the psychic help of Earth-51914's Spider-Man. As Araña attempted to fix this, Spider-Boy was starting to split between several realities, before ending up in Earth-982 where he was found by Spider-Girl. She invited him for breakfast over at her home where he met her family who attempted to comfort him. Bailey was suddenly teleported to the meeting of the Spider-Men who thought he was an intruder. Upon explaining himself, Bailey was comforted by Spider-Man of Earth-92131, only to be taken back to Earth-616 by Peter dragging him back. This caused Bailey to finally be remembered by everyone in his home reality, including Peter, Silk, and Araña; though Madame Web feared that a price would be paid for this.

Remembered

With the memory of him fully restored in Earth-616, Bailey was properly reunited with his mother Tabitha who finally remembered him. However, she soon berated Spider-Man for encouraging her son to endanger himself, and ordered Bailey to drop his superhero persona in order to live as a normal boy of his age. Bailey was forced to reattend school while his mother threw away all of his equipment. At school, Bailey received a vision of a school bus going out of control due to the driver suddenly experiencing a heart attack, and against his mother's wishes doned his Spider-Boy costume to intervene. He was successful in stopping the bus and saving everyone, and while talking to the EMT about the driver an angry Tabitha soon arrived to the scene. However, seeing the good he did today, Tabitha realized that Spider-Boy was needed and she had to respect her son's second life. She told Bailey that she was proud of him and gave him her blessing to continue helping people as Spider-Boy.

An event was organized in honor of Spider-Boy, which the hero himself decided to attend. Unfortunately for him, Daredevil arrived to take Spider-Boy away to have a conversation. In the past, Spider-Boy had helped Daredevil win a cage fight against Bullseye and obtain the Golden Fang of the Gaping Maw trophy which served as a ticket to enter an important fight contest. Bailey had left the trophy at the Daily Bugle Building and together with Daredevil went to retrieve it. However, as soon as they got their hands on it, Bullseye and his new apprentice Spider-Girl caught the heroes by surprise and easily subdued them. With Spider-Boy and Daredevil restrained, Bullseye stole the trophy from them and with Spider-Girl made his escape. The two heroes pursued the evil duo to Madripoor, but as they lacked a Golden Fang required to enter the contest, Spider-Boy and Daredevil were forced to steal it from sumo wrestler Enormo and his apprentice Hulkette. With a Golden Fang in hand, Spider-Boy and Daredevil were allowed to enter the Challenge of the Jade Dragon tournament, much to the surprise of Bullseye and Spider-Girl.

Spider-Boy and Spider-Girl

Despite Enormo and Hulkette revealing the contest holders, the Gaping Maw, that Spider-Boy and Daredevil had stolen their ticket, the duo were still allowed to participate. Their first battle was against El Gigante and La Mota, which they won after Spider-Boy bit La Mota which caused El Gigante to yield. During a break between rounds, Spider-Boy met with Spider-Girl and realized she was his enemy Funhouse. He compared her situation to Rogue stealing Carol Danvers' powers, and offered Spider-Girl to have the X-Men help her with her situation. After talking to his mom on the phone, Hulkette came to tell him that the break was over and it was time for him and Daredevil to fight their next opponents, Bengal and Tigriss.

The duo defeated Bengal and his apprentice, earning them a post to the final round. After Bullseye and Spider-Girl defeated the Sisters of Stone, the final around was ready to commence. Spider-Boy and Daredevil went to fight the villains, but during the battle Bailey received a vision that Bullseye would doublecross Spider-Girl. This gave Bullseye the opportunity to catch Spider-Boy off guard and ripped his backpack to beat him with it. Concerned for his safety, Daredevil yielded, meaning that Bullseye and Spider-Girl won the round. Thankfully, Bullseye was found to have had a concealed card foreseen by Spider-Boy, which caused him to get disqualified. This left both Spider-Boy and Spider-Girl to fight the Gaping Maw's representative Mist. During the fight, the two spider-powered kids decided to set their differences aside and fought Mist. Spider-Boy was able to defeat Mist, as a reward for winning the tournament the Gaping Maw became his personal army of ninjas. Meanwhile Spider-Girl cut all ties with Bullseye and went on her own heroic journey.

With the tournament over, Bailey retuned home, only to find to his shock a doppelganger of him exiting his school bus and embracing his mother. Spider-Boy attacked the doppelganger who revealed himself to be Boy-Spider and fought back. Tabitha broke up the fight, and explained to her son that Boy-Spider was also part of their family and should learn to live together as brothers. Frustrated, Bailey went back to school, but during class he received a vision about Boy-Spider dying defending F.E.A.S.T. and went to his aid. The two hybrid kids worked together to fight Killionaire's goons, the Bada-Bros. Upon defeating the Bada-Bros, the two brothers reconciled, and Boy-Spider decided to assist Tabitha in helping their fellow Humanimals find a job at F.E.A.S.T.

Kidpool

On his patrol, Spider-Boy noticed a child version of Deadpool taking aim at Spider-Man with one of her weapons and went to confront her. He thwarted her attempt to kill Spider-Man, but was creeped out when Kidpool began developing a crush on him. Spider-Boy tried to leave, but seeing that she wouldn't budge he bit Kidpool in order to inject her with stunning poison so he could escape. He reunited with Spider-Man and told his mentor what happened, and upon learning that she was a version of Deadpool Spider-Man told Bailey to stay far away from her.

Spider-Boy went back on patrol, and coincidentally met up with Deadpool shortly after fighting some A.I.M. agents, and asked him about Kidpool. Deadpool told Spider-Boy he had no idea what Kidpool's deal was, though she sounded amazing. However, before they could continue their conversation, they were attacked by one of AIM's Ultra-Adaptoids, forcing the two heroes to work together to fight it. Once the battle was over, Spider-Boy continued patrolling the city, until Kidpool arrived, having tracked him down.

Team-Up with Kidpool

Their reunion was soon interrupted by Stegron pleading them to help him as A.I.M. had been chasing him. They were soon met by A.I.M. scientist Aarchon, who was also another dinosaur/human hybrid obsessed with marrying Stegron. The two superpowered children fought Aarchon as she expressed her plan to conceive a new race of dinosaurs to replace humanity, and during the fight Spider-Boy actually began growing fond of Kidpool. The fight came to end when Stegron announced that he had changed his mind and accepted Aarchon's marriage proposal. A disgusted Kidpool then proceeded to knock both of them out, and having realized she didn't really feel anything towards Spider-Boy, Kidpool bid him farewell.

Spider-Boy No More

Spider-Boy was forced to confront his prior kidnappers, the Inner Demons, when went after Christina since she had in her possession keys Mister Negative had lended to Madame Monstrosity. This time, he was able to fight them, but during the battle he unmasked one member of the Inner Demons who turned out to be a worm Humanimal that was created by Madame Monstrosity as a new soldier for Mister Negative to use. With one of Mister Negative's key in their possession, Spider-Boy and Christina formed a plan to steal information on other enslaved Humanimals from a bank belonging to the crime lord. While "robbing" the bank, Spider-Man arrived, demanding to know what they were doing. Spider-Boy explained to him the reason he and Christina broke in, but in that moment Mister Negative himself arrived along with a group of brainwashed policemen. After Spider-Boy successfully took the files from the bank's vault, he tricked Mister Negative that he too fell under his control, which allowed him and his allies to take him down and free the police from his control. Although the mission was a success, Spider-Man suddenly confiscated all of Bailey's equipment, telling him that because he broke an important rule regarding notable villains his days as Spider-Boy were now over.

Bailey argued with his mentor the lives he could save, but seeing that Spider-Man wouldn't budge, he summoned the Gaping Maw and proceeded to leave with them, telling Spider-Man that he could give the mantle of Spider-Boy to someone else. In spite of losing his superhero identity, Bailey continued helping people by having the Gaping Maw assist him in his endeavors. One such case was when he and the Gaping Maw fought Card Shark to defend a poor man the villain had targeted. Thanks to the files he stole from Mister Negative, Bailey and the Gaping Maw located all of the Humanimals Madame Monstrosity had sold and brought to the Stillwell Farm where they were reverted to normal. There he also convinced Hellifino to become a hero of his own with the name Captain Pachyderm. When Balloon Man struck again, this time with an army of Inflato-Saurs, Bailey fought him, alongside the Gaping Maw, Boy-Spider, Hulkette, Ms. Marvel, and Spider-Girl. Soon Spider-Man, Daredevil and Toy Soldier arrived to help with the fight, upon defeating Balloon Man the three persuaded Bailey to release the Gaping Maw from his command. Toy Soldier, mimicking Spider-Man's mindset, assured Bailey that his mentor was secretly very proud of him. With this Spider-Man gave Bailey his equipment back, and now back as Spider-Boy the two spider heroes went patrolling together.

Attributes

Powers

Spider Physiology: Bailey possesses an enhanced physiology comparable to that of Spider-Man, thanks to him being a Human-Spider Hybrid:

• Superhuman Strength: Spider-Boy possesses superhuman strength just slightly inferior to that of Spider-Man, possibly due to his young age. He is strong enough to break through a stone wall with just a single punch, can break iron chains with little effort, can easily rip off a bus door with his bare hands, and has shown enough strength to lift an adult twice his size. Spider-Boy's physical strength also extends to his legs, enabling him to jump heights of several stories in a single bound.
• Superhuman Speed: Spider-Boy is capable of reacting and moving at speeds that are beyond the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete.
• Superhuman Agility: Spider-Boy's agility, balance, and bodily coordination are enhanced to levels beyond the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete. His agility can be considered almost on par with Spider-Man.
• Superhuman Reflexes
• Superhuman Stamina
• Wall-Crawling: Spider-Boy is able to cling to any surface and crawl across it, just as Spider-Man can.
• Regenerative Healing Factor: Spider-Boy's physiology has granted him a limited healing factor. If injured, his body is capable of regenerating faster than an ordinary human being. Although it takes multiple days for him to fully recover.
• Spider-Sense: Spider-Boy's Spider-Sense is more evolved than that of Spider-Man. It acts as a form of psychometry; his body can pick up psychic threads which bind him to people in danger, giving him visions of his would-be rescuee's recent past and current circumstances. This link can only be broken once the person featured in his vision is safe from the danger.
• Venom Bite: Bailey has the ability to inject a paralyzing venom into individuals through his fangs.
• Extra-Eyes: Due to his mutation, Spider-Boy can grow eight spider-like eyes on his forehead, temples and back of his head, which allow him to see in 360-degree vision. Originally, the overload of input caused great discomfort. However, after training under Daredevil's tutelage, Spider-Boy gained the ability to grow and retract his additional eyes at will.
• Immunity to Spider-Man's Spider-Sense: For unknown reasons, Bailey seemed to be immune and undetectable to Peter's spider sense.
• Communication with Arthropods: Spider-Boy has the ability to communicate with spiders, either from Earth or other dimensions such as Asgard, using their own language.

Abilities

Spider-Boy is a formidable hand-to-hand combatant, having received martial arts training from Daredevil, and uses an unusual type of freestyle technique similar to that of Spider-Man.

Weaknesses

Spider-Sense limitation: Spider-Boy's Spider-Sense did not automatically warn him to potential danger or potential attack around him. Therefore, he must rely solely on his superhuman reflexes and instincts to avoid attacks.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

• Bug-Pack

Former Equipment

• Web-Shooters: Otto Octavius, during the time in which he inhabited the body of Peter Parker, equipped Spider-Boy with web-shooters. However, after Octavius severed ties with him, Spider-Boy was seemingly forced to abandon the use of the devices.

Notes

• Spider-Boy's shoes and costume were created by Reed Richards using Unstable Molecules (same as the FF suits), enabling Bailey to stick on to walls despite their visible thickness. Dan Slott had confirmed this is how they worked on Twitter several months beforehand when Spider-Boy's design was first revealed.
  • For reference, Peter Parker usually needs to either be barefoot or wear something very thin (his costume's shoes are very thin) in order to wall climb. He is sometimes drawn climbing with shoes on but Tom Brevoort stated that those instances are mistakes.
• Bailey is ten years old at the time of his debut and has been active as Spider-Boy for three years, which has been erased. According to Dan Slott, he started at around the Big Time era.
• Bailey has a kind of barcode tattoo on his nape that was made by Madame Monstrosity as a marker for all the Humanimals she created.

Trivia

• Like many Marvel character names, Bailey Briggs is an alliteration.
• This is the second character named Bailey Briggs. The first one was also created by Dan Slott.
• Peter Ross was a "Spider-Boy" before Bailey but he was created in collaboration with DC Comics as the amalgamation of Superboy and Ben Reilly. Dan Slott created this Spider-Boy when he found out that he could legally use that name, though he had had the idea for the character for "some time."
• Screwball was one of Bailey's favorite streamers.
• Bailey has Rogue's number saved in his phone.

See Also

• 53 appearance(s) of Bailey Briggs (Earth-616)
• 6 minor appearance(s) of Bailey Briggs (Earth-616)
• 5 mention(s) of Bailey Briggs (Earth-616)
• 164 image(s) of Bailey Briggs (Earth-616)
• 14 quotation(s) by or about Bailey Briggs (Earth-616)
• 1 item(s) used/owned by Bailey Briggs (Earth-616)

Links and References

• Bailey Briggs on Wikipedia.org