Dates
- Cover date
- August 2009
- On sale
- June 10, 2009
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #597 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition$2.99 cover
Direct Edition
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Barcode 75960604716159711
Source ↗ - 2nd printing
2nd Printing Variant - Marco Checchetto Cover
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 75960604716159721
This edition’s page - Newsstand edition$3.99 cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 00928102199507
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- American Son Part 3 · 21 pages
Spider-Man has secretly replaced Mac Gargan on the Dark Avengers. Norman reveals to his team that their newest member will be his son Harry dressed in Captain America-like armor and called American Son. Harry finds Lily in Avengers Tower and promises to cure her of the goblin serum. Daken sniffs out the fact that Peter is impersonating Mac's version of Spider-Man and attacks. Spidey wins the battle but is ratted out by Harry who tells his dad that the Spider-Man in front of him is the real deal. Hawkeye shoots Spider-Man in the legs and Norman pulls out a gun and shoots him in the face.
Characters
Reprinted in
Spider-Man: American Son (2009), Spider-Man: American Son (2010), Spider-Man: Brand New Day - The Complete Collection (2016), Spider-Man by Joe Kelly Omnibus (2024), Spider-Man: Brand New Day Omnibus (2024)