Spider-Man: Fake Red

by Yusuke Osawa

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

Embodying the meaning behind Spider-Man, this is the story of what it means to be a hero, web-slinger or no.

There’s a new Spider-Man in town! And he’s got a lot to learn about being a hero!

An awkward teenager puts on Spider-Man’s suit, but quickly learns being a hero isn’t all photo ops and social media likes.

Yu’s new high school is kind of awful. He’s failing his classes and striking out socially. Everything changes when he finds one of Spider-Man’s costumes abandoned in an alleyway. At first, it’s fun to put on the costume and play hero, but when powerful enemies appear, Yu quickly realizes he’s out of his element. Still, with the real Spider-Man nowhere to be found, the city needs someone to save it...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781974738786
Publisher:	VIZ Media LLC
Publication date:	06/13/2023
Series:	Spider-Man: Fake Red
Pages:	328
Sales rank:	99,452
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.40(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	11 - 14 Years

About the Author

Yusuke Osawa began his professional manga career with the publication of the one-shot “Majo to Megane to Mahojin” (A Witch, Her Glasses, and a Magic Circle) in the July 2009 issue of Magazine Special, and won honorable mention in the 82nd Weekly Shonen Magazine New Manga Artist Awards. Spider-Man: Fake Red ran in Magazine Pocket from July 2019 to March 2020. In 2022, Osawa turned his attention to creating a manga adaptation of the Star Wars series The Mandalorian for Big Gangan.

Editorial Reviews

"A perfect Spider-Man story." —Screen Rant

From the Publisher

01/12/2024

Gr 6 Up—Yu Onomae is struggling with his self-esteem. He attends an elite high school on his father's wishes and can't seem to keep his grades up or make any friends, but his life is about to change dramatically when he finds Spider-Man's suit in an alleyway and thus assumes his role. The only question is, what happened to the real Spider-Man!? Fake Red feels very much as a Spider-Man story should: in typical Spidey fashion, readers follow a teen who's fighting from behind the eight-ball in life as he becomes his city's superstar. It's a warm coming-of-age tale at its core that never gets heavy enough to turn younger readers away while still containing plot twists. The art is uplifting, pleasant, and fits the story and its characters well. While in the end, this feels like only a small blip in the real Spider-Man's life (he actually plays a smaller role throughout the manga), readers can still marvel (no pun intended) at Yu's character growth as he's forced into a major life upheaval that he had no reason to expect, and no way to prepare for. To see him take on Spider-Man's mantle while juggling his real-life problems is admirable, and though this title won't receive the fanfare other entries in the franchise might, there is value in recommending it to young adult readers who may find their lives a bit chaotic. VERDICT While perhaps not the most needle-moving Spider-Man title of all time, this is a solid entry for younger readers, and one that shows them they don't need to be an actual superhero to make a difference in everyday life.—Joe Pascullo

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