Spider-Man: Fake Red

Spider-Man: Fake Red
Cover of the Japanese volume
スパイダーマン/偽りの赤
(Supaidāman: Itsuwari no Aka)
Manga
Written byYusuke Osawa
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintShōnen Magazine Comics
MagazineMagazine Pocket
DemographicShōnen
Original runJuly 26, 2019March 6, 2020
Volumes1

Spider-Man: Fake Red (スパイダーマン/偽りの赤, Supaidāman: Itsuwari no Aka) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yusuke Osawa and "supervised" by Marvel Comics, based on the Spider-Man brand by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Published by Viz Media, and set in its own continuity within the Marvel Multiverse, the series follows teenage high school student and amateur rock climber Yu Onomae who is compelled to fill in for the missing Peter Parker as Spider-Man on finding the hero's suit in an alley. Over the course of his journey, he faces off against the supervillains Screwball, Mysterio, and Venom, and teams up with the original Spider-Man's partner Silk in an effort to find him.

The series, originally published across fourteen issues of Magazine Pocket between July 2019 and March 2020 (following the original three-part one-shot), was published as a graphic novel, Spider-Man: Fake Red: Phase 1 in Japanese on April 9, 2023, and in English on June 13, 2023, although a second volume has not been ordered. In April 2024, the series was digitally published to the mobile applications Viz Media and Marvel Unlimited. The series has received a universally positive critical reception.