As revealed in the final pages of the latest issue of Amazing Spider-Man, it appears that May and Ben Parker actually had a son, and that son, Cormac Crane, has now shown up at May's doorsteps and revealed himself. This all started during the recent "Death Spiral" crossover event. There was a new serial killer supervillain named Torment who was obsessed with using "spirals" to kill people.
By "spiral," I mean that he would kill relatives of his main victims, beginning with distant relatives, and then slowly kill closer and closer blood relatives until he finally kills his main victim. Well, while trying to complete Peter Parker's spiral (Carnage revealed Peter Parker's secret identity to Torment, which Carnage learned when bonded with Eddie Brock), Torment attacked a middle-age man who he revealed was Spider-Man's COUSIN!
That got Crane thinking, and he eventually did some genetic research, and revealed that there had been a mix-up at the hospital when he was born, and he is the son of Ben and May Parker!
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #31 (LGY#995)
JOE KELLY (W) • PATRICK GLEASON (A/C)
MARVEL DIMENSIONS VARIANT COVER BY ALEX ROSS
AMAZING VISIONS VARIANT COVER BY LEE BERMEJO
AMAZING VISIONS VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY LEE BERMEJO
PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY LUCIANO VECCHIO
VARIANT COVER BY GERMÁN PERALTA • VARIANT COVER BY TBA
THE TALK...
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In the preview pages (only two preview pages this time around, as obviously there are some MAJOR reveals to come in the issue that they don't want spoiled just yet), we see Peter helping May up after she fainted at the end of the previous issue with the sight of what appears to be her son.
May's current boyfriend, Ricardo, notes that May CAN'T have children. It's been a major part of her character for her whole existence as a character, that she couldn't have biological children of her own, but Peter has become her son after adopting him following the deaths of Ben's brother, Richard, and his wife, Mary.
However, in real life, women FREQUENTLY, especially in the past, were told by doctors that they couldn't have children and, well, they then had children, so it is very possible that that is what happened with May here. Or, in the alternative, it is possible that May's delivery was difficult, and she couldn't have any MORE children, and due to a mix-up, the doctors believed that her baby didn't make it. So I could see a doctor thinking she couldn't have kids in that scenario.
This is comic books, though, so we are all anticipating there to be more than a single shoe to drop here, so if you want to see how said shoe drops, be sure to pick up a copy of Amazing Spider-Man #31 next week, which helps to set up the upcoming Amazing Spider-Man #1000!!
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