<p> Spider-Man's alter-ego Peter Parker, who was bumped off last year in the popular comic book series, is set to make a miraculous comeback in the franchise.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Thirteen months after he was fatally squashed in the pages of his comic book, Parker is about to make a recovery in the relaunched "Amazing Spider-Man" series of the comic that debuts this April, the New York Daily News reported.<br /><br />The nerdy Queens-born super hero had gone out losing to the nefarious Dr Octopus — who had trapped his arch-enemy's mind in his own dying body. Doc Ock, aka Otto Octavius, survived in Parker's body to take up the mantle of Spider-Man.<br /><br />Writer Dan Slott had known Parker's demise was not permanent but he had to endure reaction ranging from death threats to Internet backlash to childrens' tears while maintaining secrecy.<br /><br />"To do that for a solid year of my life, that's the hardest thing I've had to do — to look small children in the eye at a convention and lie to them," Slott was quoted by the daily as saying.<br /><br />He did, however, cave under the pressure when he met actor Andrew Garfield on the set of the movie "Amazing Spider-Man 2."<br /><br />After the actor who plays Parker on the big screen expressed his shock over the death of the beloved character, Slott admits he dropped some secretive hints.<br /><br />"(Parker's coming back) just in time, fancy that, for a major Spider-Man motion picture," quipped Slott.<br /><br />Bumping off the face of franchise, though, was a risky move.<br /><br />Ever since Stan Lee and Steve Ditko (and possibly Jack Kirby) launched the awkward super hero in 1962's "Amazing Fantasy" # 15, Parker even more than Spider-Man has been the publisher's most popular creation.<br /><br />"It would have been great if you took a photo of my face at that time. I was not very thrilled," says Marvel Editor in Chief Axel Alonso of Slott's initial pitch, during an editorial retreat several years ago.<br /><br />"Let's just say that as cynical as the hard-core fanboy was, I was more cynical."<br /><br />Alonso, however, said after five decades of stories that featured Parker battling a recurring set of villains and personal problems, "I do feel people will appreciate him a little more after this. I do think people have been taking him for granted."<br /><br />Over the past 13 months, the unthinkable happened: many fans gravitated towards the meaner, more arrogant Doc Ock version of Spider-Man — some maybe even prefering him to the goodie-two-shoes original.</p>
<p> Spider-Man's alter-ego Peter Parker, who was bumped off last year in the popular comic book series, is set to make a miraculous comeback in the franchise.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Thirteen months after he was fatally squashed in the pages of his comic book, Parker is about to make a recovery in the relaunched "Amazing Spider-Man" series of the comic that debuts this April, the New York Daily News reported.<br /><br />The nerdy Queens-born super hero had gone out losing to the nefarious Dr Octopus — who had trapped his arch-enemy's mind in his own dying body. Doc Ock, aka Otto Octavius, survived in Parker's body to take up the mantle of Spider-Man.<br /><br />Writer Dan Slott had known Parker's demise was not permanent but he had to endure reaction ranging from death threats to Internet backlash to childrens' tears while maintaining secrecy.<br /><br />"To do that for a solid year of my life, that's the hardest thing I've had to do — to look small children in the eye at a convention and lie to them," Slott was quoted by the daily as saying.<br /><br />He did, however, cave under the pressure when he met actor Andrew Garfield on the set of the movie "Amazing Spider-Man 2."<br /><br />After the actor who plays Parker on the big screen expressed his shock over the death of the beloved character, Slott admits he dropped some secretive hints.<br /><br />"(Parker's coming back) just in time, fancy that, for a major Spider-Man motion picture," quipped Slott.<br /><br />Bumping off the face of franchise, though, was a risky move.<br /><br />Ever since Stan Lee and Steve Ditko (and possibly Jack Kirby) launched the awkward super hero in 1962's "Amazing Fantasy" # 15, Parker even more than Spider-Man has been the publisher's most popular creation.<br /><br />"It would have been great if you took a photo of my face at that time. I was not very thrilled," says Marvel Editor in Chief Axel Alonso of Slott's initial pitch, during an editorial retreat several years ago.<br /><br />"Let's just say that as cynical as the hard-core fanboy was, I was more cynical."<br /><br />Alonso, however, said after five decades of stories that featured Parker battling a recurring set of villains and personal problems, "I do feel people will appreciate him a little more after this. I do think people have been taking him for granted."<br /><br />Over the past 13 months, the unthinkable happened: many fans gravitated towards the meaner, more arrogant Doc Ock version of Spider-Man — some maybe even prefering him to the goodie-two-shoes original.</p>