 He had visited the offices of the "Daily Bugle" beforehand and infected fellow photographer Phil Sheldon, who set off to figure out how his world took a wrong turn, but succumbed to the disease before he could write his book.In the Amalgam Comics continuity, Spider-Man was combined with DC's Superboy to create Spider-Boy.He is featured in "Spider-Boy" #1 (April 1996) and "Spider-Boy Team-Up" #1 (June 1997).