Warning: Spoilers for The Amazing Spider-Man #61!Spider-Man is the newest sorcerer in Marvel Comics canon. Thanks to the most recent Sorcerer Supreme, Doctor Doom, Spider-Man is not only becoming a sorcerer's apprentice but has a new suit to match. In addition, he has gotten some awesome power upgrades, one of which is the power of resurrection - the catch, however, is that to achieve resurrection, Spider-Man has to actually die.

The Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is upgrading from the neighborhood to the spiritual realm. After the events of Blood Hunt, Doctor Doom, as Sorcerer Supreme, enlists Spider-Man's help in defeating a magical threat to earth in The Amazing Spider-Man #61 by Joe Kelly, Ed McGuinness, Mark Farmer, Marcio Menyz, and Joe Caramagna. Spider-Man accepts Doom's boon and is granted fantastic powers, including power over death.

Yet this new power ends up being more gruesome than any healing factor of Wolverine's or Deadpool's, as Spider-Man has to actually experience death, meet its avatar, and reassemble himself painfully at the atomic level in order to come back to life.

Spider-Man Now Has a Magical Power Over Death - But It Causes Him Major Pain

Spider-Man Sports His Newest Arcane Armor

The Scions of Cyttorak are threatening Earth, and a champion is needed to face them. Unfortunately for Spider-Man, the only way to defeat them is to sacrifice oneself over and over again. As part of an arc titled "The 8 Deaths of Spider-Man," Doom has tasked Spider-Man with killing all eight Scions of Cyttora, and Doom has gifted Spider-Man with the power of the eight Life-Restoring Reeds of Raggadorr, which allows Spider-Man to pull himself back from death in the nick of time.

Coming back to life, Spider-Man has to weave his own body back together like a web, and it's a very painful experience - and he has to do it seven more times.

What occurs in this issue is a nightmarish scene. Spider-Man actually dies in Marvel continuity and meets death, or Death's avatar, under the guise of Phil Coulson. In fact, Peter Parker was well on his way to being processed into the afterlife before the Reeds pulled him back into reality like a bungee cord. Coming back to life, Spider-Man has to weave his own body back together like a web, and it's a very painful experience - and he has to do it seven more times.

Spider-Man's Resurrection Powers Outmatch Even Marvel's Best Healing Factors

Deadpool and Wolverine Have Nothing on Spidey

Wolverine and Deadpool famously have extreme healing factors, and they have come back from some tight situations thanks to this power. They have had some gruesome moments of their own in growing back limbs and re-atomizing, but the simple fact is this: while the healing for Wolverine and Deadpool might be painful, they don't actually have to die. At least, not this many times.

Spider-Man's newest resurrection powers give rise to an event that isn't just a nightmare. Peter Parker's death is real, and Spider-Man has to experience what it's like to die every time it happens. Not only that, but Doctor Strange practically reveals that he will die more times in quick succession than any other Marvel character in its long history. The Reeds, then, as Death points out, are a terrible power, because of the pain book-ending the process - from the pain of death to the pain of rebirth.

Spider-Man Is No Stranger to Death Across His Long History

Spider-Man Has Endured the Most Suffering of All Marvel Heroes

This new story isn't even the first time Spider-Man has died. Spider-Man has suffered all kinds of horrific deaths, from his Ultimate version being beaten by the Green Goblin to a wizard in modern continuity crucifying him. While all of these deaths are brutal, he's never had to pull himself back to life with a spell and his own willpower, making this moment in The Amazing Spider-Man #61 a much more serious death. Spider-Man might know a thing or two about dying, but resurrection is new to him.

The lightness of Spider-Man is in being able to always bounce back and make a joke.

Still, Spider-Man would sacrifice anything to save the world. He might be the one hero suited to this horrible new power, and he certainly has the stamina and endurance to withstand this kind of suffering, considering that Spider-Man has suffered the most in comics and in movies. But the lightness of Spider-Man is in being able to always bounce back and make a joke. Only now, he's bouncing back from death.

Spider-Man Prepares to Die Seven More Times in New Arc

Spidey's New Resurrection Powers Come at a Cost

A lot can change in an issue, from Spider-Man gaining new magical powers as a sorcerer's apprentice to exploring those new powers and then dying and being reborn in that very issue. What's more is that Spider-Man is slated to die at least seven more times. The first death and rebirth was surprising, but now that he knows what it feels like, it will be much harder to sacrifice himself again, knowing what he will go through.

This kind of personal sacrifice - one to the death - makes a hero a legend, and Spider-Man certainly fits the legendary bill. Spider-Man may be a sorcerer, but he will always be, at his core, a self-sacrificing webslinger who would rather die than see a loved one get hurt. In this way, Spider-Man's newest resurrection power is perfect for him, and no one could use it (and withstand it) quite like him. Spider-Man is going to die seven more times. This much is true - but with enough power, he will have the responsibility of coming back to life seven more times, too.

The Amazing Spider-Man #61 is available now from Marvel Comics!