Current Roster

• Spider-Punk
• Riotheart
• Captain Anarchy
• Kamala Khan
• Daredevil

Origin

After Hobie needed help taking down Kraven and his Hunters from running the neighbor into the ground for a gentrification project, Hobie and his allies decided to stick together as the Spider-Band in case they came back. When the Hunters returned, they were joined by hired gun, Taskmaster, who admitted that the Spider-Band's community center HQ was on top of an Osborn blacksite, full of weapons and surveillance data on the neighborhood. The band uncovered the secret cache, which also had a map of the blacksites across the country. They decide to hit the road to find the others and shut them down.

Creation

Spider-Punk first referenced the name Spider-Band in Spider-Punk (2022) #1 by Cody Ziglar and Justin Mason, but it wasn't until issue 2 that his street punk allies warmed up to the name.

Major Story Arcs

On Tour

The Band end up in Washington, DC, where they find a blacksite under the Osborn Memorial (where the Lincoln Memorial should be). It is far more sophisticated than the one under their community center, and he had documents on a new Osborn campaign despite his death. They are interrupted by the head of Norman Osborn, who is bonded to a symbiote and installed in a robot body. He is joined by a superhuman task force that easily takes out the Band and locks them up until they can be executed live for Osborn’s supporters.

Luckily, their execution was interrupted by Hulk and Daredevil, who had come to the rescue. With the added muscle, they were able to take on Osborn's superpowered mercenaries, including a variant of Sentry that wore War Machine armor. Riri was able to steal the armor and control Osborn's stormtroopers. Letting Hobie plug his guitar into the War Machine armor and turning the stormtroopers into amps, Hobie demolished Osborn with one strum.

Battle of the Bands

With Osborn out of the way, the Spider-Band can finally get back to playing music. They enter a Battle of the Bands, but before they could hit the stage, the Sinister Six-Piece had their turn. Using hypnosis, they conned their audience into throwing all of their money on to the stage, including most of the members of the Spider-Band.

The hypnosis couldn't make passed Riotheart's armor. She slapped some wireless headphones on Hobie's head to snap him out of it. While she took care of the other members, Hobie took on the rival band. He kept them early until his band could join him on stage to take the team out.

They finished up by rocking the venue.

Arms Race

Hobie and the Spider-Band were riding high thanks to their victory over Norman Osborn. They had been working with the Wakandans to help rehab America in the wake of Osborn's fascist corruption. However, the post-Osborn plan is not going smooth enough for Doctor Octopus, who believed him to be the superior savior. He started targeting Hobie and his band with the tech he had been developing to overthrow Osborn.

The band were able to beat the his Sentinel sized Spider-Slayer, but Riotheart was hurt. After getting first aid from Wakanda, Shuri helped them track the tech. She recognized it as company tech from Justin Hammer. While Riotheart rested up and with Daredevil joining their ranks, the Spider-Band investigated Hammer Industries building only to find Hammer dead and Oktavius waiting to strike.

Luckily, with Shuri's help, they combined the Spider-Van with the Spider-Slayer mech to even the odds, defeating Oktavius at his own game.