Marvel has expanded Spider-Man's family in the comics, revealing that a character named Cormac Crane is Peter Parker's long-lost cousin. He was introduced in a recent storyline in which the villain Torment targeted Peter's bloodline, leading to the discovery that Cormac is the son of Aunt May and Uncle Ben, previously believed to have died as a stillborn infant named Richard Benjamin Parker. The revelation adds a significant new figure to Peter's close-knit circle of family and allies, which has long been central to the character's identity both on the page and in adaptations such as the MCU.

Issue #33 of The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 7, released on 22 July 2026, delves further into the fallout of this discovery, exploring how Peter and May come to terms with Cormac's sudden presence in their lives. A preview released by Marvel shows Cormac picking May up for a day out, alongside an awkward first proper meeting with Peter, who reminds him not to call his superhero duties "swinging work." Cormac, who already knows Peter's secret identity from their earlier encounter, keeps it hidden from May, though their time together is soon interrupted when Peter is called away to deal with an emergency as Spider-Man.