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The Amazing Spider-Man

January 20, 2023

This article is about the comic book series. For other uses, see The Amazing Spider-Man (disambiguation).
For technical reasons, "The Amazing Spider-Man #129" redirects here. For issue #129, see The Amazing Spider-Man 129.

The Amazing Spider-Man is an ongoing American comic book series featuring the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man as its main protagonist. Being in the mainstream continuity of the franchise, it began publication in 1963 as a bimonthly periodical (as Amazing Fantasy had been), quickly being increased to monthly, and was published continuously, with a brief interruption in 1995, until its second volume with a new numbering order in 1999. In 2003, the series reverted to the numbering order of the first volume. The title has occasionally been published biweekly, and was published three times a month from 2008 to 2010.

The Amazing Spider-Man
The Amazing Spider-Man No. 1 (March 1963)
Cover art by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko
Publication information
Publisher
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  • Non-Pereil Publishing Group (#1–67)
    Perfect Film & Chemical Corp. (#68–69)
    Magazine Management Co. (#70–118)
    Marvel Comics (#119–present)
ScheduleMonthly
FormatOngoing series
Genre
Publication date
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  • (vol. 1)
    March 1963 – November 1998
    (vol. 2)
    January 1999 – November 2003
    (vol. 1 continued)
    December 2003 – February 2014
    (vol. 3)
    June 2014 – October 2015
    (vol. 4)
    December 2015 – September 2017
    (vol. 5)
    July 2018 – March 2022
    (vol. 6)
    April 2022–present
No. of issues
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  • (vol. 1)
    442 (#1–441 plus #–1) and 31 Annuals
    (vol. 2)
    58 and 3 Annuals
    (vol. 1 cont.)
    222 (#500–700 plus issues #654.1, 679.1, 699.1, 700.1, 700.2, 700.3, 700.4, and 700.5, #789–801) and 6 Annuals
    (vol. 3)
    28 (#1–20.1 plus issues #1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 16.1, 17.1, 18.1, 19.1, and 20.1) and 1 Annual
    (vol. 4)
    38 (#1–32 plus issues #1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, and 1.6) and 1 Annual
    (vol. 5)
    104 (#1–93 plus issues #16.HU, 18.HU, 19.HU, 20.HU, 50.LR, 51.LR, 52.LR, 78.BEY, 80.BEY, 88.BEY, 92.1) and 1 Annual
    (vol. 6)
    6 (#1–6) (as of August 2022 cover date)
Main character(s)Spider-Man
Creative team
Created byStan Lee
Steve Ditko
Written by
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After DC Comics' relaunch of Action Comics and Detective Comics with new No. 1 issues in 2011, it had been the highest-numbered American comic still in circulation until it was cancelled. The title ended its 50-year run as a continuously published comic with the landmark issue #700 in December 2012. It was replaced by The Superior Spider-Man as part of the Marvel NOW! relaunch of Marvel's comic lines.[1]

Volume 3 of The Amazing Spider-Man was published in April 2014, following the conclusion of The Superior Spider-Man story arc. In late 2015, the series was relaunched with a 4th volume, following the 2015 Secret Wars event. The 5th volume began in 2018, as part of Marvel's Fresh Start series of comic relaunches. The 6th volume began in April 2022 to celebrate Spider-Man's 60th anniversary.

Publication history

Writer-editor Stan Lee and artist and co-plotter Steve Ditko created the character of Spider-Man,[2] and the pair produced 38 issues from March 1963 to July 1966. Ditko left after the 38th issue, while Lee remained as writer until issue 100. Since then, many writers and artists have taken over the monthly comic through the years, chronicling the adventures of Marvel's most identifiable hero.

The Amazing Spider-Man has been the character's flagship series for his first fifty years in publication, and was the only monthly series to star Spider-Man until Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man, in 1976, although 1972 saw the debut of Marvel Team-Up, with the vast majority of issues featuring Spider-Man along with a rotating cast of other Marvel characters. Most of the major characters and villains of the Spider-Man saga have been introduced in Amazing, and with few exceptions, it is where most key events in the character's history have occurred. The title was published continuously until No. 441 (Nov. 1998)[3] when Marvel Comics relaunched it as vol. 2 No. 1 (Jan. 1999),[4] but on Spider-Man's 40th anniversary, this new title reverted to using the numbering of the original series, beginning again with issue No. 500 (Dec. 2003) and lasting until the final issue, No. 700 (Feb. 2013).[5]

1960s

Due to strong sales on the character's first appearance in Amazing Fantasy No. 15, Spider-Man was given his own ongoing series in March 1963.[6] The initial years of the series, under Lee and Ditko, chronicled Spider-Man's nascent career as a masked super-human vigilante with his civilian life as hard-luck yet perpetually good-humored and well-meaning teenager Peter Parker. Peter balanced his career as Spider-Man with his job as a freelance photographer for The Daily Bugle under the bombastic editor-publisher J. Jonah Jameson to support himself and his frail Aunt May. At the same time, Peter dealt with public hostility towards Spider-Man and the antagonism of his classmates Flash Thompson and Liz Allan at Midtown High School, while embarking on a tentative, ill-fated romance with Jameson's secretary, Betty Brant.

By focusing on Parker's everyday problems, Lee and Ditko created a groundbreakingly flawed, self-doubting superhero, and the first major teenaged superhero to be a protagonist and not a sidekick. Ditko's quirky art provided a stark contrast to the more cleanly dynamic stylings of Marvel's most prominent artist, Jack Kirby,[2] and combined with the humor and pathos of Lee's writing to lay the foundation for what became an enduring mythos.

Most of Spider-Man's key villains and supporting characters were introduced during this time. Issue No. 1 (Mar. 1963) featured the first appearances of J. Jonah Jameson[7] and his astronaut son John Jameson,[8] and the supervillain the Chameleon.[7] It included the hero's first encounter with the superhero team the Fantastic Four. Issue No. 2 (May 1963) featured the first appearance of the Vulture[9] and the Tinkerer[10] as well as the beginning of Parker's freelance photography career at the newspaper The Daily Bugle.[11]

The Lee-Ditko era continued to usher in a significant number of villains and supporting characters, including Doctor Octopus in No. 3 (July 1963);[12][13] the Sandman and Betty Brant in No. 4 (Sept. 1963);[14] the Lizard in No. 6 (Nov. 1963);[15][16] Living Brain in No. 8 (Jan. 1964); Electro in No. 9 (Mar. 1964);[17][18] Mysterio in No. 13 (June 1964);[19] the Green Goblin in No. 14 (July 1964);[20][21] Kraven The Hunter in No. 15 (Aug. 1964);[22] reporter Ned Leeds in No. 18 (Nov. 1964);[23] and the Scorpion in No. 20 (Jan. 1965).[24] The Molten Man was introduced in No. 28 (Sept. 1965) which also featured Parker's graduation from high school.[25] Peter began attending Empire State University in No. 31 (Dec. 1965), which featured the first appearances of friends and classmates Gwen Stacy[26] and Harry Osborn.[27] Harry's father, Norman Osborn first appeared in No. 23 (April 1965) as a member of Jameson's country club but was not named nor revealed as Harry's father until No. 37 (June 1966).

One of the most celebrated issues of the Lee-Ditko run is No. 33 (Feb. 1966), the third part of the story arc "If This Be My Destiny...!", which features the dramatic scene of Spider-Man, through force of will and thoughts of family, escaping from being pinned by heavy machinery. Comics historian Les Daniels noted that "Steve Ditko squeezes every ounce of anguish out of Spider-Man's predicament, complete with visions of the uncle he failed and the aunt he has sworn to save."[28] Peter David observed that "After his origin, this two-page sequence from Amazing Spider-Man No. 33 is perhaps the best-loved sequence from the Stan Lee/Steve Ditko era."[29] Steve Saffel stated the "full page Ditko image from The Amazing Spider-Man No. 33 is one of the most powerful ever to appear in the series and influenced writers and artists for many years to come."[30] and Matthew K. Manning wrote that "Ditko's illustrations for the first few pages of this Lee story included what would become one of the most iconic scenes in Spider-Man's history."[31] The story was chosen as No. 15 in the 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time poll of Marvel's readers in 2001. Editor Robert Greenberger wrote in his introduction to the story that "These first five pages are a modern-day equivalent to Shakespeare as Parker's soliloquy sets the stage for his next action. And with dramatic pacing and storytelling, Ditko delivers one of the great sequences in all comics."[32]

Although credited only as artist for most of his run, Ditko would eventually plot the stories as well as draw them, leaving Lee to script the dialogue. A rift between Ditko and Lee developed, and the two men were not on speaking terms long before Ditko completed his last issue, The Amazing Spider-Man No. 38 (July 1966). The exact reasons for the Ditko-Lee split have never been fully explained.[33] Spider-Man successor artist John Romita Sr., in a 2010 deposition, recalled that Lee and Ditko "ended up not being able to work together because they disagreed on almost everything, cultural, social, historically, everything, they disagreed on characters..."[34]

In successor penciler Romita Sr.'s first issue, No. 39 (Aug. 1966), nemesis the Green Goblin discovers Spider-Man's secret identity and reveals his own to the captive hero. Romita's Spider-Man – more polished and heroic-looking than Ditko's – became the model for two decades. The Lee-Romita era saw the introduction of such characters as Daily Bugle managing editor Robbie Robertson in No. 52 (Sept. 1967) and NYPD Captain George Stacy, father of Parker's girlfriend Gwen Stacy, in No. 56 (Jan. 1968). The most important supporting character to be introduced during the Romita era was Mary Jane Watson, who made her first full appearance in No. 42 (Nov. 1966),[35] although she first appeared in No. 25 (June 1965) with her face obscured and had been mentioned since No. 15 (Aug. 1964). Peter David wrote in 2010 that Romita "made the definitive statement of his arrival by pulling Mary Jane out from behind the oversized potted plant [that blocked the reader's view of her face in issue #25] and placing her on panel in what would instantly become an iconic moment."[36] Romita has stated that in designing Mary Jane, he "used Ann-Margret from the movie Bye Bye Birdie as a guide, using her coloring, the shape of her face, her red hair and her form-fitting short skirts."[37]

Lee and Romita toned down the prevalent sense of antagonism in Parker's world by improving Parker's relationship with the supporting characters and having stories focused as much on the social and college lives of the characters as they did on Spider-Man's adventures. The stories became more topical,[38] addressing issues such as civil rights, racism, prisoners' rights, the Vietnam War, and political elections.

Issue No. 50 (June 1967) introduced the highly enduring criminal mastermind the Kingpin,[39][40] who would become a major force as well in the superhero series Daredevil. Other notable first appearances in the Lee-Romita era include the Rhino in No. 41 (Oct. 1966),[41][42] the Shocker in No. 46 (Mar. 1967),[43][44] the Prowler in No. 78 (Nov. 1969),[45] and the Kingpin's son, Richard Fisk, in No. 83 (Apr. 1970).[46]

1970s

Several spin-off series debuted in the 1970s: Marvel Team-Up in 1972,[47] and The Spectacular Spider-Man in 1976.[48] A short-lived series titled Giant-Size Spider-Man began in July 1974 and ran six issues through 1975.[49] Spidey Super Stories, a series aimed at children ages 6–10, ran for 57 issues from October 1974 through 1982.[50][51] The flagship title's second decade took a grim turn with a story in #89-90 (Oct.-Nov. 1970) featuring the death of Captain George Stacy.[52] This was the first Spider-Man story to be penciled by Gil Kane,[53] who would alternate drawing duties with Romita for the next year-and-a-half and would draw several landmark issues.

One such story took place in the controversial issues #96–98 (May–July 1971). Writer-editor Lee defied the Comics Code Authority with this story, in which Parker's friend Harry Osborn, was hospitalized after over-dosing on pills. Lee wrote this story upon a request from the U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for a story about the dangers of drugs. Citing its dictum against depicting drug use, even in an anti-drug context, the CCA refused to put its seal on these issues. With the approval of Marvel publisher Martin Goodman, Lee had the comics published without the seal. The comics sold well and Marvel won praise for its socially conscious efforts.[54] The CCA subsequently loosened the Code to permit negative depictions of drugs, among other new freedoms.[55]

"The Six Arms Saga" of #100–102 (Sept.–Nov. 1971) introduced Morbius, the Living Vampire. The second installment was the first Amazing Spider-Man story not written by co-creator Lee,[56] with Roy Thomas taking over writing the book for several months before Lee returned to write #105–110 (Feb.-July 1972).[57] Lee, who was going on to become Marvel Comics' publisher, with Thomas becoming editor-in-chief, then turned writing duties over to 19-year-old Gerry Conway,[58] who scripted the series through 1975. Romita penciled Conway's first half-dozen issues, which introduced the gangster Hammerhead in No. 113 (Oct. 1972). Kane then succeeded Romita as penciler,[53] although Romita would continue inking Kane for a time.

Issue 121 (June 1973 by Conway-Kane-Romita) featured the death of Gwen Stacy at the hands of the Green Goblin in "The Night Gwen Stacy Died."[59][60][61] Her demise and the Goblin's apparent death one issue later formed a story arc widely considered as the most defining in the history of Spider-Man.[62] The aftermath of the story deepened both the characterization of Mary Jane Watson and her relationship with Parker.

In 1973 Gil Kane was succeeded by Ross Andru, whose run lasted from issue #125 (Oct. 1973) to #185 (Oct. 1978).[63] Issue#129 (Feb. 1974) introduced the Punisher,[64] who would become one of Marvel Comics' most popular characters. The Conway-Andru era featured the first appearances of the Man-Wolf in #124–125 (Sept.-Oct. 1973); the near-marriage of Doctor Octopus and Aunt May in #131 (Apr. 1974); Harry Osborn stepping into his father's role as the Green Goblin in #135–137 (Aug.-Oct.1974); and the original "Clone Saga", containing the introduction of Spider-Man's clone, in #147–149 (Aug.-Oct. 1975).

Archie Goodwin and Gil Kane produced the title's 150th issue (Nov. 1975) before Len Wein became writer with issue #151.[65] During Wein's tenure, Harry Osborn and Liz Allen dated and became engaged; J. Jonah Jameson was introduced to his eventual second wife, Marla Madison; and Aunt May suffered a heart attack. Wein's last story on Amazing was a five-issue arc in #176–180 (Jan.-May 1978) featuring a third Green Goblin (Harry Osborn's psychiatrist, Bart Hamilton).

Marv Wolfman, Marvel's editor-in-chief from 1975 to 1976, succeeded Wein as writer and, in his first issue, #182 (July 1978), had Parker propose marriage to Watson, who refused in the following issue.[66] Keith Pollard succeeded Andru as artist shortly afterward and, with Wolfman, introduced the likable rogue the Black Cat (Felicia Hardy) in #194 (July 1979).[67] As a love interest for Spider-Man, the Black Cat would go on to be an important supporting character for the better part of the next decade and remain a friend and occasional lover into the 2010s.

1980s

 
The Amazing Spider-Man No. 252 (May 1984): Spider-Man's black costume debuts. Cover art by Ron Frenz and Klaus Janson.

The Amazing Spider-Man #200 (Jan. 1980) featured the return and death of the burglar who killed Spider-Man's Uncle Ben.[68] Writer Marv Wolfman and penciler Keith Pollard both left the title by mid-year, succeeded by Dennis O'Neil, a writer known for groundbreaking 1970s work at rival DC Comics,[69] and penciler John Romita Jr. O'Neil wrote two issues of The Amazing Spider-Man Annual which were both drawn by Frank Miller. The 1980 Annual featured a team-up with Doctor Strange[70] while the 1981 Annual showcased a meeting with the Punisher.[71] Roger Stern, who had written nearly 20 issues of sister title The Spectacular Spider-Man, took over Amazing with #224 (Jan. 1982).[72] During his two years on the title, Stern augmented the backgrounds of long-established Spider-Man villains and, with Romita Jr., created the mysterious supervillain the Hobgoblin in #238–239 (Mar.–Apr. 1983).[73][74] Fans engaged with the mystery of the Hobgoblin's secret identity, which continued throughout #244–245 and 249–251 (Sept.-Oct. 1983 and Feb.-April 1984). One lasting change was the reintroduction of Mary Jane Watson as a more serious, mature woman who becomes Peter's confidante after she reveals that she knows his secret identity. Stern also wrote "The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man" in The Amazing Spider-Man #248 (Jan. 1984), a story which ranks among his most popular.[73][75]

By mid-1984, Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz took over scripting and penciling. DeFalco helped establish Parker and Watson's mature relationship, laying the foundation for the characters' wedding in 1987. Notably, in #257 (Oct. 1984), Watson tells Parker that she knows he is Spider-Man, and in #259 (Dec. 1984), she reveals to Parker the extent of her troubled childhood. Other notable issues of the DeFalco-Frenz era include #252 (May 1984), the first appearance of Spider-Man's black costume, which the hero would wear almost exclusively for the next four years' worth of comics; the debut of criminal mastermind the Rosein #253 (June 1984); the revelation in #258 (Nov. 1984) that the black costume is a living being, a symbiote; and the introduction of the female mercenary Silver Sable in #265 (June 1985).

DeFalco and Frenz were both removed from The Amazing Spider-Man in 1986 by editor Jim Owsley under acrimonious circumstances.[76] A succession of artists including Alan Kupperberg, John Romita Jr., and Alex Saviuk penciled the series from 1987 to 1988, and Owsley wrote the book for the first half of 1987, scripting the five-part "Gang War" story (#284–288) that DeFalco plotted. Former Spectacular Spider-Man writer Peter David scripted #289 (June 1987), which revealed Ned Leeds as being the Hobgoblin although this was retconned in 1996 by Roger Stern into Leeds not being the original Hobgoblin after all.

David Michelinie took over as writer in the next issue, for a story arc in #290–292 (July–Sept. 1987) that led to the marriage of Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson in Amazing Spider-Man Annual No. 21. The "Kraven's Last Hunt" storyline by writer J.M. DeMatteis and artists Mike Zeck and Bob McLeod crossed over into The Amazing Spider-Man #293 and 294.[77] Issue #298 (Mar. 1988) was the first Spider-Man comic to be drawn by future industry star Todd McFarlane, the first regular artist on The Amazing Spider-Man since Frenz's departure. McFarlane revolutionized Spider-Man's look. His depiction – "Ditko-esque" poses,[78] large eyes; wiry, contorted limbs; and messy, knotted, convoluted webbing – influenced the way virtually all subsequent artists would draw the character. McFarlane's other significant contribution to the Spider-Man canon was the design for what would become one of Spider-Man's most wildly popular antagonists, the supervillain Venom.[79] Issue #299 (Apr. 1988) featured Venom's first appearance (a last-page cameo) before his first full appearance in #300 (May 1988). The latter issue featured Spider-Man reverting to his original red-and-blue costume.

Other notable issues of the Michelinie-McFarlane era include #312 (Feb. 1989), featuring the Green Goblin vs. the Hobgoblin; and #315–317 (May–July 1989), with the return of Venom. In July 2012, Todd McFarlane's original cover art for The Amazing Spider-Man No. 328 sold for a bid of $657,250, making it the most expensive American comic book art ever sold at auction.[80]

1990s

With a civilian life as a married man, the Spider-Man of the 1990s was different from the superhero of the previous three decades. McFarlane left the title in 1990 to write and draw a new series titled simply Spider-Man. His successor, Erik Larsen, penciled the book from early 1990 to mid-1991. After issue No. 350, Larsen was succeeded by Mark Bagley, who had won the 1986 Marvel Tryout Contest[81] and was assigned a number of low-profile penciling jobs followed by a run on New Warriors in 1990. Bagley penciled the flagship Spider-Man title from 1991 to 1996.[82] During that time, Bagley's rendition of Spider-Man was used extensively for licensed material and merchandise.

Issues #361–363 (April–June 1992) introduced Carnage,[83] a second symbiote nemesis for Spider-Man. The series' 30th-anniversary issue, No. 365 (Aug. 1992), was a double-sized, hologram-cover issue[84] with the cliffhanger ending of Peter Parker's parents, long thought dead, reappearing alive. It would be close to two years before they were revealed to be impostors, who are killed in No. 388 (April 1994), scripter Michelinie's last issue. His 1987–1994 stint gave him the second-longest run as writer on the title, behind Stan Lee.

Issue No. 375 was released with a gold foil cover.[85] There was an error affecting some issues and which are missing the majority of the foil.[86]

With No. 389, writer J. M. DeMatteis, whose Spider-Man credits included the 1987 "Kraven's Last Hunt" story arc and a 1991–1993 run on The Spectacular Spider-Man, took over the title. From October 1994 to June 1996, Amazing stopped running stories exclusive to it, and ran installments of multi-part stories that crossed over into all the Spider-Man books. One of the few self-contained stories during this period was in No. 400 (April 1995), which featured the death of Aunt May – later revealed to have been faked (although the death still stands in the MC2 continuity). The "Clone Saga" culminated with the revelation that the Spider-Man who had appeared in the previous 20 years of comics was a clone of the real Spider-Man. This plot twist was massively unpopular with many readers,[87] and was later reversed in the "Revelations" story arc that crossed over the Spider-Man books in late 1996.

The Clone Saga tied into a publishing gap after No. 406 (Oct. 1995), when the title was temporarily replaced by The Amazing Scarlet Spider #1–2 (Nov.-Dec. 1995), featuring Ben Reilly. The series picked up again with No. 407 (Jan. 1996), with Tom DeFalco returning as writer. Bagley completed his 5½-year run by September 1996. A succession of artists, including Ron Garney, Steve Skroce, Joe Bennett, Rafael Kayanan and John Byrne penciled the book until the final issue, No. 441 (Nov. 1998), after which Marvel rebooted the title with vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan. 1999).

Relaunch and the 2000s

Marvel began The Amazing Spider-Man relaunching the 'Amazing' comic book series with (vol. 2) #1 (Jan. 1999).[88][89] Howard Mackie wrote the first 29 issues. The relaunch included the Sandman being regressed to his criminal ways and the "death" of Mary Jane, which was ultimately reversed. Other elements included the introduction of a new Spider-Woman (who was spun off into her own short-lived series) and references to John Byrne's miniseries Spider-Man: Chapter One, which was launched at the same time as the reboot. Byrne also penciled issues #1–18 (from 1999 to 2000) and wrote #13–14, John Romita Jr. took his place soon after in October 2000. Mackie's run ended with The Amazing Spider-Man Annual 2001, which saw the return of Mary Jane, who then left Parker upon reuniting with him.

With issue #30 (June 2001), J. Michael Straczynski took over as writer[90] and oversaw additional storylines – most notably his lengthy "Spider-Totem" arc, which raised the issue of whether Spider-Man's powers were magic-based, rather than as the result of a radioactive spider's bite. Additionally, Straczynski resurrected the plot point of Aunt May discovering her nephew was Spider-Man,[91] and returned Mary Jane, with the couple reuniting in The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 2) #50. Straczynski gave Spider-Man a new profession, having Parker teach at his former high school.

Issue #30 began a dual numbering system, with the original series numbering (#471) returned and placed alongside the volume two number on the cover. Other longtime, rebooted Marvel Comics titles, including Fantastic Four, likewise were given the dual numbering around this time. After (vol. 2) #58 (Nov. 2003), the title reverted completely to its original numbering for issue #500 (Dec. 2003).[88] Mike Deodato, Jr. penciled the series from mid-2004 until 2006.

That year Peter Parker revealed his Spider-Man identity on live television in the company-crossover storyline "Civil War",[92][93] in which the superhero community is split over whether to conform to the federal government's new Superhuman Registration Act. This knowledge was erased from the world with the event of the four-part, crossover story arc, "One More Day", written partially by J. Michael Straczynski and illustrated by Joe Quesada, running through The Amazing Spider-Man #544–545 (Nov.-Dec. 2007), Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man No. 24 (Nov. 2007) and The Sensational Spider-Man No. 41 (Dec. 2007), the final issues of those two titles. Here, the demon Mephisto makes a Faustian bargain with Parker and Mary Jane, offering to save Parker's dying Aunt May if the couple will allow their marriage to have never existed, rewriting that portion of their pasts. This story arc marked the end of Straczynski's work on the title.

Following this, Marvel made The Amazing Spider-Man the company's sole Spider-Man title, increasing its frequency of publication to three issues monthly, and inaugurating the series with a sequence of "back to basics" story arcs under the banner of "Brand New Day". Parker now exists in a changed world where he and Mary Jane had never married, and Parker has no memory of being married to her, with domino effect differences in their immediate world. The most notable of these revisions to Spider-Man continuity are the return of Harry Osborn, whose death in The Spectacular Spider-Man No. 200 (May 1993) is erased; and the reestablishment of Spider-Man's secret identity, with no one except Mary Jane able to recall that Parker is Spider-Man (although he soon reveals his secret identity to the New Avengers and the Fantastic Four). Under the banner of Brand New Day, Marvel tried to only use newly created villains instead of relying on older ones. Characters like Mister Negative and Overdrive both in Free Comic Book Day 2007 Spider-Man (July 2007), Menace in No. 549 (March 2008), Ana and Sasha Kravinoff in No. 565 (September 2008) and No. 567 (October 2008) respectively, and several more were introduced. The alternating regular writers were initially Dan Slott, Bob Gale, Marc Guggenheim, and Zeb Wells, joined by a rotation of artists that included Steve McNiven, Salvador Larroca, Phil Jimenez, Barry Kitson, Chris Bachalo, Mike McKone, Marcos Martín, and John Romita Jr. Joe Kelly, Mark Waid, Fred Van Lente and Roger Stern later joined the writing team and Paolo Rivera, Lee Weeks and Marco Checchetto the artist roster. Waid's work on the series included a meeting between Spider-Man and Stephen Colbert in The Amazing Spider-Man No. 573 (Dec. 2008).[94] Issue No. 583 (March 2009) included a back-up story in which Spider-Man meets President Barack Obama.[95][96]

2010s and temporary end of publication

Mark Waid scripted the opening of "The Gauntlet" storyline in issue No. 612 (Jan. 2010).[97] The Gauntlet story was concluded by Grim Hunt (No. 634-637) which saw the resurrection of long-dead Spider-Man villain, Kraven the Hunter. The series became a twice-monthly title with Dan Slott as sole writer at issue No. 648 (Jan. 2011), launching the Big Time storyline.[98][99] Eight additional pages were added per issue. Big Time saw major changes in Spider-Man/Peter Parker's life, Peter would start working at Horizon Labs and begin a relationship with Carlie Cooper (his first serious relationship since his marriage to Mary Jane), Mac Gargan returned as Scorpion after spending the past few years as Venom, Phil Urich would take up the mantle of Hobgoblin, and the death of J. Jonah Jameson's wife, Marla Jameson. Issues 654 and 654.1 saw the birth of Agent Venom, Flash Thompson bonded with the Venom symbiote, which would lead to Venom getting his own series Venom (volume 2). Starting in No. 659 and going to No. 655, the series built-up to the Spider-Island event which officially started in No. 666 and ended in No. 673. Ends of the Earth was the next event that ran from No. 682 through No. 687. This publishing format lasted until issue No. 700, which concluded the "Dying Wish" storyline, in which Parker and Doctor Octopus swapped bodies, and the latter taking on the mantle of Spider-Man when Parker apparently died in Doctor Octopus' body. The Amazing Spider-Man ended with this issue, with the story continuing in the new series The Superior Spider-Man.[100][101] Despite The Superior Spider-Man being considered a different series to The Amazing Spider-Man, the first 33 issue run goes towards the legacy numbering of The Amazing Spider-Man acting as issues 701–733. In December 2013, the series returned for five issues, numbered 700.1 through 700.5, with the first two written by David Morrell and drawn by Klaus Janson.[102]

2014 relaunch

In January 2014, Marvel confirmed that The Amazing Spider-Man would be relaunched on April 30, 2014, starting from issue No. 1, with Peter Parker as Spider-Man once again.[103] The first issue of this new version of The Amazing Spider-Man was, according to Diamond Comics Distributors, the "best-selling comic book... in over a decade."[104] Issues #1–6 were a story arc called "Lucky to be Alive", taking place immediately after "Goblin Nation", with issues No. 4 and No. 5 being a crossover with the Original Sin storyline. Issue No. 4 introduced Silk, a new heroine who was bitten by the same spider as Peter Parker. Issues #7–8 featured a team-up between Ms. Marvel and Spider-Man, and had backup stories that tied into "Edge of Spider-Verse". The next major plot arc, titled "Spider-Verse", began in Issue No. 9 and ended in No. 15, features every Spider-Man from across the dimensions being hunted by Morlun, and a team-up to stop him, with Peter Parker of Earth-616 in command of the Spider-Men's Alliance. The Amazing Spider-Man Annual No. 1 of the relaunched series was released in December 2014, featuring stories unrelated to "Spider-Verse".

The Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows

In 2015, Marvel started the universe wide Secret Wars event where the core and several other Marvel universes were combined into one big planet called Battleworld. Battleworld was divided into sections with most of them being self-contained universes. Marvel announced that several of these self-contained universes would get their own tie in series and one of them was Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows, an alternate universe where Peter Parker and Mary Jane are still married and give birth to their child Annie May Parker, written by Dan Slott. Despite the series being considered separate from the main Amazing Spider-Man series, the original 5 issue run is counted towards its legacy numbering acting as No. 752-756.

2015 relaunch

Following the 2015 Secret Wars event, a number of Spider-Man-related titles were either relaunched or created as part of the "All-New, All-Different Marvel" event. Among them, The Amazing Spider-Man was relaunched as well and primarily focused on Peter Parker continuing to run Parker Industries and becoming a successful businessman operating worldwide.[105] It also tied with Civil War II (involving an Inhuman named Ulysses Cain who can predict possible futures), Dead No More (where Ben Reilly [the original Scarlet Spider] revealed to be revived and as one of the antagonists instead), and Secret Empire (during Hydra's reign led by a Hydra influenced Captain America/Steve Rogers, and the dismissal of Parker Industries by Peter Parker to stop Otto Octavius). Starting in September 2017, Marvel started the Marvel Legacy event which renumbered several Marvel series to their original numbering. The Amazing Spider-Man was put back to its original numbering for #789. Issues #789 through 791 focused on the aftermath of Peter destroying Parker Industries and his fall from grace. Issues #792 and 793 were part of the Venom Inc. story. Threat Level: Red was the story for the next three issues which saw Norman Osborn obtain and bond with the Carnage symbiote. Go Down Swinging saw the results of the combination of Osborn's goblin serum and Carnage symbiote creating the Red Goblin. Issue #801 was Dan Slott's goodbye issue.

2018 relaunch

In March 2018, it was announced that writer Nick Spencer would be writing the main semi-monthly The Amazing Spider-Man series beginning with a new No. 1, replacing long-time writer Dan Slott, as part of the Fresh Start relaunch that July.[106] The first five-issue story arc was titled 'Back to Basics.' During the Back to Basics story, Kindred, a mysterious villain with some relation to Peter's past, was introduced, and Peter resumed his romantic relationship with Mary Jane once more. The first major story under Spencer was Hunted which ran through issues 16 through 23, the story also included four ".HU" issues for issues 16, 18, 19, and 20. The end of the story saw the death of long-running Spider-Man villain Kraven the Hunter, being replaced by his clone son, The Last Son of Kraven.

2020s

Issue 45 kicked off the Sins Rising story which saw the resurrected Sin-Eater carry out the plans of Kindred to cleanse the world of sin, particularly that of Norman Osborn. The story concluded with issue 49, issue 850 in legacy numbering, seeing Spider-Man and Green Goblin team up to defeat Sin-Eater. Last Remains started in issue 50 and concluded in issue 55, the story saw Kindred's plans come to fruition as he tormented Spider-Man. The story has also saw five ".LR" for issues 50, 51, 52, 53, and 54 which focused on The Order of the Web, a new faction of Spider-People consisting of Julia Carpenter (Madame Web), Miles Morales (Spider-Man), Gwen Stacy (Ghost-Spider), Cindy Moon (Silk), Jessica Drew (Spider-Woman), and Anya Corazon (Spider-Girl) . The story also revealed that Kindred is Harry Osborn. Last Remains also received two fallout issues called Last Remains Post-Mortem.

Nick Spencer concluded his run with the Sinister War story which wrapped up in No. 74 (legacy numbering 875). The story saw several retcons to the Spider-Man mythos including that Kindred was Gabriel and Sarah Stacy all along, the fact that the Stacy twins were actually genetically engineered beings using Norman Osborn and Gwen Stacy's DNA, that the Harry Osborn that returned in Brand New Day was actually a clone, and that Norman had made a deal with Mephisto where he sold Harry's soul to the demon. The story ended with the deaths of the Harry clone, Gabriel, and Sarah and the real Harry's soul being freed from Mephisto's grasp.

After Spencer left the book, Marvel announced the "Beyond" era of Spider-Man would start in #75. The book would be moving back to the format it had during Brand New Day where it would have a rotating cast of writers including Kelly Thompson, Saladin Ahmed, Cody Ziglar, Patrick Gleason, and Zeb Wells. The book would also be released three times a month. "Beyond" would focus on Ben Reilly taking up the mantle of Spider-Man once again but backed by the Beyond corporation. Peter also falls ill and cannot be Spider-Man so he gives Ben his blessing to carry on as the main Spider-Man. However, following the conclusion of the storyline in #93, Peter has resumed active duties as Spider-Man, while Ben suffers a mental breakdown and becomes the villain Chasm.

2022 relaunch

In January 2022, it was announced that writer Zeb Wells and John Romita Jr. would be working on a relaunched The Amazing Spider-Man, bringing the number of volumes for the title to its sixth, with the series beginning in April 2022. The relaunch encompasses both a legacy numbering of #900 as well as the 60th anniversary for the character. It will also have a crossover event, entitled Dark Web, with Chasm having teamed up with Madelyne Pryor to bring limbo to Earth.

Collected editions

Black-and-white
  • Essential Spider-Man Vol. 1 [#1–20, Annual #1; Amazing Fantasy #15] (ISBN 0-7851-0988-9)
  • Essential Spider-Man Vol. 2 [#21–43, Annual #2–3] (ISBN 0-7851-0989-7)
  • Essential Spider-Man Vol. 3 [#44–65, Annual #4] (ISBN 0-7851-0658-8)
  • Essential Spider-Man Vol. 4 [#66–89, Annual #5] (ISBN 0-7851-0760-6)
  • Essential Spider-Man Vol. 5 [#90–113] (ISBN 0-7851-0881-5)
  • Essential Spider-Man Vol. 6 [#114–137; Giant-Size Super Heroes #1; Giant-Size Spider-Man #1–2] (ISBN 0-7851-1365-7)
  • Essential Spider-Man Vol. 7 [#138–160, Annual #10; Giant-Size Spider-Man #4–5] (ISBN 0-7851-1879-9)
  • Essential Spider-Man Vol. 8 [#161–185, Annual #11; Giant-Size Spider-Man #6; Nova #12] (ISBN 0-7851-2500-0)
  • Essential Spider-Man Vol. 9 [#186–210, Annual #13–14; Peter Parker: Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #1] (ISBN 0-7851-3074-8)
  • Essential Spider-Man Vol. 10 [#211–230, Annual #15] (ISBN 0-7851-5747-6)
  • Essential Spider-Man Vol. 11 [#231–248, Annual #16–17] (ISBN 0-7851-6330-1)
Major story arcs/artist runs
  • Marvel Visionaries: John Romita Sr. [#39–40, 42, 50, 108–109, 365; Daredevil #16–17; Untold Tales of Spider-Man #-1] (ISBN 0785117806)
  • Spider-Man: The Death of Captain Stacy [#88–90] (ISBN 0785114556)
  • Spider-Man: The Death of Gwen Stacy [#96–98, 121–122; Webspinners: Tales of Spider-Man #1] (ISBN 0785110267)
  • Spider-Man: Death of the Stacys [#88–92, 121–122] (ISBN 0785125043)
  • A New Goblin [#176–180] (ISBN 0785131175)
  • Spider-Man vs. the Black Cat [#194–195, 204–205, 226–227] (ISBN 0785115595)
  • Spider-Man: Origin of The Hobgoblin [#238–239, 244–245, 249–251, Spectacular Spider-Man (vol. 1) #85] (ISBN 0871359170)
  • Spider-Man: Birth of Venom [#252–259, 298–300, 315–317, Annual #25; Fantastic Four #274; Secret Wars #8; Web of Spider-Man #1] (ISBN 0785124985)
  • The Amazing Spider-Man: The Wedding [#290–292, Annual #2, Not Brand Echh #6] (ISBN 0871357704)
  • Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt [#293–294; Web of Spider-Man #31–32; The Spectacular Spider-Man #131–132] (ISBN 0785134506)
  • Visionaries: Todd McFarlane [#298–305] (ISBN 0785108009)
  • Legends, Vol. 2: Todd McFarlane [#306–314; The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #10] (ISBN 0785110372)
  • Legends, Vol. 3: Todd McFarlane [#315–323, 325, 328] (ISBN 0785110399)
  • Spider-Man: Venom Returns [#330–333, 344–347;Annual #25] (ISBN 0871359669)
  • Spider-Man: Carnage [#344–345, 359–363] (ISBN 0871359715)
Collections
  • Vol. 1: Coming Home [#30-35/471-476] (ISBN 0-7851-0806-8)
  • Vol. 2: Revelations [#36-39/477-480] (ISBN 0-7851-0877-7)
  • Vol. 3: Until the Stars Turn Cold [#40-45/481-486] (ISBN 0-7851-1075-5)
  • Vol. 4: The Life and Death of Spiders [#46-50/487-491] (ISBN 0-7851-1097-6)
  • Vol. 5: Unintended Consequences [#51-56/492-497] (ISBN 0-7851-1098-4)
  • Vol. 6: Happy Birthday [#57–58,500-502/498-502] (ISBN 0-7851-1343-6)
  • Vol. 7: The Book of Ezekiel [#503–508] (ISBN 0-7851-1525-0)
  • Vol. 8: Sins Past [#509–514] (ISBN 0-7851-1509-9)
  • Vol. 9: Skin Deep [#515–518] (ISBN 0-7851-1642-7)
  • Vol. 10: New Avengers [#519–524] (ISBN 0-7851-1764-4)
  • Spider-Man: The Other [#525–528; Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #1–4; Marvel Knights Spider-Man #19–22] (ISBN 0-7851-2188-9)
  • Civil War: The Road to Civil War [#529–531; New Avengers: Illuminati (one-shot); Fantastic Four #536–537] (ISBN 0-7851-1974-4)
  • Vol. 11: Civil War [#532–538] (ISBN 0-7851-2237-0)
  • Vol. 12: Back in Black [#539–543; Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #17–23, Annual #1] (ISBN 978-0-7851-2904-2)
  • Spider-Man: One More Day [#544–545; Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #24; The Sensational Spider-Man #41; Marvel Spotlight: Spider-Man – One More Day/Brand New Day] (ISBN 978-0-7851-3221-9)
  • Brand New Day Vol. 1 [#546–551; The Amazing Spider-Man: Swing Shift (Director's Cut); Venom Super-Special] (ISBN 078512845X)
  • Brand New Day Vol. 2 [#552–558] (ISBN 0785128468)
  • Brand New Day Vol. 3 [#559–563] (ISBN 0785132422)
  • Kraven's First Hunt [#564–567; The Amazing Spider-Man: Extra! #1 (story #2)] (ISBN 0785132430)
  • New Ways to Die [#568–573; Marvel Spotlight: Spider-Man – Brand New Day] (ISBN 0785132449)
  • Crime and Punisher [#574–577; The Amazing Spider-Man: Extra! #1 (story #1)] (ISBN 0785134174)
  • Death and Dating [#578–583, Annual #35/1] (ISBN 0785134182)
  • Election Day [#584–588; The Amazing Spider-Man: Extra! #1 (story #3), 3 (story #1); The Amazing Spider-Man Presidents' Day Special] (ISBN 0785134190)
  • 24/7 [#589–594; The Amazing Spider-Man: Extra! #2] (ISBN 0785134204)
  • American Son [#595–599; material from The Amazing Spider-Man: Extra! #3] (ISBN 0785140832)
  • Died in Your Arms Tonight [#600–601, Annual #36; material from Amazing Spider-Man Family #7] (ISBN 0785144854)
  • Red-Headed Stranger [#602–605] (ISBN 0785138692)
  • Return of the Black Cat [#606–611; material from Web of Spider-Man (vol. 2) #1] (ISBN 0785138684)
  • The Gauntlet Book 1: Electro and Sandman [#612–616; Dark Reign: The List – The Amazing Spider-Man; Web of Spider-Man (vol. 2) #2 (Electro story)] (ISBN 0785138714)
  • The Gauntlet Book 2: Rhino and Mysterio [#617–621; Web of Spider-Man (vol. 2) #3–4] (ISBN 0785138722)
  • The Gauntlet Book 3: Vulture and Morbius [#622–625; Web of Spider-Man (vol. 2) #2, 5 (Vulture story)] (ISBN 0785146121)
  • The Gauntlet Book 4: Juggernaut [#229–230, 626–629] (ISBN 0785146148)
  • The Gauntlet Book 5: Lizard [#629–633; Web of Spider-Man (vol. 2) #6] (ISBN 0785146164)
  • Spider-Man: Grim Hunt [#634–637; The Amazing Spider-Man: Extra! #3; Spider-Man: Grim Hunt – The Kraven Saga; Web of Spider-Man (vol. 2) #7] (ISBN 0785146180)
  • One Moment in Time [#638–641] (ISBN 0785146202)
  • Origin of the Species [#642–647; Spider-Man Saga; Web of Spider-Man (vol. 2) #12] (ISBN 0785146229)
  • Big Time [#648–651] (ISBN 0785146237)
  • Matters of Life and Death [#652–657, 654.1] (ISBN 0785151028)
  • Spider-Man: The Fantastic Spider-Man [#658–662] (ISBN 0785151060)
  • Spider-Man: The Return Of Anti-Venom [#663–665; Free Comic Book Day 2011: Spider-Man] (ISBN 0785151087)
  • Spider-Man: Spider-Island [#666–673; Venom (2011) #6–8, Spider-Island: Deadly Foes; Infested prologues from #659–660 and 662–665] (ISBN 0785151044)
  • Spider-Man: Flying Blind [#674–677; Daredevil #8] (ISBN 978-0-7851-6002-1)
  • Spider-Man: Trouble on the Horizon [#678–681, 679.1] (ISBN 978-0-7851-6003-8)
  • Spider-Man: Ends of the Earth [#682–687; Amazing Spider-Man: Ends of the Earth #1; Avenging Spider-Man #8] (ISBN 0785160051)
  • Spider-Man: Lizard – No Turning Back [#688–691; Untold Tales of Spider-Man #9] (ISBN 978-0-7851-6008-3)
  • Spider-Man: Danger Zone [#692–697; Avenging Spider-Man #11] (ISBN 0785160094)
  • Spider-Man: Dying Wish [#698–700] (ISBN 0-7851-6523-1)
  • The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 1 [#1–38, Annual #1–2; Amazing Fantasy #15; Strange Tales Annual #2; Fantastic Four Annual #1] (ISBN 0785124020)
  • The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 2 [#39–67, Annual #3–5; Spectacular Spider-Man #1–2] (ISBN 978-1302901806)
  • Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 [#1–10; Amazing Fantasy #15] (ISBN 0-7851-1256-1)
  • Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2 [#11–19, Annual #1] (ISBN 0-7851-1264-2)
  • Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 3 [#20–30, Annual #2] (ISBN 0-7851-1188-3)
  • Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 4 [#31–40] (ISBN 0-7851-1189-1)
  • Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 5 [#41–50, Annual #3] (ISBN 0-7851-1190-5)
  • Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 6 [#51–61, Annual #4] (ISBN 0-7851-1362-2)
  • Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 7 [#62–67, Annual #5; The Spectacular Spider-Man #1–2 (magazine)] (ISBN 0-7851-1636-2)
  • Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 8 [#68–77; Marvel Super Heroes #14] (ISBN 0-7851-2074-2)
  • Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 9 [#78–87] (ISBN 978-0-7851-2462-7)
  • Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 10 [#88–99] (ISBN 978-0-7851-2932-5)
  • Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 11 [#100–109] (ISBN 978-0-7851-3507-4)
  • Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 12 [#110–120] (ISBN 978-0-7851-4214-0)
  • Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 13 [#121–131] (ISBN 0-7851-5036-6)
  • Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 14 [#132–142; Giant-Size Super-Heroes #1] (ISBN 0-7851-5975-4)
  • Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 15 [#143–155; Marvel Special Edition Treasury #1] (ISBN 0-7851-6631-9)
  • Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 16 [#156–168; Annual #10] (ISBN 0-7851-8801-0)
  • Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 17 [#169–180; Annual #11; Nova #12; Marvel Treasury Edition #14] (ISBN 0-7851-9186-0)
  • Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 18 [#181–192; Mighty Marvel Comics Calendar 1978; material From Annual #12] (ISBN 9781302494773)
  • Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 19 [#193–202; Annual #13; Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #1] (ISBN 130290339X)
  • Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 20 [#203–212; Annual #14] (ISBN 1302910256)
  • Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 21 [#213–223; Annual #15] (ISBN 1302917005)
  • Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1: (The) Parker Luck [Vol. 3 #1–6 (i.e., legacy #732–737)] (ISBN 978-0-7851-6676-4)
  • Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2: Spider-Verse Prelude [#7–8 (i.e., legacy #738–739); Superior Spider-Man #32–33; Free Comic Book Day 2014 (Guardians of the Galaxy) #1] (ISBN 978-0-7851-8798-1)
  • Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 3: Spider-Verse [#9–15 (i.e., legacy #740–746)] (ISBN 978-0-7851-9234-3)
  • Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 4: Graveyard Shift [#16–18 (i.e., legacy #747–749); Annual 2015] (ISBN 978-0-7851-9338-8)
  • Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 5: Spiral [#16.1–20.1(i.e., legacy #750–751)] (ISBN 978-0-7851-9316-6)
  • Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows [#1–5 (i.e., legacy #752–756)]
  • Amazing Spider-Man Worldwide Vol. 1 [Vol. 4 #1–5]
  • Amazing Spider-Man Worldwide Vol. 2 [#6–11]
  • Amazing Spider-Man Worldwide Vol. 3 [#12–15]
  • Amazing Spider-Man Worldwide Vol. 4 [#16–19]
  • Amazing Spider-Man Worldwide Vol. 5 [#20–24, Annual #1]
  • Amazing Spider-Man Worldwide Vol. 6 [#25–28]
  • Amazing Spider-Man Worldwide Vol. 7 [#29–32 (i.e., legacy #785–788), #789–791]
  • Amazing Spider-Man: Venom Inc. [Venom Inc. Alpha, Venom Inc. Omega, #792–793, Venom #159–160]
  • Amazing Spider-Man Worldwide Vol. 8 [#794–796, Annual]
  • Amazing Spider-Man Worldwide Vol. 9 [#797–801]
  • Amazing Spider-Man: Red Goblin [#794–801]
  • Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1: Back to Basics [#1–5, FCBD 2018: Amazing Spider-Man]
  • Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2: Friends and Foes [#6–10]
  • Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 3: Lifetime Achievement [#11–15]
  • Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 4: Hunted [#16–23, #16.1, #18.1–20.1]
  • Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 5: Behind the Scenes [#24–28]
  • Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 6: Absolute Carnage [#29–31]
  • Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 7: 2099 [#32–36]
  • Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 8: Threats & Menaces [#37–43]
  • Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 9: Sins Rising [#44–47, Amazing Spider Man: Sins Rising #1]
  • Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 10: Green Goblin Returns [#48–49, Amazing Spider-Man: The Sins of Norman Osborn #1, FCBD 2020: Spider-Man/Venom]
  • Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 11: Last Remains [#50–55]
  • Amazing Spider-Man: Last Remains Companion [#50.1–54.1]
  • Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 12: Shattered Web [#56–60]
  • Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 13: King's Ransom [#61–65, Giant Size Amazing Spider-Man: King's Ransom #1]
  • Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 14: Chameleon Conspiracy [#66–69, Giant Size Amazing Spider-Man: Chameleon Conspiracy #1]
  • Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 15: What Cost Victory? [#70–74]
  • Amazing Spider-Man: Beyond Vol. 1 [#75–80, 78.BEY]
  • Amazing Spider-Man: Beyond Vol. 2 [#81-85, 80.BEY]
  • Amazing Spider-Man: Beyond Vol. 3 [#86-88, 88.BEY]
  • Amazing Spider-Man: Beyond Vol. 4 [#89-93, 92.BEY]
  • Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1: World Without Love [#1-5]
  • Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2: The New Sinister [#6-8]
  • Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 3: Hobgoblin [#9-14]
  • Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 4: Dark Web [#15-18, Dark Web #1, Dark Web: Omega #1]

See also

Main article: List of The Amazing Spider-Man issues
Main article: List of Spider-Man titles

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  58. ^ Manning "1970s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 62: "[The Amazing Spider-Man #111] marked the dawning of a new era: writer Gerry Conway came on board as Stan Lee's replacement. Alongside artist John Romita, Conway started his run by picking up where Lee left off."
  59. ^ Sanderson "1970s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 159: "In June [1973], Marvel embarked on a story that would have far-reaching effects. The Amazing Spider-Man artist John Romita Sr. suggested killing off Spider-Man's beloved Gwen Stacy to shake up the book's status quo."
  60. ^ Manning "1970s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 68: "This story by writer Gerry Conway and penciler Gil Kane would go down in history as one of the most memorable events of Spider-Man's life."
  61. ^ David and Greenberger p. 49: "The idea of beloved supporting characters meeting their deaths may be standard operating procedure now but in 1973 it was unprecedented...Gwen's death took villainy and victimhood to an entirely new level."
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  65. ^ Manning "1970s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 85: "To signify the start of this new era Spider-Man's new regular chronicler writer Len Wein would come onboard with this issue."
  66. ^ Manning "1970s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 103: "As new regular writer Marv Wolfman took over the scripting duties from Len Wein and partnered with artist Ross Andru, Peter Parker decided to make a dramatic change in his personal life."
  67. ^ Manning "1970s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 107: "Spider-Man wasn't exactly sure what to think about his luck when he met a beautiful new thief on the prowl named the Black Cat, courtesy of a story by writer Marv Wolfman and artist Keith Pollard."
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  70. ^ Manning "1980s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 114: "Writer Denny O'Neil and artist Frank Miller...used their considerable talents in this rare collaboration that teamed two other legends – Dr. Strange and Spider-Man."
  71. ^ Manning "1980s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 120: "Writer Denny O'Neil teamed with artist Frank Miller to concoct a Spider-Man annual that played to both their strengths. Miller and O'Neil seemed to flourish in the gritty world of street crime so tackling a Spider/Punisher fight was a natural choice."
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  73. ^ a b David and Greenberger, pp. 68–69: "Writer Roger Stern is primarily remembered for two major contributions to the world of Peter Parker. One was a short piece entitled 'The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man'...[his] other major contribution was the introduction of the Hobgoblin."
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External links

  • at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
  • at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
  • The Amazing Spider-Man comic book sales figures from 1966–present at The Comics Chronicles
  • Spider-Man at Marvel Comics wikia
  • The Amazing Spider-Man cover gallery

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This article is about the comic book series For other uses see The Amazing Spider Man disambiguation For technical reasons The Amazing Spider Man 129 redirects here For issue 129 see The Amazing Spider Man 129 The Amazing Spider Man is an ongoing American comic book series featuring the Marvel Comics superhero Spider Man as its main protagonist Being in the mainstream continuity of the franchise it began publication in 1963 as a bimonthly periodical as Amazing Fantasy had been quickly being increased to monthly and was published continuously with a brief interruption in 1995 until its second volume with a new numbering order in 1999 In 2003 the series reverted to the numbering order of the first volume The title has occasionally been published biweekly and was published three times a month from 2008 to 2010 The Amazing Spider ManThe Amazing Spider Man No 1 March 1963 Cover art by Jack Kirby and Steve DitkoPublication informationPublisherList Non Pereil Publishing Group 1 67 Perfect Film amp Chemical Corp 68 69 Magazine Management Co 70 118 Marvel Comics 119 present ScheduleMonthlyFormatOngoing seriesGenreSuperheroPublication dateList vol 1 March 1963 November 1998 vol 2 January 1999 November 2003 vol 1 continued December 2003 February 2014 vol 3 June 2014 October 2015 vol 4 December 2015 September 2017 vol 5 July 2018 March 2022 vol 6 April 2022 presentNo of issuesList vol 1 442 1 441 plus 1 and 31 Annuals vol 2 58 and 3 Annuals vol 1 cont 222 500 700 plus issues 654 1 679 1 699 1 700 1 700 2 700 3 700 4 and 700 5 789 801 and 6 Annuals vol 3 28 1 20 1 plus issues 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 16 1 17 1 18 1 19 1 and 20 1 and 1 Annual vol 4 38 1 32 plus issues 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 and 1 6 and 1 Annual vol 5 104 1 93 plus issues 16 HU 18 HU 19 HU 20 HU 50 LR 51 LR 52 LR 78 BEY 80 BEY 88 BEY 92 1 and 1 Annual vol 6 6 1 6 as of August 2022 cover date Main character s Spider ManCreative teamCreated byStan LeeSteve DitkoWritten byList vol 1 Stan Lee scripts and Steve Ditko co plots later plots 1 38 Stan Lee 39 100 105 110 116 118 Annual 1 5 18 Roy Thomas 101 104 Gerry Conway 111 149 Archie Goodwin 150 181 Annual 11 Len Wein 151 180 Annual 10 Marv Wolfman 182 204 Annual 13 Dennis O Neil 207 219 221 223 Annual 14 15 Roger Stern 206 224 227 229 252 Annual 15 17 Tom DeFalco 1 251 261 263 265 268 269 271 273 276 285 365 375 407 439 Annual 18 22 24 1996 1998 Christopher Priest 284 288 Peter David 289 Ann Nocenti 295 David Michelinie 205 290 292 296 352 359 388 Annual 21 28 J M DeMatteis 223 293 294 368 370 373 389 406 John Byrne 440 441 vol 2 Howard Mackie 1 29 John Byrne 1 13 14 J Michael Straczynski 30 58 vol 1 continued J Michael Straczynski 500 545 Marc GuggenheimZeb WellsBob Gale 546 552 554 558 562 564 600 647 Dan SlottRoger SternJoe KellyFred Van LenteMark Waid vol 3 Dan SlottGerry Conway vol 4 Dan SlottChristos Gage vol 5 Nick Spencer vol 6 Zeb WellsPenciller s List vol 1 Steve DitkoJohn Romita Sr Gil KaneRoss AndruKeith PollardJohn Romita Jr Ron FrenzTodd McFarlaneErik LarsenMark Bagley vol 2 John ByrneJohn Romita Jr vol 1 continued Mike DeodatoRon GarneySalvador LarrocaChris BachaloMike McKonePhil JimenezLee WeeksBarry KitsonPaulo SiqueiraPaul Azaceta vol 3 Ramon PerezHumberto RamosGiuseppe CamuncoliOlivier CoipelCarlo Barberi vol 4 Giuseppe CamuncoliStuart ImmonenSimone Bianchi vol 5 Ryan OttleyHumberto RamosMichele BandiniChris Bachalo vol 6 John Romita Jr Inker s List vol 1 Mike EspositoFrank GiacoiaBob McLeod vol 2 Scott Hanna vol 1 continued Joe PimentelBill ReinholdTim TownsendAndy LanningKlaus JansonMark Farmer vol 3 Victor OlazabaCam Smith vol 4 Cam Smith vol 5 Victor Olazaba vol 6 Scott HannaAfter DC Comics relaunch of Action Comics and Detective Comics with new No 1 issues in 2011 it had been the highest numbered American comic still in circulation until it was cancelled The title ended its 50 year run as a continuously published comic with the landmark issue 700 in December 2012 It was replaced by The Superior Spider Man as part of the Marvel NOW relaunch of Marvel s comic lines 1 Volume 3 of The Amazing Spider Man was published in April 2014 following the conclusion of The Superior Spider Man story arc In late 2015 the series was relaunched with a 4th volume following the 2015 Secret Wars event The 5th volume began in 2018 as part of Marvel s Fresh Start series of comic relaunches The 6th volume began in April 2022 to celebrate Spider Man s 60th anniversary Contents 1 Publication history 1 1 1960s 1 2 1970s 1 3 1980s 1 4 1990s 1 5 Relaunch and the 2000s 1 6 2010s and temporary end of publication 1 7 2014 relaunch 1 8 The Amazing Spider Man Renew Your Vows 1 9 2015 relaunch 1 10 2018 relaunch 1 11 2020s 1 12 2022 relaunch 2 Collected editions 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksPublication history EditWriter editor Stan Lee and artist and co plotter Steve Ditko created the character of Spider Man 2 and the pair produced 38 issues from March 1963 to July 1966 Ditko left after the 38th issue while Lee remained as writer until issue 100 Since then many writers and artists have taken over the monthly comic through the years chronicling the adventures of Marvel s most identifiable hero The Amazing Spider Man has been the character s flagship series for his first fifty years in publication and was the only monthly series to star Spider Man until Peter Parker The Spectacular Spider Man in 1976 although 1972 saw the debut of Marvel Team Up with the vast majority of issues featuring Spider Man along with a rotating cast of other Marvel characters Most of the major characters and villains of the Spider Man saga have been introduced in Amazing and with few exceptions it is where most key events in the character s history have occurred The title was published continuously until No 441 Nov 1998 3 when Marvel Comics relaunched it as vol 2 No 1 Jan 1999 4 but on Spider Man s 40th anniversary this new title reverted to using the numbering of the original series beginning again with issue No 500 Dec 2003 and lasting until the final issue No 700 Feb 2013 5 1960s Edit Due to strong sales on the character s first appearance in Amazing Fantasy No 15 Spider Man was given his own ongoing series in March 1963 6 The initial years of the series under Lee and Ditko chronicled Spider Man s nascent career as a masked super human vigilante with his civilian life as hard luck yet perpetually good humored and well meaning teenager Peter Parker Peter balanced his career as Spider Man with his job as a freelance photographer for The Daily Bugle under the bombastic editor publisher J Jonah Jameson to support himself and his frail Aunt May At the same time Peter dealt with public hostility towards Spider Man and the antagonism of his classmates Flash Thompson and Liz Allan at Midtown High School while embarking on a tentative ill fated romance with Jameson s secretary Betty Brant By focusing on Parker s everyday problems Lee and Ditko created a groundbreakingly flawed self doubting superhero and the first major teenaged superhero to be a protagonist and not a sidekick Ditko s quirky art provided a stark contrast to the more cleanly dynamic stylings of Marvel s most prominent artist Jack Kirby 2 and combined with the humor and pathos of Lee s writing to lay the foundation for what became an enduring mythos Most of Spider Man s key villains and supporting characters were introduced during this time Issue No 1 Mar 1963 featured the first appearances of J Jonah Jameson 7 and his astronaut son John Jameson 8 and the supervillain the Chameleon 7 It included the hero s first encounter with the superhero team the Fantastic Four Issue No 2 May 1963 featured the first appearance of the Vulture 9 and the Tinkerer 10 as well as the beginning of Parker s freelance photography career at the newspaper The Daily Bugle 11 The Lee Ditko era continued to usher in a significant number of villains and supporting characters including Doctor Octopus in No 3 July 1963 12 13 the Sandman and Betty Brant in No 4 Sept 1963 14 the Lizard in No 6 Nov 1963 15 16 Living Brain in No 8 Jan 1964 Electro in No 9 Mar 1964 17 18 Mysterio in No 13 June 1964 19 the Green Goblin in No 14 July 1964 20 21 Kraven The Hunter in No 15 Aug 1964 22 reporter Ned Leeds in No 18 Nov 1964 23 and the Scorpion in No 20 Jan 1965 24 The Molten Man was introduced in No 28 Sept 1965 which also featured Parker s graduation from high school 25 Peter began attending Empire State University in No 31 Dec 1965 which featured the first appearances of friends and classmates Gwen Stacy 26 and Harry Osborn 27 Harry s father Norman Osborn first appeared in No 23 April 1965 as a member of Jameson s country club but was not named nor revealed as Harry s father until No 37 June 1966 One of the most celebrated issues of the Lee Ditko run is No 33 Feb 1966 the third part of the story arc If This Be My Destiny which features the dramatic scene of Spider Man through force of will and thoughts of family escaping from being pinned by heavy machinery Comics historian Les Daniels noted that Steve Ditko squeezes every ounce of anguish out of Spider Man s predicament complete with visions of the uncle he failed and the aunt he has sworn to save 28 Peter David observed that After his origin this two page sequence from Amazing Spider Man No 33 is perhaps the best loved sequence from the Stan Lee Steve Ditko era 29 Steve Saffel stated the full page Ditko image from The Amazing Spider Man No 33 is one of the most powerful ever to appear in the series and influenced writers and artists for many years to come 30 and Matthew K Manning wrote that Ditko s illustrations for the first few pages of this Lee story included what would become one of the most iconic scenes in Spider Man s history 31 The story was chosen as No 15 in the 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time poll of Marvel s readers in 2001 Editor Robert Greenberger wrote in his introduction to the story that These first five pages are a modern day equivalent to Shakespeare as Parker s soliloquy sets the stage for his next action And with dramatic pacing and storytelling Ditko delivers one of the great sequences in all comics 32 Although credited only as artist for most of his run Ditko would eventually plot the stories as well as draw them leaving Lee to script the dialogue A rift between Ditko and Lee developed and the two men were not on speaking terms long before Ditko completed his last issue The Amazing Spider Man No 38 July 1966 The exact reasons for the Ditko Lee split have never been fully explained 33 Spider Man successor artist John Romita Sr in a 2010 deposition recalled that Lee and Ditko ended up not being able to work together because they disagreed on almost everything cultural social historically everything they disagreed on characters 34 In successor penciler Romita Sr s first issue No 39 Aug 1966 nemesis the Green Goblin discovers Spider Man s secret identity and reveals his own to the captive hero Romita s Spider Man more polished and heroic looking than Ditko s became the model for two decades The Lee Romita era saw the introduction of such characters as Daily Bugle managing editor Robbie Robertson in No 52 Sept 1967 and NYPD Captain George Stacy father of Parker s girlfriend Gwen Stacy in No 56 Jan 1968 The most important supporting character to be introduced during the Romita era was Mary Jane Watson who made her first full appearance in No 42 Nov 1966 35 although she first appeared in No 25 June 1965 with her face obscured and had been mentioned since No 15 Aug 1964 Peter David wrote in 2010 that Romita made the definitive statement of his arrival by pulling Mary Jane out from behind the oversized potted plant that blocked the reader s view of her face in issue 25 and placing her on panel in what would instantly become an iconic moment 36 Romita has stated that in designing Mary Jane he used Ann Margret from the movie Bye Bye Birdie as a guide using her coloring the shape of her face her red hair and her form fitting short skirts 37 Lee and Romita toned down the prevalent sense of antagonism in Parker s world by improving Parker s relationship with the supporting characters and having stories focused as much on the social and college lives of the characters as they did on Spider Man s adventures The stories became more topical 38 addressing issues such as civil rights racism prisoners rights the Vietnam War and political elections Issue No 50 June 1967 introduced the highly enduring criminal mastermind the Kingpin 39 40 who would become a major force as well in the superhero series Daredevil Other notable first appearances in the Lee Romita era include the Rhino in No 41 Oct 1966 41 42 the Shocker in No 46 Mar 1967 43 44 the Prowler in No 78 Nov 1969 45 and the Kingpin s son Richard Fisk in No 83 Apr 1970 46 1970s Edit Several spin off series debuted in the 1970s Marvel Team Up in 1972 47 and The Spectacular Spider Man in 1976 48 A short lived series titled Giant Size Spider Man began in July 1974 and ran six issues through 1975 49 Spidey Super Stories a series aimed at children ages 6 10 ran for 57 issues from October 1974 through 1982 50 51 The flagship title s second decade took a grim turn with a story in 89 90 Oct Nov 1970 featuring the death of Captain George Stacy 52 This was the first Spider Man story to be penciled by Gil Kane 53 who would alternate drawing duties with Romita for the next year and a half and would draw several landmark issues One such story took place in the controversial issues 96 98 May July 1971 Writer editor Lee defied the Comics Code Authority with this story in which Parker s friend Harry Osborn was hospitalized after over dosing on pills Lee wrote this story upon a request from the U S Department of Health Education and Welfare for a story about the dangers of drugs Citing its dictum against depicting drug use even in an anti drug context the CCA refused to put its seal on these issues With the approval of Marvel publisher Martin Goodman Lee had the comics published without the seal The comics sold well and Marvel won praise for its socially conscious efforts 54 The CCA subsequently loosened the Code to permit negative depictions of drugs among other new freedoms 55 The Six Arms Saga of 100 102 Sept Nov 1971 introduced Morbius the Living Vampire The second installment was the first Amazing Spider Man story not written by co creator Lee 56 with Roy Thomas taking over writing the book for several months before Lee returned to write 105 110 Feb July 1972 57 Lee who was going on to become Marvel Comics publisher with Thomas becoming editor in chief then turned writing duties over to 19 year old Gerry Conway 58 who scripted the series through 1975 Romita penciled Conway s first half dozen issues which introduced the gangster Hammerhead in No 113 Oct 1972 Kane then succeeded Romita as penciler 53 although Romita would continue inking Kane for a time Issue 121 June 1973 by Conway Kane Romita featured the death of Gwen Stacy at the hands of the Green Goblin in The Night Gwen Stacy Died 59 60 61 Her demise and the Goblin s apparent death one issue later formed a story arc widely considered as the most defining in the history of Spider Man 62 The aftermath of the story deepened both the characterization of Mary Jane Watson and her relationship with Parker In 1973 Gil Kane was succeeded by Ross Andru whose run lasted from issue 125 Oct 1973 to 185 Oct 1978 63 Issue 129 Feb 1974 introduced the Punisher 64 who would become one of Marvel Comics most popular characters The Conway Andru era featured the first appearances of the Man Wolf in 124 125 Sept Oct 1973 the near marriage of Doctor Octopus and Aunt May in 131 Apr 1974 Harry Osborn stepping into his father s role as the Green Goblin in 135 137 Aug Oct 1974 and the original Clone Saga containing the introduction of Spider Man s clone in 147 149 Aug Oct 1975 Archie Goodwin and Gil Kane produced the title s 150th issue Nov 1975 before Len Wein became writer with issue 151 65 During Wein s tenure Harry Osborn and Liz Allen dated and became engaged J Jonah Jameson was introduced to his eventual second wife Marla Madison and Aunt May suffered a heart attack Wein s last story on Amazing was a five issue arc in 176 180 Jan May 1978 featuring a third Green Goblin Harry Osborn s psychiatrist Bart Hamilton Marv Wolfman Marvel s editor in chief from 1975 to 1976 succeeded Wein as writer and in his first issue 182 July 1978 had Parker propose marriage to Watson who refused in the following issue 66 Keith Pollard succeeded Andru as artist shortly afterward and with Wolfman introduced the likable rogue the Black Cat Felicia Hardy in 194 July 1979 67 As a love interest for Spider Man the Black Cat would go on to be an important supporting character for the better part of the next decade and remain a friend and occasional lover into the 2010s 1980s Edit The Amazing Spider Man No 252 May 1984 Spider Man s black costume debuts Cover art by Ron Frenz and Klaus Janson The Amazing Spider Man 200 Jan 1980 featured the return and death of the burglar who killed Spider Man s Uncle Ben 68 Writer Marv Wolfman and penciler Keith Pollard both left the title by mid year succeeded by Dennis O Neil a writer known for groundbreaking 1970s work at rival DC Comics 69 and penciler John Romita Jr O Neil wrote two issues of The Amazing Spider Man Annual which were both drawn by Frank Miller The 1980 Annual featured a team up with Doctor Strange 70 while the 1981 Annual showcased a meeting with the Punisher 71 Roger Stern who had written nearly 20 issues of sister title The Spectacular Spider Man took over Amazing with 224 Jan 1982 72 During his two years on the title Stern augmented the backgrounds of long established Spider Man villains and with Romita Jr created the mysterious supervillain the Hobgoblin in 238 239 Mar Apr 1983 73 74 Fans engaged with the mystery of the Hobgoblin s secret identity which continued throughout 244 245 and 249 251 Sept Oct 1983 and Feb April 1984 One lasting change was the reintroduction of Mary Jane Watson as a more serious mature woman who becomes Peter s confidante after she reveals that she knows his secret identity Stern also wrote The Kid Who Collects Spider Man in The Amazing Spider Man 248 Jan 1984 a story which ranks among his most popular 73 75 By mid 1984 Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz took over scripting and penciling DeFalco helped establish Parker and Watson s mature relationship laying the foundation for the characters wedding in 1987 Notably in 257 Oct 1984 Watson tells Parker that she knows he is Spider Man and in 259 Dec 1984 she reveals to Parker the extent of her troubled childhood Other notable issues of the DeFalco Frenz era include 252 May 1984 the first appearance of Spider Man s black costume which the hero would wear almost exclusively for the next four years worth of comics the debut of criminal mastermind the Rosein 253 June 1984 the revelation in 258 Nov 1984 that the black costume is a living being a symbiote and the introduction of the female mercenary Silver Sable in 265 June 1985 DeFalco and Frenz were both removed from The Amazing Spider Man in 1986 by editor Jim Owsley under acrimonious circumstances 76 A succession of artists including Alan Kupperberg John Romita Jr and Alex Saviuk penciled the series from 1987 to 1988 and Owsley wrote the book for the first half of 1987 scripting the five part Gang War story 284 288 that DeFalco plotted Former Spectacular Spider Man writer Peter David scripted 289 June 1987 which revealed Ned Leeds as being the Hobgoblin although this was retconned in 1996 by Roger Stern into Leeds not being the original Hobgoblin after all David Michelinie took over as writer in the next issue for a story arc in 290 292 July Sept 1987 that led to the marriage of Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson in Amazing Spider Man Annual No 21 The Kraven s Last Hunt storyline by writer J M DeMatteis and artists Mike Zeck and Bob McLeod crossed over into The Amazing Spider Man 293 and 294 77 Issue 298 Mar 1988 was the first Spider Man comic to be drawn by future industry star Todd McFarlane the first regular artist on The Amazing Spider Man since Frenz s departure McFarlane revolutionized Spider Man s look His depiction Ditko esque poses 78 large eyes wiry contorted limbs and messy knotted convoluted webbing influenced the way virtually all subsequent artists would draw the character McFarlane s other significant contribution to the Spider Man canon was the design for what would become one of Spider Man s most wildly popular antagonists the supervillain Venom 79 Issue 299 Apr 1988 featured Venom s first appearance a last page cameo before his first full appearance in 300 May 1988 The latter issue featured Spider Man reverting to his original red and blue costume Other notable issues of the Michelinie McFarlane era include 312 Feb 1989 featuring the Green Goblin vs the Hobgoblin and 315 317 May July 1989 with the return of Venom In July 2012 Todd McFarlane s original cover art for The Amazing Spider Man No 328 sold for a bid of 657 250 making it the most expensive American comic book art ever sold at auction 80 1990s Edit With a civilian life as a married man the Spider Man of the 1990s was different from the superhero of the previous three decades McFarlane left the title in 1990 to write and draw a new series titled simply Spider Man His successor Erik Larsen penciled the book from early 1990 to mid 1991 After issue No 350 Larsen was succeeded by Mark Bagley who had won the 1986 Marvel Tryout Contest 81 and was assigned a number of low profile penciling jobs followed by a run on New Warriors in 1990 Bagley penciled the flagship Spider Man title from 1991 to 1996 82 During that time Bagley s rendition of Spider Man was used extensively for licensed material and merchandise Issues 361 363 April June 1992 introduced Carnage 83 a second symbiote nemesis for Spider Man The series 30th anniversary issue No 365 Aug 1992 was a double sized hologram cover issue 84 with the cliffhanger ending of Peter Parker s parents long thought dead reappearing alive It would be close to two years before they were revealed to be impostors who are killed in No 388 April 1994 scripter Michelinie s last issue His 1987 1994 stint gave him the second longest run as writer on the title behind Stan Lee Issue No 375 was released with a gold foil cover 85 There was an error affecting some issues and which are missing the majority of the foil 86 With No 389 writer J M DeMatteis whose Spider Man credits included the 1987 Kraven s Last Hunt story arc and a 1991 1993 run on The Spectacular Spider Man took over the title From October 1994 to June 1996 Amazing stopped running stories exclusive to it and ran installments of multi part stories that crossed over into all the Spider Man books One of the few self contained stories during this period was in No 400 April 1995 which featured the death of Aunt May later revealed to have been faked although the death still stands in the MC2 continuity The Clone Saga culminated with the revelation that the Spider Man who had appeared in the previous 20 years of comics was a clone of the real Spider Man This plot twist was massively unpopular with many readers 87 and was later reversed in the Revelations story arc that crossed over the Spider Man books in late 1996 The Clone Saga tied into a publishing gap after No 406 Oct 1995 when the title was temporarily replaced by The Amazing Scarlet Spider 1 2 Nov Dec 1995 featuring Ben Reilly The series picked up again with No 407 Jan 1996 with Tom DeFalco returning as writer Bagley completed his 5 year run by September 1996 A succession of artists including Ron Garney Steve Skroce Joe Bennett Rafael Kayanan and John Byrne penciled the book until the final issue No 441 Nov 1998 after which Marvel rebooted the title with vol 2 No 1 Jan 1999 Relaunch and the 2000s Edit Marvel began The Amazing Spider Man relaunching the Amazing comic book series with vol 2 1 Jan 1999 88 89 Howard Mackie wrote the first 29 issues The relaunch included the Sandman being regressed to his criminal ways and the death of Mary Jane which was ultimately reversed Other elements included the introduction of a new Spider Woman who was spun off into her own short lived series and references to John Byrne s miniseries Spider Man Chapter One which was launched at the same time as the reboot Byrne also penciled issues 1 18 from 1999 to 2000 and wrote 13 14 John Romita Jr took his place soon after in October 2000 Mackie s run ended with The Amazing Spider Man Annual 2001 which saw the return of Mary Jane who then left Parker upon reuniting with him With issue 30 June 2001 J Michael Straczynski took over as writer 90 and oversaw additional storylines most notably his lengthy Spider Totem arc which raised the issue of whether Spider Man s powers were magic based rather than as the result of a radioactive spider s bite Additionally Straczynski resurrected the plot point of Aunt May discovering her nephew was Spider Man 91 and returned Mary Jane with the couple reuniting in The Amazing Spider Man vol 2 50 Straczynski gave Spider Man a new profession having Parker teach at his former high school Issue 30 began a dual numbering system with the original series numbering 471 returned and placed alongside the volume two number on the cover Other longtime rebooted Marvel Comics titles including Fantastic Four likewise were given the dual numbering around this time After vol 2 58 Nov 2003 the title reverted completely to its original numbering for issue 500 Dec 2003 88 Mike Deodato Jr penciled the series from mid 2004 until 2006 That year Peter Parker revealed his Spider Man identity on live television in the company crossover storyline Civil War 92 93 in which the superhero community is split over whether to conform to the federal government s new Superhuman Registration Act This knowledge was erased from the world with the event of the four part crossover story arc One More Day written partially by J Michael Straczynski and illustrated by Joe Quesada running through The Amazing Spider Man 544 545 Nov Dec 2007 Friendly Neighborhood Spider Man No 24 Nov 2007 and The Sensational Spider Man No 41 Dec 2007 the final issues of those two titles Here the demon Mephisto makes a Faustian bargain with Parker and Mary Jane offering to save Parker s dying Aunt May if the couple will allow their marriage to have never existed rewriting that portion of their pasts This story arc marked the end of Straczynski s work on the title Following this Marvel made The Amazing Spider Man the company s sole Spider Man title increasing its frequency of publication to three issues monthly and inaugurating the series with a sequence of back to basics story arcs under the banner of Brand New Day Parker now exists in a changed world where he and Mary Jane had never married and Parker has no memory of being married to her with domino effect differences in their immediate world The most notable of these revisions to Spider Man continuity are the return of Harry Osborn whose death in The Spectacular Spider Man No 200 May 1993 is erased and the reestablishment of Spider Man s secret identity with no one except Mary Jane able to recall that Parker is Spider Man although he soon reveals his secret identity to the New Avengers and the Fantastic Four Under the banner of Brand New Day Marvel tried to only use newly created villains instead of relying on older ones Characters like Mister Negative and Overdrive both in Free Comic Book Day 2007 Spider Man July 2007 Menace in No 549 March 2008 Ana and Sasha Kravinoff in No 565 September 2008 and No 567 October 2008 respectively and several more were introduced The alternating regular writers were initially Dan Slott Bob Gale Marc Guggenheim and Zeb Wells joined by a rotation of artists that included Steve McNiven Salvador Larroca Phil Jimenez Barry Kitson Chris Bachalo Mike McKone Marcos Martin and John Romita Jr Joe Kelly Mark Waid Fred Van Lente and Roger Stern later joined the writing team and Paolo Rivera Lee Weeks and Marco Checchetto the artist roster Waid s work on the series included a meeting between Spider Man and Stephen Colbert in The Amazing Spider Man No 573 Dec 2008 94 Issue No 583 March 2009 included a back up story in which Spider Man meets President Barack Obama 95 96 2010s and temporary end of publication Edit Mark Waid scripted the opening of The Gauntlet storyline in issue No 612 Jan 2010 97 The Gauntlet story was concluded by Grim Hunt No 634 637 which saw the resurrection of long dead Spider Man villain Kraven the Hunter The series became a twice monthly title with Dan Slott as sole writer at issue No 648 Jan 2011 launching the Big Time storyline 98 99 Eight additional pages were added per issue Big Time saw major changes in Spider Man Peter Parker s life Peter would start working at Horizon Labs and begin a relationship with Carlie Cooper his first serious relationship since his marriage to Mary Jane Mac Gargan returned as Scorpion after spending the past few years as Venom Phil Urich would take up the mantle of Hobgoblin and the death of J Jonah Jameson s wife Marla Jameson Issues 654 and 654 1 saw the birth of Agent Venom Flash Thompson bonded with the Venom symbiote which would lead to Venom getting his own series Venom volume 2 Starting in No 659 and going to No 655 the series built up to the Spider Island event which officially started in No 666 and ended in No 673 Ends of the Earth was the next event that ran from No 682 through No 687 This publishing format lasted until issue No 700 which concluded the Dying Wish storyline in which Parker and Doctor Octopus swapped bodies and the latter taking on the mantle of Spider Man when Parker apparently died in Doctor Octopus body The Amazing Spider Man ended with this issue with the story continuing in the new series The Superior Spider Man 100 101 Despite The Superior Spider Man being considered a different series to The Amazing Spider Man the first 33 issue run goes towards the legacy numbering of The Amazing Spider Man acting as issues 701 733 In December 2013 the series returned for five issues numbered 700 1 through 700 5 with the first two written by David Morrell and drawn by Klaus Janson 102 2014 relaunch Edit In January 2014 Marvel confirmed that The Amazing Spider Man would be relaunched on April 30 2014 starting from issue No 1 with Peter Parker as Spider Man once again 103 The first issue of this new version of The Amazing Spider Man was according to Diamond Comics Distributors the best selling comic book in over a decade 104 Issues 1 6 were a story arc called Lucky to be Alive taking place immediately after Goblin Nation with issues No 4 and No 5 being a crossover with the Original Sin storyline Issue No 4 introduced Silk a new heroine who was bitten by the same spider as Peter Parker Issues 7 8 featured a team up between Ms Marvel and Spider Man and had backup stories that tied into Edge of Spider Verse The next major plot arc titled Spider Verse began in Issue No 9 and ended in No 15 features every Spider Man from across the dimensions being hunted by Morlun and a team up to stop him with Peter Parker of Earth 616 in command of the Spider Men s Alliance The Amazing Spider Man Annual No 1 of the relaunched series was released in December 2014 featuring stories unrelated to Spider Verse The Amazing Spider Man Renew Your Vows Edit In 2015 Marvel started the universe wide Secret Wars event where the core and several other Marvel universes were combined into one big planet called Battleworld Battleworld was divided into sections with most of them being self contained universes Marvel announced that several of these self contained universes would get their own tie in series and one of them was Amazing Spider Man Renew Your Vows an alternate universe where Peter Parker and Mary Jane are still married and give birth to their child Annie May Parker written by Dan Slott Despite the series being considered separate from the main Amazing Spider Man series the original 5 issue run is counted towards its legacy numbering acting as No 752 756 2015 relaunch Edit Following the 2015 Secret Wars event a number of Spider Man related titles were either relaunched or created as part of the All New All Different Marvel event Among them The Amazing Spider Man was relaunched as well and primarily focused on Peter Parker continuing to run Parker Industries and becoming a successful businessman operating worldwide 105 It also tied with Civil War II involving an Inhuman named Ulysses Cain who can predict possible futures Dead No More where Ben Reilly the original Scarlet Spider revealed to be revived and as one of the antagonists instead and Secret Empire during Hydra s reign led by a Hydra influenced Captain America Steve Rogers and the dismissal of Parker Industries by Peter Parker to stop Otto Octavius Starting in September 2017 Marvel started the Marvel Legacy event which renumbered several Marvel series to their original numbering The Amazing Spider Man was put back to its original numbering for 789 Issues 789 through 791 focused on the aftermath of Peter destroying Parker Industries and his fall from grace Issues 792 and 793 were part of the Venom Inc story Threat Level Red was the story for the next three issues which saw Norman Osborn obtain and bond with the Carnage symbiote Go Down Swinging saw the results of the combination of Osborn s goblin serum and Carnage symbiote creating the Red Goblin Issue 801 was Dan Slott s goodbye issue 2018 relaunch Edit In March 2018 it was announced that writer Nick Spencer would be writing the main semi monthly The Amazing Spider Man series beginning with a new No 1 replacing long time writer Dan Slott as part of the Fresh Start relaunch that July 106 The first five issue story arc was titled Back to Basics During the Back to Basics story Kindred a mysterious villain with some relation to Peter s past was introduced and Peter resumed his romantic relationship with Mary Jane once more The first major story under Spencer was Hunted which ran through issues 16 through 23 the story also included four HU issues for issues 16 18 19 and 20 The end of the story saw the death of long running Spider Man villain Kraven the Hunter being replaced by his clone son The Last Son of Kraven 2020s Edit Issue 45 kicked off the Sins Rising story which saw the resurrected Sin Eater carry out the plans of Kindred to cleanse the world of sin particularly that of Norman Osborn The story concluded with issue 49 issue 850 in legacy numbering seeing Spider Man and Green Goblin team up to defeat Sin Eater Last Remains started in issue 50 and concluded in issue 55 the story saw Kindred s plans come to fruition as he tormented Spider Man The story has also saw five LR for issues 50 51 52 53 and 54 which focused on The Order of the Web a new faction of Spider People consisting of Julia Carpenter Madame Web Miles Morales Spider Man Gwen Stacy Ghost Spider Cindy Moon Silk Jessica Drew Spider Woman and Anya Corazon Spider Girl The story also revealed that Kindred is Harry Osborn Last Remains also received two fallout issues called Last Remains Post Mortem Nick Spencer concluded his run with the Sinister War story which wrapped up in No 74 legacy numbering 875 The story saw several retcons to the Spider Man mythos including that Kindred was Gabriel and Sarah Stacy all along the fact that the Stacy twins were actually genetically engineered beings using Norman Osborn and Gwen Stacy s DNA that the Harry Osborn that returned in Brand New Day was actually a clone and that Norman had made a deal with Mephisto where he sold Harry s soul to the demon The story ended with the deaths of the Harry clone Gabriel and Sarah and the real Harry s soul being freed from Mephisto s grasp After Spencer left the book Marvel announced the Beyond era of Spider Man would start in 75 The book would be moving back to the format it had during Brand New Day where it would have a rotating cast of writers including Kelly Thompson Saladin Ahmed Cody Ziglar Patrick Gleason and Zeb Wells The book would also be released three times a month Beyond would focus on Ben Reilly taking up the mantle of Spider Man once again but backed by the Beyond corporation Peter also falls ill and cannot be Spider Man so he gives Ben his blessing to carry on as the main Spider Man However following the conclusion of the storyline in 93 Peter has resumed active duties as Spider Man while Ben suffers a mental breakdown and becomes the villain Chasm 2022 relaunch Edit In January 2022 it was announced that writer Zeb Wells and John Romita Jr would be working on a relaunched The Amazing Spider Man bringing the number of volumes for the title to its sixth with the series beginning in April 2022 The relaunch encompasses both a legacy numbering of 900 as well as the 60th anniversary for the character It will also have a crossover event entitled Dark Web with Chasm having teamed up with Madelyne Pryor to bring limbo to Earth Collected editions EditBlack and whiteEssential Spider Man Vol 1 1 20 Annual 1 Amazing Fantasy 15 ISBN 0 7851 0988 9 Essential Spider Man Vol 2 21 43 Annual 2 3 ISBN 0 7851 0989 7 Essential Spider Man Vol 3 44 65 Annual 4 ISBN 0 7851 0658 8 Essential Spider Man Vol 4 66 89 Annual 5 ISBN 0 7851 0760 6 Essential Spider Man Vol 5 90 113 ISBN 0 7851 0881 5 Essential Spider Man Vol 6 114 137 Giant Size Super Heroes 1 Giant Size Spider Man 1 2 ISBN 0 7851 1365 7 Essential Spider Man Vol 7 138 160 Annual 10 Giant Size Spider Man 4 5 ISBN 0 7851 1879 9 Essential Spider Man Vol 8 161 185 Annual 11 Giant Size Spider Man 6 Nova 12 ISBN 0 7851 2500 0 Essential Spider Man Vol 9 186 210 Annual 13 14 Peter Parker Spectacular Spider Man Annual 1 ISBN 0 7851 3074 8 Essential Spider Man Vol 10 211 230 Annual 15 ISBN 0 7851 5747 6 Essential Spider Man Vol 11 231 248 Annual 16 17 ISBN 0 7851 6330 1 Major story arcs artist runsMarvel Visionaries John Romita Sr 39 40 42 50 108 109 365 Daredevil 16 17 Untold Tales of Spider Man 1 ISBN 0785117806 Spider Man The Death of Captain Stacy 88 90 ISBN 0785114556 Spider Man The Death of Gwen Stacy 96 98 121 122 Webspinners Tales of Spider Man 1 ISBN 0785110267 Spider Man Death of the Stacys 88 92 121 122 ISBN 0785125043 A New Goblin 176 180 ISBN 0785131175 Spider Man vs the Black Cat 194 195 204 205 226 227 ISBN 0785115595 Spider Man Origin of The Hobgoblin 238 239 244 245 249 251 Spectacular Spider Man vol 1 85 ISBN 0871359170 Spider Man Birth of Venom 252 259 298 300 315 317 Annual 25 Fantastic Four 274 Secret Wars 8 Web of Spider Man 1 ISBN 0785124985 The Amazing Spider Man The Wedding 290 292 Annual 2 Not Brand Echh 6 ISBN 0871357704 Spider Man Kraven s Last Hunt 293 294 Web of Spider Man 31 32 The Spectacular Spider Man 131 132 ISBN 0785134506 Visionaries Todd McFarlane 298 305 ISBN 0785108009 Legends Vol 2 Todd McFarlane 306 314 The Spectacular Spider Man Annual 10 ISBN 0785110372 Legends Vol 3 Todd McFarlane 315 323 325 328 ISBN 0785110399 Spider Man Venom Returns 330 333 344 347 Annual 25 ISBN 0871359669 Spider Man Carnage 344 345 359 363 ISBN 0871359715 CollectionsVol 1 Coming Home 30 35 471 476 ISBN 0 7851 0806 8 Vol 2 Revelations 36 39 477 480 ISBN 0 7851 0877 7 Vol 3 Until the Stars Turn Cold 40 45 481 486 ISBN 0 7851 1075 5 Vol 4 The Life and Death of Spiders 46 50 487 491 ISBN 0 7851 1097 6 Vol 5 Unintended Consequences 51 56 492 497 ISBN 0 7851 1098 4 Vol 6 Happy Birthday 57 58 500 502 498 502 ISBN 0 7851 1343 6 Vol 7 The Book of Ezekiel 503 508 ISBN 0 7851 1525 0 Vol 8 Sins Past 509 514 ISBN 0 7851 1509 9 Vol 9 Skin Deep 515 518 ISBN 0 7851 1642 7 Vol 10 New Avengers 519 524 ISBN 0 7851 1764 4 Spider Man The Other 525 528 Friendly Neighborhood Spider Man 1 4 Marvel Knights Spider Man 19 22 ISBN 0 7851 2188 9 Civil War The Road to 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Spider Man Presidents Day Special ISBN 0785134190 24 7 589 594 The Amazing Spider Man Extra 2 ISBN 0785134204 American Son 595 599 material from The Amazing Spider Man Extra 3 ISBN 0785140832 Died in Your Arms Tonight 600 601 Annual 36 material from Amazing Spider Man Family 7 ISBN 0785144854 Red Headed Stranger 602 605 ISBN 0785138692 Return of the Black Cat 606 611 material from Web of Spider Man vol 2 1 ISBN 0785138684 The Gauntlet Book 1 Electro and Sandman 612 616 Dark Reign The List The Amazing Spider Man Web of Spider Man vol 2 2 Electro story ISBN 0785138714 The Gauntlet Book 2 Rhino and Mysterio 617 621 Web of Spider Man vol 2 3 4 ISBN 0785138722 The Gauntlet Book 3 Vulture and Morbius 622 625 Web of Spider Man vol 2 2 5 Vulture story ISBN 0785146121 The Gauntlet Book 4 Juggernaut 229 230 626 629 ISBN 0785146148 The Gauntlet Book 5 Lizard 629 633 Web of Spider Man vol 2 6 ISBN 0785146164 Spider Man Grim Hunt 634 637 The Amazing Spider Man Extra 3 Spider Man Grim Hunt The Kraven Saga Web of Spider Man vol 2 7 ISBN 0785146180 One Moment in Time 638 641 ISBN 0785146202 Origin of the Species 642 647 Spider Man Saga Web of Spider Man vol 2 12 ISBN 0785146229 Big Time 648 651 ISBN 0785146237 Matters of Life and Death 652 657 654 1 ISBN 0785151028 Spider Man The Fantastic Spider Man 658 662 ISBN 0785151060 Spider Man The Return Of Anti Venom 663 665 Free Comic Book Day 2011 Spider Man ISBN 0785151087 Spider Man Spider Island 666 673 Venom 2011 6 8 Spider Island Deadly Foes Infested prologues from 659 660 and 662 665 ISBN 0785151044 Spider Man Flying Blind 674 677 Daredevil 8 ISBN 978 0 7851 6002 1 Spider Man Trouble on the Horizon 678 681 679 1 ISBN 978 0 7851 6003 8 Spider Man Ends of the Earth 682 687 Amazing Spider Man Ends of the Earth 1 Avenging Spider Man 8 ISBN 0785160051 Spider Man Lizard No Turning Back 688 691 Untold Tales of Spider Man 9 ISBN 978 0 7851 6008 3 Spider Man Danger Zone 692 697 Avenging Spider Man 11 ISBN 0785160094 Spider Man Dying 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October 10 2012 a b DeFalco Tom 2008 1960s In Gilbert Laura ed Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History London United Kingdom Dorling Kindersley p 87 ISBN 978 0756641238 Deciding that his new character would have spider like powers Stan Lee commissioned Jack Kirby to work on the first story Unfortunately Kirby s version of Spider Man s alter ego Peter Parker proved too heroic handsome and muscular for Lee s everyman hero Lee turned to Steve Ditko the regular artist on Amazing Adult Fantasy who designed a skinny awkward teenager with glasses The Amazing Spider Man at the Grand Comics Database The Amazing Spider Manvol 2 at the Grand Comics Database The Amazing Spider Man continuation of volume 1 at the Grand Comics Database DeFalco 1960s in Gilbert 2008 p 91 Thanks to a flood of fan mail Spider Man was awarded his own title six months after his first appearance Amazing Spider Man began as a semi monthly title but was quickly promoted to a monthly a b DeFalco 1960s in Gilbert 2008 p 91 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15 August 1964 Lee Stan w Ditko Steve p Ditko Steve i The End of Spider Man The Amazing Spider Man 18 November 1964 Lee Stan w Ditko Steve p Ditko Steve i The Coming of the Scorpion The Amazing Spider Man 20 January 1965 Lee Stan w Ditko Steve p Ditko Steve i The Menace of the Molten Man The Amazing Spider Man 28 September 1965 DeFalco 1960s in Gilbert 2008 p 111 Gwen Stacy the platinum blonde ex beauty queen of Standard High met Peter Parker on his first day in college in this issue Lee Stan w Ditko Steve p Ditko Steve i If This Be My Destiny The Amazing Spider Man 31 December 1965 Daniels Les 1991 Marvel Five Fabulous Decades of the World s Greatest Comics New York City Harry N Abrams p 129 ISBN 9780810938212 David Peter Greenberger Robert 2010 The Spider Man Vault A Museum in a Book with Rare Collectibles Spun from Marvel s Web Philadelphia Pennsylvania Running Press p 29 ISBN 978 0762437726 Saffel Steve 2007 A Legend Is Born Spider Man the Icon The Life and Times of a Pop Culture Phenomenon London United Kingdom Titan Books p 22 ISBN 978 1 84576 324 4 Manning Matthew K 2012 1960s In Gilbert Laura ed Spider Man Chronicle Celebrating 50 Years of Web Slinging London United Kingdom Dorling Kindersley p 34 ISBN 978 0756692360 Greenberger Robert ed December 2001 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time New York City Marvel Comics p 67 DeFalco 1960s in Gilbert 2008 p 117 To this day no one really knows why Ditko quit Bullpen sources reported he was unhappy with the way Lee scripted some of his plots using a tongue in cheek approach to stories Ditko wanted handled seriously Confidential Videotaped Deposition of John V Romita Garden City New York United States District Court Southern District of New York Marvel Worldwide Inc et al vs Lisa R Kirby et al October 21 2010 p 45 DeFalco 1960s in Gilbert 2008 p 119 After teasing the readers for more than two years Stan Lee finally allowed Peter Parker to meet Mary Jane Watson David and Greenberger p 38 Saffel A Legend is Born p 27 Manning 1960s in Gilbert 2012 p 46 Stan Lee tackled the issues of the day again when with artists John Romita and Jim Mooney he dealt with social unrest at Empire State University DeFalco 1960s in Gilbert 2008 p 122 Stan Lee wanted to create a new kind of crime boss Someone who treated crime as if it were a business He pitched this idea to artist John Romita and it was Wilson Fisk who emerged in The Amazing Spider Man 50 Lee Stan w Romita John Sr p Esposito Mike i Spider Man No More The Amazing Spider Man 50 July 1967 DeFalco 1960s in Gilbert 2008 p 119 The first original super villain produced by the new Spider Man team of Stan Lee and John Romita was the Rhino Lee Stan w Romita John Sr p Esposito Mike i The Horns of the Rhino The Amazing Spider Man 41 October 1966 DeFalco 1960s in Gilbert 2008 p 121 Lee Stan w Romita John Sr p Romita John Sr i The Sinister Shocker The Amazing Spider Man 46 March 1967 Lee Stan w Buscema John p Mooney Jim i The Night of the Prowler The Amazing Spider Man 78 November 1969 Lee Stan w Romita John Sr p Esposito Mike i The Schemer The Amazing Spider Man 83 April 1970 Sanderson Peter 1970s in Gilbert 2008 p 155 Marvel Team Up No 1 inaugurated a new series in which Spider Man teamed with a different hero in each issue Sanderson 1970s in Gilbert 2008 p 177 Spider Man already starred in two monthly series The Amazing Spider Man and Marvel Team Up Now Marvel added a third Peter Parker The Spectacular Spider Man initially written by Gerry Conway with art by Sal Buscema and Mike Esposito Giant Size Spider Man at the Grand Comics Database Spidey Super Stories at the Grand Comics Database Goodgion Laurel F 1978 Jana Varlejs ed Young Adult Literature in the Seventies A Selection of Readings Lanham Maryland The Scarecrow Press p 348 ISBN 0 8108 1134 0 Manning 1970s in Gilbert 2012 p 55 Captain George Stacy had always believed in Spider Man and had given him the benefit of the doubt whenever possible So in Spider Man s world there was a good chance that he would be destined to die a b Gil Kane at the Grand Comics Database Saffel Bucking the Establishment Marvel Style p 60 The stories received widespread mainstream publicity and Marvel was hailed for sticking to its guns Daniels pp 152 and 154 As a result of Marvel s successful stand the Comics Code had begun to look just a little foolish Some of its more ridiculous restrictions were abandoned because of Lee s decision Manning 1970s in Gilbert 2012 p 59 In the first issue of The Amazing Spider Man to be written by someone other than Stan Lee Roy Thomas was faced with the mammoth task of not only filling the vaunted writer s shoes but also solving the bizarre cliffhanger from the last issue Manning 1970s in Gilbert 2012 p 61 Stan Lee had returned to The Amazing Spider Man for a handful of issues after leaving following issue No 100 September 1971 With issue No 110 Lee once again departed the title into which he had infused so much of his own personality over his near 10 year stint as regular writer Manning 1970s in Gilbert 2012 p 62 The Amazing Spider Man 111 marked the dawning of a new era writer Gerry Conway came on board as Stan Lee s replacement Alongside artist John Romita Conway started his run by picking up where Lee left off Sanderson 1970s in Gilbert 2008 p 159 In June 1973 Marvel embarked on a story that would have far reaching effects The Amazing Spider Man artist John Romita Sr suggested killing off Spider Man s beloved Gwen Stacy to shake up the book s status quo Manning 1970s in Gilbert 2012 p 68 This story by writer Gerry Conway and penciler Gil Kane would go down in history as one of the most memorable events of Spider Man s life David and Greenberger p 49 The idea of beloved supporting characters meeting their deaths may be standard operating procedure now but in 1973 it was unprecedented Gwen s death took villainy and victimhood to an entirely new level Saffel Death and the Spider p 65 Death struck again with repercussions that would ripple through comics from that day forward Ross Andru at the Grand Comics Database Manning 1970s in Gilbert 2012 p 72 Writer Gerry Conway and artist Ross Andru introduced two major new characters to Spider Man s world and the Marvel Universe in this self contained issue Not only would the vigilante known as the Punisher go on to be one of the most important and iconic Marvel creations of the 1970s but his instigator the Jackal would become the next big threat in Spider Man s life Manning 1970s in Gilbert 2012 p 85 To signify the start of this new era Spider Man s new regular chronicler writer Len Wein would come onboard with this issue Manning 1970s in Gilbert 2012 p 103 As new regular writer Marv Wolfman took over the scripting duties from Len Wein and partnered with artist Ross Andru Peter Parker decided to make a dramatic change in his personal life Manning 1970s in Gilbert 2012 p 107 Spider Man wasn t exactly sure what to think about his luck when he met a beautiful new thief on the prowl named the Black Cat courtesy of a story by writer Marv Wolfman and artist Keith Pollard Martini Frank December 2013 Marv Wolfman s Bicentennial Battles Back Issue Raleigh North Carolina TwoMorrows Publishing 69 44 47 Manning 1980s in Gilbert 2012 p 115 Acclaimed writer Denny O Neil had returned to Marvel and took over as the regular writer on The Amazing Spider Man from issue No 207 August 1980 until the end of 1981 Manning 1980s in Gilbert 2012 p 114 Writer Denny O Neil and artist Frank Miller used their considerable talents in this rare collaboration that teamed two other legends Dr Strange and Spider Man Manning 1980s in Gilbert 2012 p 120 Writer Denny O Neil teamed with artist Frank Miller to concoct a Spider Man annual that played to both their strengths Miller and O Neil seemed to flourish in the gritty world of street crime so tackling a Spider Punisher fight was a natural choice Manning 1980s in Gilbert 2012 p 126 Writer Roger Stern moved from the helm of Peter Parker The Spectacular Spider Man to sit behind the wheel as the new regular writer of The Amazing Spider Man with this issue a b David and Greenberger pp 68 69 Writer Roger Stern is primarily remembered for two major contributions to the world of Peter Parker One was a short piece entitled The Kid Who Collects Spider Man his other major contribution was the introduction of the Hobgoblin Manning 1980s in Gilbert 2012 p 133 Writer Roger Stern and artists John Romita Jr and John Romita Sr introduced a new and frighteningly sane version of the Green Goblin concept with the debut of the Hobgoblin Cronin Brian May 10 2010 The Greatest Roger Stern Stories Ever Told Comic Book Resources Archived from the original on October 26 2011 Retrieved February 20 2012 Stern and guest artist Ron Frenz tell the heartfelt tale of a little boy who might be Spider Man s biggest fan Spidey visits the boy and has a nice talk with him and naturally there is a twist to the tale Priest Christopher J May 2002 Oswald Why I Never Discuss Spider Man DigitalPriest com Archived from the original on July 22 2012 Retrieved April 14 2013 The catalyst for my demise was my firing Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz off of Amazing Spider Man DeFalco 1980s in Gilbert 2008 p 231 The six issue story arc ran through all the Spider Man titles for two months Spider Man fictional character Britannica Archived from the original on January 25 2021 Retrieved January 25 2021 Manning 1980s in Gilbert 2012 p 169 In this landmark installment issue 298 one of the most popular characters in the wall crawler s history would begin to step into the spotlight courtesy of one of the most popular artists to ever draw the web slinger Singh Karanvir July 30 2012 Amazing Spider Man No 328 Cover Art by Todd McFarlane sells for a record 657 250 BornRich com Archived from the original on April 2 2013 Retrieved April 14 2013 Saffel Taking Stock The 1990s pp 185 186 Mark Bagley s run on The Amazing Spider Man at the Grand Comics Database Cowsill Alan 1990s in Gilbert 2012 p 197 Artist Mark Bagley s era of The Amazing Spider Man hit its stride as Carnage revealed the true face of his evil Carnage was a symbiotic offspring produced when Venom bonded to psychopath Cletus Kasady Cowsill 1990s in Gilbert 2012 p 199 Cowsill 1990s in Gilbert 2012 p 203 Comic Printing Errors Gemstone Publishing Archived from the original on June 15 2013 Retrieved April 17 2013 David Peter July 3 1998 The Illusion of Change Comics Buyer s Guide Archived from the original on March 5 2013 Retrieved April 17 2013 Marvel came up with the Spider Man clone Free of any of the baggage the character had accrued since the death of Gwen he was supposed to reconnect the audience to Spider Man The problem is all writing is a magic trick You try to pull fast ones on the audience so that they don t look too closely In this case it was easy to cast Marvel as Bullwinkle announcing his intention to pull a rabbit out of his hat and the fans as a skeptical Rocky loudly proclaiming That trick never works And it didn t Because fans don t like to be treated as if they re stupid a b Hunt James August 5 2008 The Marvel 500s How Many Are There Comic Book Resources Archived from the original on June 23 2013 Retrieved April 14 2013 Cowsill 1990s in Gilbert 2012 p 246 This new series heralded a fresh start for the web slinger s adventures Cowsill 2000s in Gilbert 2012 p 262 J Michael Straczynski and artist John Romita Jr took the helm in this issue to create some of the best Spider Man stories of the decade Straczynski J Michael w Romita John Jr p Hanna Scott i Interlude The Amazing Spider Man v2 37 January 2002 Straczynski J Michael w Garney Ron p Reinhold Bill i The War at Home The Amazing Spider Man 532 July 2006 Straczynski J Michael w Garney Ron p Reinhold Bill i The Night the War Came Home Part Two The Amazing Spider Man 533 August 2006 Cowsill 2000s in Gilbert 2012 p 316 The issue 573 also saw TV star Stephen Colbert team up with Spider Man in a back up story written by Mark Waid and drawn by Patrick Olliffe Cowsill 2000s in Gilbert 2012 p 319 With President Obama about to be inaugurated Marvel produced a special variant issue of The Amazing Spider Man complete with a five page back up strip co starring the President written by Zeb Wells and drawn by Todd Nauck Colton David January 7 2009 Obama Spider Man on the same comic book page USA Today Archived from the original on October 23 2012 Cowsill 2010s in Gilbert 2012 p 327 Written by Mark Waid and drawn by Paul Azaceta the two part opening mixed the real world drama of the economic meltdown with some Spidey action Cowsill 2010s in Gilbert 2012 p 334 Spidey s adventures were about to take an exciting new direction as Dan Slott became the title s sole writer Wigler Josh July 25 2010 CCI The Marvel Spider Man Panel Comic Book Resources Archived from the original on October 20 2013 Archive requires scrolldown Moore Matt December 26 2012 Marvel s Peter Parker in Perilous Predicament Associated Press via ABC News Archived from the original on December 26 2012 Retrieved December 29 2012 Hanks Henry December 31 2012 Events in landmark Spider Man issue have fans in a frenzy CNN Archived from the original on June 4 2013 Morris Steve September 12 2013 Marvel in December Welcome Back Peter Parker Bye Kaine The Beat Archived from the original on November 26 2013 Retrieved November 25 2013 Sacks Ethan January 12 2014 Exclusive Peter Parker to return from death in Amazing Spider Man 1 this April Daily News New York Archived from the original on July 12 2014 Retrieved January 13 2013 Miller John Jackson May 9 2014 April 2014 comics sales Amazing Spider Man 1 best selling issue of 21st Century Comichron com Archived from the original on July 19 2014 Arrant Chris June 30 2015 Peter Parker Stepped Up As High Tech Tycoon In Amazing Spider Man Newsarama Archived from the original on September 6 2015 Amazing Spider Man Being Relaunched By Spencer amp Ottley Comic Book Resources 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