Spider Man

The issue solicitation promises a revamp of many of ol' webhead's classic foes and starting with Electro, it does exactly that. Writer Mark Waid not only manages to craft a strong detailed tale of how Max Dilon became Electro but convincingly portrays Peter Parker's persona and all his baggage and angst as well. One other great thing going is the artwork of Paul Azaceta, which is strikingly reminiscent of vintage Jack Kirby with a dash of Steve Ditko going through a dark, moody phase. As all true believers know, Steve Ditko co-plotted with Stan Lee the very first issues of Spider-Man and also drew it. It's like the Amazing Spider-Man back to its roots. Three thumbs up.

first appeared in the comic book (Aug. 1962). The series was canceled with that issue, but response to the character was so positive that a solo title, , was launched with a March 1963 cover-date. is the character's flagship series. Most of the major characters and villains of the Spider-Man saga have been introduced here, and it is where key events occur. The title was published continuously until 1998 when Marvel Comics relaunched it with a new issue #1 (Jan. 1999), but on Spider-Man's 40th anniversary, this new title reverted to using the numbering of the original series, beginning again with issue #500 (Dec. 2003). No. 595 starts a five-part story arc entitled "American Son" that serves as a countdown to Amazing Spider-Man's landmark 600th issue.

is an ongoing superhero comic book series published by Marvel Comics beginning October 2000. It is a modernized re-imagining of Marvel's long-running Spider-Man comic book franchise as part of its Ultimate Marvel imprint. Ultimate Spider-Man exists alongside other revamped Marvel characters in Ultimate Marvel titles including , , and , and it was the first series to be published in the Ultimate Marvel line. It came about when then publisher Bill Jemas wanted to reinvent the Marvel Universe because he felt that, with over 40 years of back-story, it had become inaccessible to new readers, and he wanted to start with Spider-Man. Issue #133 is the conclusion to the 5-part storyline tie-in, notable for being a "silent" issue; i.e., completely without dialogue or even sound effects. Also includes the February 2009 bookslut.com interview of Ultimate Spider-Man writer Brian Michael Bendis by Paul Morton.

is a 4-issue limited series with cover dates December 2008 to March 2009 conceptualized to fit into the new Marvel Noir Universe under the Marvel Knights imprint. In this world, their more famous characters are re-imagined in the gritty, grainy world of detective novels and black and white movies, hence the cognomen, "noir." The setting is Manhattan immediately after the Great Depression...

Collects Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #402-404; Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #225-227; Spider-Man (1990) #59-61; Web of Spider-Man #125-127; New Warriors (1990) #61; Spider-Man: The Jackal Files; Spider-Man: Maximum Clonage Alpha, Omega.
The Clone Sage continues as Peter Parker is put on trial for murder! A new Green Goblin debuts! The mass murderer Kaine is killed! The Jackal unleashes an entire army of Spider-Man clones, including the new and deadly Spidercide! The Gwen Stacy clone returns! Spider-Man is hunted by the Punisher! Judas Traveler and the Scrier pull Spider-Man's strings like never before! And what will Peter do when he finds out that Ben Reilly is the one, true Spider-Man? Guest-starring the New Warriors!

A free Spider-Man promo comic book with a December 2010 cover date promoting the upcoming Spider-Man storyline "Big" as well as telling a synopsis of what has happened in the Spider-Man series over the last few years. Put otherwise, a single issue that provides an updated history of Spider-Man and friends and enemies. This one is a sleeper; that is, nobody seemed to pay much attention to it but it really does update fans and followers of Spider-Man who have somehow gotten lost amidst all the crossover events Marvel has had recently on where ol' webhead is, now. This comic book is in full color and in the standard 32-page format with the usual ads, and was distributed on a limited basis; free with purchase of Spider-Man comic books while supplies last. This was done with almost no fanfare, nary a mention in the marvel online news, save for its title embedded in a release list--even its solicitation is a simple one-liner, given that Marvel (and all comic book publishers, for that matter) always punctuates its solicits with exclamation points. I recommend this one. Writer(s): Mike Fichera, J D Korejko, Rob London.

is the name of a comic book series starring Spider-Man published by Marvel Comics for 129 issues between 1985 and 1995. It replaced as the third major Spider-Man title of the time. After #129 in October 1995, the title was renamed and started again at #1. After four issues of Web of Scarlet Spider, the series was cancelled to make way for the new title. In October 14, 2009, Web of Spider-Man relaunched with issue one having a Kaine centered story written by J.M. DeMatteis, as well as a Spider-Girl story by Tom DeFalco with art by Ron Frenz and still another bonus story. Issue #3 as with the previous issue ties in with the new storyline "The Gauntlet" with the origin of Rhino, written by Fred Van Lente with artist Nick Dragotta whose granular style very reminiscent of Jack Kirby perfectly enhances the origin story. These are big, double-sized comics, with another bonus Spider-Girl story.

First we have to clear up this thing about nomenclature: after the multi-issue crossover event, Marvel Comics' entire Ultimate imprint has been relaunched under the "Ultimate Comics" brand; in my (posted in Avaxhome by yours truly), is this brand's very first title to be released. Seemingly from its second issue the brand reverted to the original Ultimate Spider-Man title. However, it is now clear in Marvel's library and catalog classification that the title officially remains " Comics " with the words Ultimate and Spider-Man in boldface, although the comic book itself is simply titled Ultimate Spider-Man. For accuracy I'll use the library title. Anyway we all know this is the current ongoing series. For Issue #4 ol' webhead squares off with Mysterio.

Spider-Man first appeared in the comic book Amazing Fantasy #15 (Aug. 1962). The series was canceled with that issue, but response to the character was so positive that a solo title, , was launched with a March 1963 cover-date. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist and co-plotter Steve Ditko, and the pair produced 38 issues from 1963 to 1966. The Amazing Spider-Man title is the character's flagship series. Most of the major characters and villains of the Spider-Man saga have been introduced here, and it is where key events occur. The title was published continuously until 1998 when Marvel Comics relaunched it with a new issue #1 (Jan. 1999), but on Spider-Man's 40th anniversary, this new title reverted to using the numbering of the original series, beginning again with issue #500 (Dec. 2003). Issue #608 starts the new story arc, "Who was Ben Reilly?"