| Peter Parker: Spider-Man | |
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 Cover of Spider-Man #1 (August 1990) Art by Todd McFarlane | |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Genre | Superhero |
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| No. of issues | List
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| Main character(s) | Spider-Man |
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Peter Parker: Spider-Man (alternatively known as Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man or simply Spider-Man) is the name of three comic book series published by Marvel Comics, both of which feature the character Spider-Man.
The series originally was conceived as a showcase for Todd McFarlane. McFarlane, who until then had only been known as an artist, was hugely popular at the time and the series was created by editor Jim Salicrup so that McFarlane could pencil, ink, and write a Spider-Man title of his own, starting with the "Torment" storyline.
The series was a massive sales success, with over 2.5 million copies printed. [1] [2] McFarlane stayed on the title until issue #16 (November 1991) in which the story was printed in a landscape format. [3] He created the character Spawn and help found Image Comics in 1992. [4] He was succeeded on the title by Erik Larsen, who had succeeded McFarlane on The Amazing Spider-Man two years earlier, and would later join him in the founding of Image. Larsen wrote and drew the six-issue story arc "Revenge of the Sinister Six" (#18–23). [5] Writer Don McGregor and artist Marshall Rogers crafted a two-part story in issues #27–28 dealing with gun violence. [6]
After that came a quick procession of different contributors, including writers Tom DeFalco, Ann Nocenti, David Michelinie, J. M. DeMatteis, and Terry Kavanagh, and pencillers Ron Frenz, Klaus Janson, and Jae Lee. The rotating creative team was solidified with Spider-Man #44 (March 1994) when writer Howard Mackie and penciller Tom Lyle took over the title; Lyle lasted until issue #61, and Mackie for over six years. [7]
The series played a key role throughout the "Clone Saga", becoming one of two Spider-Man titles that shifted focus to the new Ben Reilly Scarlet Spider character (the other being Web of Spider-Man ) with issue #51 (November 1994). [8] The series' run was interrupted by that saga in issues #63 and 64 (Nov.–Dec. 1995), when the title was renumbered to #1 and renamed Scarlet Spider . Spider-Man resumed with #65 (Jan. 1996), with Ben Reily replacing Peter Parker as Spider-Man.
Intended as a permanent change, Reilly's status as the new Spider-Man was cut short when Bob Harras was named new Editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics in February 1996, and ordered the reinstatement of the character's Peter Parker identity. Spider-Man was the title which depicted this and in #75 (December 1996), by Mackie and John Romita Jr., Ben Reilly was killed by the resurrected original Green Goblin – who had seemingly died in The Amazing Spider-Man #122 (July 1973) – and Peter Parker returned to the role of Spider-Man. That same issue, the title of the series was changed to Peter Parker: Spider-Man to concretely establish that the original Spider-Man was being depicted. [9]
The series had a brief interlude in July 1997 with Marvel's one-month "Flashback" event, when all Marvel titles were numbered −1 and each was set before the events of Fantastic Four #1. This #−1 was published between issues #81 and 82. [10] The series then continued uninterrupted until the arrival of John Byrne to the Spider-Man titles heralded a relaunch of the entire line. The series was cancelled with #98 (Nov. 1998) featuring part of "The Gathering of Five and The Final Chapter" storyline and relaunched as (vol. 2) almost immediately afterward.
Peter Parker: Spider-Man (vol. 2) was a monthly comic book series published by Marvel Comics that ran for 57 issues between 1999 and 2003.
This series was a continuance of (vol. 1), with the creative team of Howard Mackie and John Romita Jr. having migrated to the new series. [11] In June 2001, Marvel began a dual numbering system on all its titles that had been relaunched and renumbered. The first issue of Peter Parker: Spider-Man to be dual-numbered was listed as both #30 and #128 on the cover – the second figure achieved by adding the total of issues of the new volume (30) to the first volume's 98. The comic's legal indicia, printed on the title page, still listed the series as (vol. 2) #30.
Mackie and Romita Jr. remained through issue #20 (August 2000) when writer Paul Jenkins and artist Mark Buckingham became the new creative team. [12] Jenkins would write the character over different titles for the next five years. Buckingham and Jenkins left Peter Parker: Spider-Man after issue #50 (Jan. 2003) and were briefly succeeded by writer Zeb Wells and an assortment of artists on what was meant to be a two-issue story before cancellation, but due to delays on the replacement book, became seven issues before the title was finally retired with issue #57 (Aug. 2003). This series was replaced with a new Spider-Man title, Spectacular Spider-Man (vol. 2), which debuted with the team of Jenkins and penciller Humberto Ramos, running for 27 issues until 2005.
In September 2018, J. J. Abrams, his son Henry Abrams, and artist Sara Pichelli teamed up for volume 3, simply called Spider-Man, a limited series.
In July 2022, it was announced that Dan Slott would return to the Spider-Man franchise in October of that year, teaming with veteran Spider-Man artist Mark Bagley for the first time. Their title, simply called Spider-Man, is a monthly ongoing which connects to the status quo of the Amazing Spider-Man run from Zeb Wells and John Romita Jr. The first storyline for the issue is "The End of Spider-Verse", the climactic chapter of the Spider-Verse trilogy begun in 2014 and furthered with Spider-Geddon in 2018. [13]
The Amazing Spider-Man is an ongoing American superhero comic book series featuring the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man as its title character and main protagonist. Being in the mainstream continuity of the franchise, it was the character's first title, launching seven months after his introduction in the final issue of Amazing Fantasy. The series began publication with a March 1963 cover date and has been published nearly continuously to date over six volumes with only one significant interruption. Issues of the title currently feature an issue number within its sixth volume, as well as a "legacy" number reflecting the issue's overall number across all Amazing Spider-Man volumes. The title reached 900 issues in 2022.
Spider-Man is a superhero in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, he first appeared in the anthology comic book Amazing Fantasy #15 in the Silver Age of Comic Books. He has been featured in comic books, television shows, films, video games, novels, and plays.
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John Salvatore Romita is an American comics artist best known for his extensive work for Marvel Comics from the 1970s to the 2010s. He is the son of artist John Romita Sr.
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Todd McFarlane was at the top of his game as an artist, and with Marvel's release of this new Spidey series he also got the chance to take on the writing duties. The sales of this series were nothing short of phenomenal, with approx. 2.5 million copies eventually printing, including special bagged editions and a number of variant covers.
{{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)Marvel knew a good thing when they saw it, and the adjectiveless Spider-Man received Marvel's most aggressive launch in company history...the initial press run was 2.35 million, and 500,000 additional copies were printed to meet demand.
The series proved to be such a hit that McFarlane left the book after [working on] fifteen issues to found his own company, Image Comics, with other well-known creators.
{{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)After Larsen left, the series ultimately went to Howard Mackie for the duration of its run.
