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The Amazing Spider-Man

Comic book series

Comic book series

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imageAmazingSpider-Man1.jpg
captionThe Amazing Spider-Man No. 1 (March 1963)
Cover art by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko
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creatorsStan Lee
Steve Ditko
subcatSpider-Man
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the comic book series

Cover art by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko Steve Ditko

The Amazing Spider-Man is an ongoing American 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.

The series began as a bimonthly periodical before being increased to monthly after four issues. It was the character's sole monthly headlining title until Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man would launch in 1976. After 441 issues, The Amazing Spider-Man was restarted in 1999 as issue No. 1 of Volume 2. It ran for 58 issues before reverting to the title's overall issue number with #500 in 2003. The series ran essentially continuously over the first two volumes from 1963 until its landmark 700th issue at the end of 2012 when it was replaced by The Superior Spider-Man as part of the Marvel NOW! relaunch of Marvel's comic lines. The title was occasionally published biweekly during the first two volumes, and was published three times a month from 2008 to 2010. After the relaunch of Action Comics and Detective Comics, The Amazing Spider-Man briefly became the highest-numbered active American comic book.

The Amazing Spider-Man returned with volume 3 in April 2014 following the conclusion of The Superior Spider-Man story arc after 31 issues. In late 2015, the series was relaunched with a fourth volume following the 2015 Secret Wars event. After 45 years, the volume was once again relaunched as part of Marvel Legacy, returning to the overall "legacy" numbering with issue No. 789 in late 2017. Less than a year later, the series was relaunched again with a fifth volume as part of Marvel's Fresh Start. For the first time, although the issue numbers were again restarted from #1, the issues also bore the overall "legacy" issue number. A sixth volume commenced in April 2022 to celebrate Spider-Man's 60th anniversary. Since the second volume, the title has had various release schedules, including monthly and bi-weekly, among others.

Publication history

Writer-editor Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Steve Ditko created the character of Spider-Man, 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) when Marvel Comics relaunched it as vol. 2 No. 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 No. 500 (Dec. 2003) and lasting until the final issue, No. 700 (Feb. 2013).

YearsWriterIssues
1963–1972, 1973, 1980, 1984Stan Lee#1-100, #105-110, #116-118, #200 (epilogue), Annual #1-5, #18
1971–1972Roy Thomas#101-104
1972–1975Gerry Conway#111-149, Giant-Size Super-Heroes #1
1975–1978Archie Goodwin#150, #181, Annual #11
1975–1978Len Wein#151-181, Annual #10
1976–1978, 1981, 1983Bill Mantlo#181, #222, Annual #10-11, #17
1978–1980Marv Wolfman#182-204, Annual #13
1978Jim Starlin#187
1980, 1987–1994David Michelinie#205, #290-292, #296-352, #359-375, #377-388, Annual #21
1980, 1982–1984, 2009–2010Roger Stern#206, #224-227, #229-252, #580, #627-629, Annual #16-17
1980–1982Dennis O’Neil#207-219, #221, #223, Annual #14-15
1980Jim Shooter#208
1980Mark Gruenwald#208
1981Michael Fleisher#220
1981, 1987, 1994–1995J. M. DeMatteis#223, #293-294, #389-406
1982Jan Strnad#228
1984–1987, 1992–1993, 1996–1998Tom DeFalco#251-261, #263, #265, #268-285, #365, #375, #407-439, #-1
1985Bob Layton#262
1985Craig Anderson#264
1985–1987Peter David#266-267, #278, #289
1985Louise SimonsonAnnual #19
1986Jo Duffy#278
1987Jim Owsley#284-288
1987Ann Nocenti#295
1987Jim ShooterAnnual #21
1991–1993Al Milgrom#353-358, #371-372
1993Steven Grant#376-377
1995Todd Dezago#404-405
1998John Byrne#440-441
1998–2003J. Michael Straczynski#442-499 (vol. 2 #1-58)
2003–2007J. Michael Straczynski#500-545
2008–2013, 2017–2018Dan Slott#546–548, #559–561, #564, #568–573, #581–582, #590–591, #600, #618–621, #647–660, #662–676, #678–700, #789-801; #679.1, #699.1
2008–2010Marc Guggenheim#549-551, #564-567, #574, #584-588, #608-610, #647
2008Bob Gale#552-554, #558, #562-564, #647
2008–2010Zeb Wells#555-557, #577, #583, #630-633, #636, #647
2008–2010Joe Kelly#575-577, #595-599, #606-607, #611-612, #617, #625, #634-637
2009–2012Mark Waid#578-579, #583, #592-594, #601, #612-614, #623-624, #642-646, #647, #677
2009–2011Fred Van Lente#589, #602-605, #615-616, #622, #626, #647, #654, #659-660
2010Tom Peyer#623-624
2010Joe Quesada#638-641
2011–2013, 2017–2018Christos Gage#661-662, #664, #695-697, #790, #794-795
2012Christopher Yost#679.1, #680-681
2013Joe Keatinge#699.1
2014David Morrell#700.1-700.2
2014Joe Casey#700.3-700.4
2014Brian Reed#700.5

Pencilers

YearsPencilerIssues
1963–1966Steve Ditko#1–38, Annual #1-2
1966–1974, 1992, 2003John Romita Sr.#39-75, #82-88, #93–95, #106–119, #132, #365, #500, Annual #3-4
1968Larry LieberAnnual #5
1968Don Heck#57, #59-63, #66
1969–1970, 1980Jim Mooney#68-69, #71, #80, #84-87, #207
1969–1970John Buscema#72-73, #76-81, #84-85
1970–1973, 1975–1976Gil Kane#89-92, #96–105, #120–124, #150, Annual #10
1973–1978Ross Andru#125–131, #133–149, #151–153, #156–180, #182–185
1976–1979, 1985–1986Sal Buscema#154-155, #181, #198-199, #266, #272
1978–1981Keith Pollard#186, #188, #191-195, #197, #200-205
1978Jim Starlin#187
1979–1980John Byrne#189-190, #206, Annual #13
1979Al Milgrom#196
1980–1984, 1987, 1998, 2003–2004, 2008–2009John Romita Jr.#208, #210-218, #223–227, #229–236, #238–250, #290-291, #432, #500-508, #568-573, #584–585, #587-588, #600, Annual #16
1980Alan Weiss#209
1980–1981Frank MillerAnnual #14-15
1981Luke McDonnell#219
1981, 1985Bob McLeod#220, #267
1981, 1987Alan Kupperberg#221, #285-286, #288-289
1981–1983Bob Hall#222, #237
1982–1986Rick Leonardi#228, #253-254, #279, #282
1983Ed HanniganAnnual #17
1984–1986, 1996Ron Frenz#248, #251-252, #255–261, #263, #265, #268-277, #280-281, #283-284, Annual #18, Annual ‘96
1985Bob Layton#262
1985Paty Cockrum#264
1985Mary WilshireAnnual #19
1986Tom Morgan#274, #289
1986James Fry#274
1986Mike Harris#278
1986–1987Brett Breeding#280, #284
1986Mark BeachumAnnual #20
1987, 1989-1991Erik Larsen#287, #324, #327, #329-344, #346-350
1987-1988Alex Saviuk#292, #296-297
1987Mike Zeck#293-294
1987Cindy Martin#295
1988-1990Todd McFarlane#298-323, #325, #328
1991-1996Mark Bagley#345, #351-358, #361-365, #368–375, #378–404, #407–415
1992Chris Marrinan#359-360
1992Jerry Bingham#366-367
1992Scott McDanielAnnual #26
1993Jeff Johnson#376-377
1995Darick Robertson#405
1995Angel Medina#406
1996, 2006-2007Ron Garney#416-417, #529, #532-543
1996-1997Steve Skroce#418-421, #425-428
1997–1998Joe Bennett#422-424, #429-431, #434-436, #-1
1997–1998Tom Lyle#433, Annual ‘97-‘98
1998Rafael Kayanan#437, #439-441
1998Scott Kolins#438
2004–2006Mike Deodato#509-528
2006Tyler Kirkham#530-531
2007, 2010Joe Quesada#544-545, #638-641
2008Steve McNiven#546-548
2008Salvador Larroca#549-551
2008–2009Phil Jimenez#552-554, #565-567, #595
2008–2010Chris Bachalo#555-557, #575-576, #630-633
2008–2009Barry Kitson#558, #574, #577, #583, #586, #590-591, #594, #602, #604
2008–2011, 2018Marcos Martin#559-561, #578-579, #618-620, #655-657, #800-801
2008–2009, 2011Mike McKone#562-563, #581-582, #592-594, #606-607, #660
2008–2009Paulo Siqueira#564, #589, #596, #598-599
2008Mark Pennington#566
2008Andy Lanning#567
2009–2010Paolo Rivera#577, #638-641
2009–2010Lee Weeks#580, #627-629
2009Klaus Janson#582
2009–2010, 2013Marco Checchetto#597-599, #608-610, #636-637, #699.1
2009Stephen Segovia#599
2009Mario Alberti#601
2009Robert Atkins#603
2009–2011Javier Pulido#605, #615-617, #620, #658, #661
2009Adriana Melo#607
2009–2010Luke Ross#608-610
2010Eric Canete#611
2010Paul Azaceta#612-614, #623-624, #642-646
2010Ken Niimura#612
2010Max Fiumara#617, #625, #647
2010Michael Lark#621, #634-637
2010Joe Quinones#622
2010Javier Rodriguez#624
2010Michael Gaydos#626
2010, 2012Emma Rios#631-633, #677
2011–2013, 2018Humberto Ramos#648-651, #654.1, #667–672, #676, #678–679, #684–685, #692–694, #699–700, #800
2011–2012Stefano Caselli#652-654, #657, #659-660, #666, #673, #682-683, #686-687
2011Ty Templeton#657
2011Nuno Plati#657
2011Reilly Brown#661-662
2011–2013, 2018Giuseppe Camuncoli#663-665, #674-675, #680-681, #688-691, #695-697, #700, #800
2011, 2018Ryan Stegman#665, #792-793
2012Matthew Clark#679.1
2013Richard Elson#698
2013Valentine De Landro#699.1
2014Klaus Janson#700.1-700.2
2014Timothy Green#700.3-700.4
2014Sean Chen#700.5
2017–2018Stuart Immonen#789–791, #794, #797–800
2018Mike Hawthorne#795-796, #800
2018Nick Bradshaw#800

Vol. 2 (1999–2003)

Writers

YearsWriterIssues
1999–2001Howard Mackie(vol. 2) #1-13, #15-29
2000John Byrne#13-14
2001–2003J. Michael Straczynski#30-58

Pencilers

YearsPencilerIssues
1999–2000John Byrne(vol. 2) #1-18
2000Erik Larsen(vol. 2) #19-21
2000–2003John Romita Jr.(vol. 2) #22-27, #30-58
2001Joe Bennett(vol. 2) #28
2001Lee Weeks(vol. 2) #29

Vol. 3 (2014–2015)

Writers

YearsWriterIssues
2014–2015Dan Slott#1-18
2015Gerry Conway#16.1-20.1

Pencilers

YearsPencilerIssues
2014–2015Humberto Ramos(vol. 3) #1-6, #8, #16-18
2014–2015Giuseppe Camuncoli(vol. 3) #1, #7-9, #12–15
2015Olivier Coipel(vol. 3) #9-11
2015Carlo Barberi#16.1-20.1

Vol. 4 (2015–2017)

Writers

YearsWriterIssues
2015–2017Dan Slott#1-32

Pencilers

YearsPencilerIssues
2015–2017Giuseppe Camuncoli#1–5, #9–16, #19–24
2016Matteo Buffagni#6-8
2016R.B. Silva#17-18
2017Stuart Immonen#25-31
2017Greg Smallwood#32

Vol. 5 (2018–2022)

Writers

YearsWriterIssues
2018–2021Nick Spencer#1-74; #18.HU-20.HU; #50.LR-54.LR
2020–2021Matthew Rosenberg#50.LR-54.LR
2021Ed Brisson#68-69
2021Christos Gage#74
2021–2022Zeb Wells#75-76, #86, #93; #92.BEY
2021–2022Kelly Thompson#77-78, #91-92
2022Jed MacKay#87-88, #92; #78.BEY, #92.BEY
2022Cody Ziglar#79-80, #84-85; #80.BEY, #92.BEY
2022Saladin Ahmed#81-82
2022Patrick Gleason#83, #89-90
2022Geoffrey Thorne#88.BEY

Pencilers

YearsPencilerIssues
2018–2020Ryan Ottley#1-5, #11-13, #16, #23-25, #30-31, #37, #41-43, #49
2018–2021Humberto Ramos#6-10, #17-18, #20, #22, #25, #49, #74
2018Steve Lieber#6-7
2019Michele Bandini#9-10
2019Chris Bachalo#14-15
2019Alberto Jimenez Alburquerque#16
2019Gerardo Sandoval#19, #21
2019–2022Patrick Gleason#25, #32-34, #50-52, #55, #61-62, #75-76, #83, #93
2019Kev Walker#25-28
2019Francesco Manna#29
2020, 2022Jan Bazaldua#35-36, #88.BEY
2020Iban Coello#38-40
2020José Carlos Silva#40
2020Kim Jacinto#44
2020, 2022Bruno Oliveira#44; #92.BEY
2020–2022Mark Bagley#45, #48–49, #53–54, #56–57, #60, #64, #66–69, #74, #89-90, #93; #92.BEY
2020–2021Marcelo Ferreira#46-47, #58-59, #67-69, #72-74
2021Federico Vicentini#63-65, #70-72
2021Federico Sabbatini#65, #71
2021–2022Carlos Gómez#67-69, #72-74, #81, #87; #80.BEY
2021Ze Carlos#68-69, #72-74
2021Travel Foreman#75
2021–2022Sara Pichelli#77-78, #91-93
2021–2022Jim Towe#78, #88.BEY
2022Elenora Carlini#78.BEY
2022Michael Dowling#79-80, #86, #88
2022Jorge Fornes#82
2022Paco Medina#84-85; #80.BEY
2022Ivan Fiorelli#80.BEY
2022Fran Galán#91-92; #92.BEY
2022José Carlos Silva#92
2022Luigi Zagaria#92.BEY

Vol. 6 (2022–2025)

Writers

YearsWriterIssues
2022–presentZeb Wells#1-18, #21-60
2022–2023Dan Slott#6, #31
2022Daniel Kibblesmith#6
2022Jeff Loveness#6
2023–2025Joe Kelly#19-20, #61-62, #65, #69-70
2023Celeste Bronfman#31
2023Cale Atkinson#31
2023Albert Monteys#31
2023Steve Foxe#31
2024-2025Justina Ireland#63-64, #66-68
2025Derek Landy#65.DEATHS
Christos Gage#68.DEATHS

Pencilers

YearsPencilerIssues
2022–2024John Romita Jr.#1-5, #7-8, #11-13, #21-26, #31, #39-44, #49, #55-60
2022–2025Ed McGuinness#6, #15-18, #27-30, #37-38, #50-54, #60-62, #69-70
2022–2023Patrick Gleason#9, #32-36, #60
2022Nick Dragotta#10
2023Michael Dowling#14
2023Kyle Hotz#14
2023Terry Dodson#14, #19-20
2023Ryan Stegman#14
2023Ze Carlos#31
2023Emilio Laiso#31, #55
2024Carmen Carnero#45-46
2024Todd Nauck#47-48, #51-54
2024Gleb Melnikov#63-64
2025CAFU#65
2025Kev Walker#65.DEATHS
2025Andrea Broccardo#66-68
2025Mark Buckingham#68.DEATHS

Collected editions

See: Spider-Man Collected Editions

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  72. 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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  74. 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."
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