''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' is a

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and magazine series starring

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and published by

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. Following the success of Spider-Man's original series, ''

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'', Marvel felt the character could support more than one title. This led the company in 1968 to launch a short-lived magazine, the first to bear the ''Spectacular'' name. In 1972, Marvel more successfully launched a second Spider-Man ongoing series, ''

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'', in which he was paired with other Marvel heroes. A third monthly ongoing series, ''Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man'', debuted in 1976.

Magazine (1968)

''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' was initially a two-issue magazine published by Marvel in 1968, as an experiment in entering the black-and-white comic-magazine market successfully pioneered by

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and others. It sold for 35 cents when standard comic books cost 12 cents and ''Annual''s and ''Giant''s 25 cents. It represented the first Spider-Man spin-off publication aside from the original series' summer ''Annual''s, begun in 1964. The first issue (

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d July 1968) featured a painted, color cover by

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-magazine artist Harry Rosenbaum, in acrylic paint on illustration board, over layouts by ''

'' artist John Romita Sr. The 52-page

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Spider-Man story, "Lo, This Monster!", was by writer

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Romita Sr. and

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Jim Mooney. A 10-page origin story, "In The Beginning!", was by Lee, penciler

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and inker

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. The feature story was reprinted in color, with some small alterations and bridging material by

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, in ''

'' #116–118 (Jan.–March 1973) as "Suddenly...the Smasher!", "The Deadly Designs of the Disruptor!", and "Countdown to Chaos!" (with additional inking by Tony Mortellaro on the latter two). These versions were themselves reprinted in ''Marvel Tales'' #95–97 (Sept.-Oct. 1978). The second and final issue (Nov. 1968) also sported a painted cover and the interior was in color as well. Lee, Romita and Mooney again collaborated on its single story, "The Goblin Lives!", featuring the Green Goblin. A next-issue box at the end promoted the planned contents of the unrealized issue #3, "The Mystery of the TV Terror". A version of the Goblin story, trimmed by 18 pages, was reprinted in ''The Amazing Spider-Man Annual'' #9 (1973), and portions of the "TV Terror" costume were reused for the costume of the

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. Both issues of the magazine were reprinted in their entirety (albeit reduced to comic size) in the collection ''Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man'' #7 (), then again in '' Marvel Epic Collections: The Amazing Spider-Man'' #4 in 2019. The first issue was reprinted again in 2002 as ''The Spectacular Spider-Man Facsimile'', exactly as it was originally presented.

Volume 1 (1976–98)

Titled ''Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man'' on its December 1976 debut, and shortened to simply ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' with #134 (Jan. 1988), this was the second ''

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'' monthly comic-book spin-off series, after ''

'', which also featured Spider-Man. The monthly title ran 264 issues (including a #-1 issue) and 14 ''Annual''s until November 1998. The series was launched by writer/editor

and artist

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and Mike Esposito. Conway explained the concept and origin of the series: Buscema drew the title until mid-1978. After Buscema's departure, a succession of artists (including

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, Jim Mooney,

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and

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) penciled the series for approximately five years.

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, who would later become the artist on ''

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'', first drew the character in ''Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man'' #27. Scripting initially alternated between Conway and Archie Goodwin until mid-1977, when

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took over. During this era of ''Spectacular'', the stories focused more on Parker's campus life as an undergraduate student/teacher's assistant at Empire State University and giving more attention to his colleagues than to the more long-running supporting characters in ''Amazing''. Mantlo's first run on the title featured frequent appearances by the

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, Marvel's first

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superhero, and the first appearance of the supervillain

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. He used the series to wrap up unresolved plot elements from ''The

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'' comic book series and concluded his first run with a crossover with ''

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'' #218 (May 1980). Mantlo was succeeded by Roger Stern, who wrote for the title from #43 (June 1980) to 61 (December 1981). When Stern departed to write for ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', Mantlo returned to scripting ''Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man''; Mantlo's second tenure at the title lasted until April 1984. Mantlo's second run introduced the superhero duo

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, created by Mantlo and Hannigan in ''Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man'' #64 (March 1982), and included a story arc which took place from issues #73–79 (Dec. 1982 – June 1983), in which

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and the

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competed for control of the New York underworld, Octopus almost destroys New York with a nuclear device and the Black Cat is critically injured. Issue #86 (January 1984) was part of the "Assistant Editors Month" event and featured a story drawn by

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took over scripting as well as art on the title with issue #90 (May 1984) and worked on it through issue #100 (March 1985). Milgrom imbued the book with a more whimsical tone, for example, pitting Spider-Man against the Spot, a supervillain who was so ridiculous that he gave Spider-Man fits of laughter.

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, then-editor of the Spider-Man books, disapproved of this approach and had Milgrom replaced as writer by newcomer

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in 1985. David and artist

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, said Owsley, had the series "focusing on stories with a serious, 'grown-up' tone and more complex themes". The most notable story arc of the David/Buckler era is "

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" (#107–110 (Oct. 1985–Jan. 1986)), in which Spider-Man's ally, NYC Police Captain Jean DeWolff – a supporting character in the Spider-Man comics since 1976 – is murdered by the vigilante/serial killer the

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. This multi-part story guest-starred

. The storyline " Fearful Symmetry: Kraven's Last Hunt" by writer

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and artists

and Bob McLeod crossed over into ''Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man'' #131 and 132. With issue #134 (Jan. 1988), the "Peter Parker" part of the title was removed and the series became simply ''The Spectacular Spider-Man''. The logo changed from a distinctive design to using the same design as that of ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' and the 1968 ''Spectacular Spider-Man'' magazine; this logo did not change until issue #218 (Nov. 1994). Sal Buscema returned as the regular artist, staying with the title from early 1988 to late 1996; throughout the series' run, Buscema drew over 100 issues, making him by far the series' most frequent contributor. After his story arc "Return of the Sin-Eater" (#134–136 (Jan.–March 1988)), Peter David was removed as writer. Editor Owsley said editor-in-chief

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"disliked Peter's work intensely". David, in a 2005 interview, believed, "I was fired off ''Spider-Man'' because it was felt at the upper editorial level that a novice comic-book writer shouldn't be handling the adventures of Marvel's flagship character". Former series writer Gerry Conway, who additionally wrote ''

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'' from 1988 to 1990, returned to ''Spectacular'', after which he left both books to become a story editor on the TV series ''

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''. Conway stated in 1991 that "I understand the character a lot better now than I did when I was nineteen. And one of the nice things about the Marvel characters is that you can keep them fresh by changing them just a bit." His 1988–1991 run on ''Spectacular'' included such story arcs as the "Lobo Brothers Gang War", and the conflict between ''

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'' editor Joe Robertson and his former friend, the

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criminal Tombstone. He used his joint duty as ''Web of Spider-Man'' writer to tie together storylines in the two separate titles and strengthen the continuity between them. Throughout their run, Conway and Buscema collaborated using the Marvel method, occasionally working out details of the plot over the phone.

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became the regular writer in mid-1991, injecting a grim, psychological tone into the series. DeMatteis began his run with the story arc "The Child Within" (#178–184 (July 1991–Jan. 1992)), featuring the return of the

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version of the Green Goblin. As written by DeMatteis, Harry sank further into insanity and gained the same super-strength possessed by his father, battling Spider-Man again in #189 (June 1992), before being killed in #200 (May 1993). In an undated 2000s interview, DeMatteis said, "I really loved the two years on ''Spectacular Spider-Man'' that I wrote with Sal Buscema drawing. Talk about underrated! Sal is one of the best storytellers and a wonderful collaborator. I loved that run." During this period, Spider-Man editor Danny Fingeroth would hold conferences in New York with all the Spider-Man creative staff, allowing them to brainstorm ideas and discuss future storylines. DeMatteis left the book in mid-1993 to write ''The Amazing Spider-Man''.

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had a brief run before the book was set adrift with a succession of fill-in issues which ran through late 1994, when former ''Amazing Spider-Man'' writer

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took over. By this time, all the Spider-books were being affected by the controversial "

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" that culminated with ''Spectacular Spider-Man'' #226 (July 1995), and Fingeroth convinced DeFalco that the series needed a regular writer to help guide the crossover story. This story revealed (though it was later reversed) that the Spider-Man who had appeared in the previous 20 years of comics was a clone of the real Spider-Man. This tied into a publishing gap after #229 (Oct. 1995), when the title was temporarily replaced by '' The Spectacular Scarlet Spider'' #1–2 (Nov.–Dec. 1995), featuring the "original" Peter Parker. The series picked up again with #230 (Jan. 1996). Initially newcomer Todd Dezago wrote the scripts for DeFalco's plots, since DeFalco was already writing two other series and wanted to groom DeZago to be the long-term writer on ''Spectacular Spider-Man''. Todd Dezago then wrote for a year before DeMatteis returned through May 1998. DeMatteis later commented, "We did some nice stories, like the one about Flash Thompson's childhood. But, in general, I don't hold that last run...very dear to my heart." Luke Ross succeeded Sal Buscema as the artist and remained until the series ended, but there was no regular writer for the last half-year with

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, Roger Stern, John Byrne and

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all contributing during this time. The final issue was #263 (Nov. 1998).

Volume 2 (2003–05)

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). The book's primary pencillers were

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and Mark Buckingham. The comic included the storyline '' Spider-Man: Disassembled'' in which Spider-Man met a new enemy called the Queen who wanted him as her mate. Her kiss caused him to slowly mutate into a giant spider who metamorphosed into human form with enhanced strength and agility, along with organic webbing and a psychic link with insects and arachnids. This comic also included the sequel to " Sins Past", " Sins Remembered", in which Peter went to Paris to meet Sarah Stacy and resolved the issues between them.

''Spectacular Spider-Man Adventures''

''Spectacular Spider-Man Adventures'' was a title published by

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in the United Kingdom from November 1995 to September 2005, although the ''Adventures'' portion of the title was often dropped from the cover page. It featured a mix of reprinted American material, as well as originally produced British material. ''Spectacular'' was aimed at a younger audience than Panini's other Spider-Man reprint title '' Astonishing Spider-Man'' and was loosely based on the continuity of the 1990s animated series.

Volume 3 (2017–18)

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as writer, with

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providing the artwork. Notable recurring characters included Teresa Durand,

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, and original character Rebecca London. Various issues, as well as the one ''Annual'', were illustrated by guest artists; Kubert's final issue as artist was #307, excluding covers. Zdarsky left the series with issue #310. The series ended with issue #313, the final three issues being a tie-in to the ''

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'' crossover event written by Sean Ryan.

Collected editions

* '' Essential Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man'' ** Volume 1 collects issues #1–31, 568 pages, May 2005, ** Volume 2 collects issues #32–53, ''Annual'' #1–2, 592 pages, February 2006, ** Volume 3 collects issues #54–74, ''Annual'' #3, 536 pages, March 2007, ** Volume 4 collects issues #75–96, ''Annual'' #4, 576 pages, August 2009, ** Volume 5 collects issues #97–114, ''Annual'' #5, 576 pages, July 2011, * ''Spider-Man: The Original Clone Saga'' includes #25–31, 149, 162–163, ''Annual'' #8, 496 pages, July 2011, * ''Spider-Man by Roger Stern Omnibus'' includes #43–61, 85, ''Annual'' #3, 1296 pages, April 2014, * ''Spider-Man: Origin of the Hobgoblin'' ** First printing includes #85, 160 pages, May 1993, ** Second printing includes #43, 47–48, 85, 256 pages, December 2011, * ''Spider-Man: The Complete Alien Costume Saga'' ** Book 1 includes #90–95, 488 pages, August 2014, ** Book 2 includes #96–100, ''Annual'' #4, 504 pages, May 2015, * ''Life in the Mad Dog Ward'' – includes #133, 144 pages, November 2013, * ''Tombstone'' – includes #137–150, 368 pages, June 2016, * ''The Amazing Spider-Man: The Death of Jean DeWolff'' ** First printing collects #107–110, 96 pages, April 1991, ** Second printing collects #107–110, 134–136, 168 pages, March 2013, * ''

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Omnibus'' includes ''Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man'' #111, 1,184 pages, May 2009, * ''Spider-Man vs. Silver Sable Vol. 1'' includes #128–129, 144 pages, January 2006, * '' The Amazing Spider-Man – Fearful Symmetry: Kraven's Last Hunt'' includes #131–132, 164 pages, December 1991, * ''

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Omnibus'' includes ''Spectacular Spider-Man Annual'' #8, 472 pages, September 2011, * '' Atlantis Attacks Omnibus'' includes ''Spectacular Spider-Man Annual'' #9, 552 pages, March 2011, * ''Spider-Man: The Cosmic Adventures'' includes #158–160, 192 pages, March 1993, * ''Acts of Vengeance Omnibus'' includes #158–160, 744 pages, March 2011, * ''Spider-Man: Son of the Goblin'' includes ''Spectacular Spider-Man'' #189 and 200, 144 pages, July 2004, * ''

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'' includes ''Spectacular Spider-Man'' #201–203, 336 pages, December 2006, * ''Spider-Man and the New Warriors: Hero Killers'' includes ''Spectacular Spider-Man Annual'' #12, 232 pages, March 2012, * ''Spider-Man: The Complete Clone Saga Epic'' ** Book 1 includes ''Spectacular Spider-Man'' #217, 424 pages, April 2010, ** Book 2 includes ''Spectacular Spider-Man'' #218–221, 480 pages, June 2010, ** Book 3 includes ''Spectacular Spider-Man'' #222–224, 464 pages, September 2010, ** Book 4 includes ''Spectacular Spider-Man'' #225–227, 480 pages, December 2010, ** Book 5 includes ''Spectacular Spider-Man'' #228–229 and ''Spectacular Spider-Man Super Special'' #1, 472 pages, February 2011, * ''Spider-Man: The Complete Ben Reilly Epic'' ** Book 2 includes ''Spectacular Spider-Man'' #230, 424 pages, November 2011, ** Book 3 includes ''Spectacular Spider-Man'' #231–233, 432 pages, January 2012, ** Book 4 includes ''Spectacular Spider-Man'' #234, 464 pages, April 2012, ** Book 5 includes ''Spectacular Spider-Man'' #235–239, 464 pages, July 2012, ** Book 6 includes ''Spectacular Spider-Man'' #240–241, 448 pages, November 2012, * ''Spider-Man: Revelations'' includes ''Spectacular Spider-Man'' #240, 112 pages, October 1997, * ''Spider-Man: Spider-Hunt'' includes ''Spectacular Spider-Man'' #254–256, 272 pages, June 2012, * ''Spider-Man: Identity Crisis'' includes ''Spectacular Spider-Man'' #257–258, 200 pages, May 2012, * ''Spider-Man: Hobgoblin Lives'' includes ''Spectacular Spider-Man'' #259–261, 184 pages, May 2011, * ''Spider-Man: The Gathering of Five'' includes ''Spectacular Spider-Man'' #262–263, 248 pages, January 2014, * ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' ** Vol. 1: ''The Hunger'' collects ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' (vol. 2) #1–5, 120 pages, December 2003, ** Vol. 2: ''Countdown'' collects ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' (vol. 2) #6–10, 120 pages, May 2004, ** Vol. 3: ''Here There Be Monsters'' collects ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' (vol. 2) #11–14, 144 pages, October 2004, ** Vol. 4: ''Disassembled'' collects ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' (vol. 2) #15–20, 136 pages, December 2004, ** Vol. 5: ''Sins Remembered'' collects ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' (vol. 2) #23–26, 96 pages, May 2005, ** Vol. 6: ''The Final Curtain '' collects ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' (vol. 2) #21–22 and 27, 144 pages, October 2005, * ''Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man'' ** Vol 1: ''Into The Twilight'' collects ''Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man'' (vol. 3) #1–6 and material from ''Free Comic Book Day 2017 (Secret Empire)'' #1, 144 pages, December 2017, ** Vol 2: ''Most Wanted'' collects ''Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man'' #297–300, 112 pages, April 2018, ** Vol 3: ''Amazing Fantasy'' collects ''Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man'' #301–303 and ''Annual'' #1, 112 pages, August 2018, ** Vol 4: ''Coming Home'' collects ''Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man'' #304–310, 112 pages, December 2018, ** Vol 5: ''Spider-Geddon'' collects ''Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man'' #311–313, ''Spider-Geddon: Spider-Man Noir Video Comic'' #1 and ''Spider-Geddon: Animated Video Comic'' #1, 112 pages, February 2019,

References

External links

''The Spectacular Spider-Man''
at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators *
''The Trades'' (Aug. 14, 2002): "Peter David: An Apropos Conversation"
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