The superhero Spider-Man has appeared in many American comic books published by Marvel Comics since he first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962). The character has since been featured in various storylines, forming longer story arcs. These particular arcs have been given special names and have gone through various reprints over the years. During the 1960s and 1970s, these story arcs normally only lasted three issues or less (sometimes only one, such as the classic story "Spider-Man No More!") and would appear in Spider-Man's main comic book title The Amazing Spider-Man. "The Death of Jean DeWolff" was the first popular story arc outside The Amazing Spider-Man, as it appeared in the third monthly ongoing series of The Spectacular Spider-Man.
Description
editStarting in the 1980s, more Spider-Man comic book titles became popular, with Spider-Man storylines being connected to different comics. Story arcs become longer than in previous decades, such as "Kraven's Last Hunt", "Maximum Carnage", and the "Clone Saga". Spider-Man story arcs could be found in titles such as The Amazing Spider-Man, The Spectacular Spider-Man, Web of Spider-Man, Spider-Man Unlimited, and Peter Parker: Spider-Man. During the 21st century, the more popular Spider-Man story arcs would mostly be found in The Amazing Spider-Man, with some arcs taking as long as a year to complete.
Comics such as "Secret Wars", "Spider-Island" and "Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy" are crossover comic books and sometimes move away from Spider-Man titles and involve other comic books.
Known storylines
edit| Storyline | Issue(s) | Publication date | Writer(s) | Penciller(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "If This Be My Destiny...!"[1][2] | The Amazing Spider-Man #31–33 | December 1965 – February 1966 | Stan Lee Steve Ditko |
Steve Ditko |
| "How Green Was My Goblin!"[3] | The Amazing Spider-Man #39–40 | August 1966 – September 1966 | Stan Lee | John Romita Sr. |
| "Spider-Man No More!"[4][5] | The Amazing Spider-Man #50–52 | July 1967 – September 1967 | Stan Lee | John Romita Sr. |
| "Doc Ock Wins!"[6] | The Amazing Spider-Man #53–56, 58 | October 1967 – January 1968 | Stan Lee | John Romita Sr. |
| "Lo, This Monster"[7] | The Spectacular Spider-Man (magazine) #1–2 | July–November 1968 | Stan Lee | John Romita Sr. |
| "The Lifeline Tablet Saga"[8] | The Amazing Spider-Man #68–77
Spider-Man: Lifeline #1–3 |
January–October 1969 | Stan Lee | John Romita Sr. |
| "The Death of Captain Stacy" | The Amazing Spider-Man #87–92 | August 1970 – January 1971 | Stan Lee | Gil Kane |
| "Green Goblin Reborn!"[9][10] | The Amazing Spider-Man #96–98 | May–July 1971 | Stan Lee | Gil Kane |
| "The Six Arms Saga"[1][11] | The Amazing Spider-Man #100–102 | September–November 1971 | Stan Lee Roy Thomas |
Gil Kane |
| "The Night Gwen Stacy Died"[1][12] | The Amazing Spider-Man #121–122 | June–July 1973 | Gerry Conway | Gil Kane |
| "The Original Clone Saga"[13] | The Amazing Spider-Man #139–150 Giant-Size Spider-Man #5 Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #25–31, 149, 162–163 and Annual #8 What If? #30 |
December 1974 – November 1975
December 1978 – June 1979 |
Gerry Conway
Various |
Ross Andru
Various |
| "The Return Of The Burglar"[14] | The Amazing Spider-Man #193–200 | June 1979 – January 1980 | Marv Wolfman | Various |
| "Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut!"[15][16] | The Amazing Spider-Man #229–230 | June–July 1982 | Roger Stern | John Romita Jr. |
| "Hyde & Seek"[17] | The Amazing Spider-Man #231–232 | August–September 1982 | Roger Stern | John Romita Jr. |
| "The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man"[12] | The Amazing Spider-Man #248 | January 1984 | Roger Stern | Ron Frenz |
| "Secret Wars" | The Amazing Spider-Man #249–252 | February–May 1984 | Jim Shooter | |
| "The Alien Costume Saga"[18] | The Amazing Spider-Man #252–263 Marvel Team-Up #141–150 Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #90–100 Web of Spider-Man #1 |
1984–1985 | Various | Various |
| "The Death of Jean DeWolff"[12][19] | Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #107–110 | October 1985–January 1986 | Peter David | Rich Buckler |
| "The Wedding!"[20][21] | The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21 | 1987 | Jim Shooter David Michelinie |
Paul Ryan |
| "Fearful Symmetry: Kraven's Last Hunt"[5][19] | Web of Spider-Man #31–32 The Amazing Spider-Man #293–294 Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #131–132 |
October–November 1987 | J. M. DeMatteis | Mike Zeck |
| "Venom Strikes Back"[17] | The Amazing Spider-Man #315–317 | May–June 1989 | David Michelinie | Todd McFarlane |
| "Torment"[22] | Spider-Man #1–5 | August–December 1990 | Todd McFarlane | Todd McFarlane |
| "The Return of the Sinister Six" | The Amazing Spider-Man #334–350 | July 1990–August 1991 | David Michelinie | Erik Larsen |
| "Invasion of the Spider-SlayerS" | The Amazing Spider-Man #368–373 | November 1992–January January | David Michelinie | Mark Bagley |
| "Maximum Carnage" | Spider-Man Unlimited #1–2 Web of Spider-Man #101–103 The Amazing Spider-Man #378–380 Spider-Man #35–37 The Spectacular Spider-Man #201–203 |
May–August 1993 | Various | Various |
| "The Clone Saga"[23] | Various | October 1994-December 1996 | Various | Various |
| "Planet of the Symbiotes" | The Amazing Spider-Man Super Special #1 Spider-Man Super Special #1 The Spectacular Spider-Man Super Special #1 Web of Spider-Man Super Special #1 |
June–October 1995 | David Michelinie | Various |
| "Identity Crisis" | The Amazing Spider-Man #434–435 The Sensational Spider-Man #27–28 Peter Parker: Spider-Man #91–92 The Spectacular Spider-Man #257–258 |
May–June 1998 | Todd Dezago Howard Mackie Tom DeFalco J. M. DeMatteis |
|
| "The Gathering of Five" | The Amazing Spider-Man #440 The Sensational Spider-Man #32–33 Peter Parker: Spider-Man #96 The Spectacular Spider-Man #262 |
1998 | Todd Dezago John Byrne Howard Mackie |
|
| "The Final Chapter" | The Amazing Spider-Man #441 Peter Parker: Spider-Man #97–98 The Spectacular Spider-Man #263 |
1998 | Todd Dezago John Byrne Howard Mackie |
|
| "Flowers for Rhino"[21][24] | Spider-Man's Tangled Web #5–6 | October–November 2001 | Peter Milligan | |
| "The Book of Ezekiel" | The Amazing Spider-Man #503–508 | January–June 2004 | J. Michael Straczynski John Romita |
|
| "The Other" | Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #1–4 Marvel Knights Spider-Man #19–22 The Amazing Spider-Man #525–528 |
December 2005–March 2006 | Peter David Reginald Hudlin J. Michael Straczynski |
|
| "Civil War" | The Amazing Spider-Man #529–538 | April 2006–March 2007 | J. Michael Straczynski | Ron Garney |
| "Back in Black" | The Amazing Spider-Man #539–543 | April–October 2007 | J. Michael Straczynski | Ron Garney |
| "One More Day"[25] | The Amazing Spider-Man #544–545 Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #24 The Sensational Spider-Man (vol. 2) #41 |
November 2007–January 2008 | J. Michael Straczynski Joe Quesada |
Joe Quesada |
| "Brand New Day" | The Amazing Spider-Man #546–564 | January–July 2008 | Dan Slott Marc Guggenheim Bob Gale Zeb Wells |
|
| "Kraven's First Hunt"[26] | The Amazing Spider-Man #565–567 | August–October 2008 | Marc Guggenheim | Phil Jimenez |
| "New Ways to Die" | The Amazing Spider-Man #568–573 | August–October 2008 | Dan Slott | John Romita Jr. |
| "Spidey Meets the President!"[27] | The Amazing Spider-Man #583 | 2009 | Zeb Wells | Todd Nauck Frank D'Armata |
| "Died in Your Arms Tonight" | The Amazing Spider-Man #600–601 | July–August 2009 | Various | Various |
| "Red-Headed Stranger" | The Amazing Spider-Man #602–605 | August–September 2009 | Various | Various |
| "Return of the Black Cat" | The Amazing Spider-Man #606–611 | September 2009–January 2010 | Joe Kelly | Mike McKone Eric Canete |
| "The Gauntlet" | The Amazing Spider-Man #612–633 | November 2009–June 2010 | Various | |
| "Grim Hunt" | The Amazing Spider-Man #634–637 | August–July 2010 | Various | |
| "One Moment in Time" | The Amazing Spider-Man #638–641 | September–October 2010 | Joe Quesada | |
| "Origin of the Species"[28] | The Amazing Spider-Man #642–647 | November–December 2010 | Various | Various |
| "Big Time" | The Amazing Spider-Man #648–656 | November 2010–March 2011 | Dan Slott | |
| "Spider-Island" | The Amazing Spider-Man #666–673 Additional Marvel Comics comic books, the majority having Spider-Island featured in front of their title Venom (vol. 2) #6–8 |
August–November 2011 | Dan Slott | Stefano Caselli |
| "Ends of the Earth" | The Amazing Spider-Man #682–687 (along with one Special) The Avenging Spider-Man #8 |
March–June 2012 | Dan Slott | Stefano Caselli |
| "Dying Wish" | The Amazing Spider-Man #698–700 | November–December 2012 | Dan Slott | Humbertos Rambos Richard Elson |
| "Spider-Verse" | Various | November 2014 – February 2015 | Dan Slott | Olivier Coipel Giuseppe Camuncoli |
| "Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy" | The Amazing Spider-Man #19–24 | 2016 | Dan Slott | Jim Cheung Giuseppe Camuncoli |
| "Go Down Swinging" | The Amazing Spider-Man #797–800 | 2018 | Dan Slott | Nick Brashaw Humberto Ramos Giuseppe Camuncoli Stuart Immonen Marcos Martin Mike Hawthorne |
| "Spider-Geddon" | Various | 2018 | Christos Gage | Jorge Molina |
| "Hunted" | The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 5) #16–23 | February – June 2019 | Nick Spencer | Humberto Ramos Ryan Ottley |
| "Absolute Carnage" | Various | August 2019 | Donny Cates | Ryan Stegman |
| "Sins Rising" | 2020 | |||
| "Last Remains" | ||||
| "Sinister War" | 2021 | |||
| "Dark Web" | 2022 | |||
| "End of the Spider-Verse" | ||||
| "Contest of Chaos" | 2023 | |||
| "Gang War" | ||||
See also
editReferences
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- ^ Daniels, Les (1991). Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics. Harry N. Abrams. p. 129. ISBN 9780810938212.
- ^ Lee, Stan (w), Romita, John Sr. (p), Esposito, Mike (i). "Doc Ock Wins" The Amazing Spider-Man, no. 39–40 (August–September 1966).
- ^ Lee, Stan (w), Romita, John Sr. (p), Esposito, Mike (i). "Spider-Man No More!" The Amazing Spider-Man, no. 50–52 (July 1967).
- ^ a b "The 25 greatest Spider-Man stories: Part 4". IGN. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ Lee, Stan (w), Romita, John Sr. (p), Esposito, Mike (i). "Doc Ock Wins" The Amazing Spider-Man, no. 53–56 (October 1967).
- ^ "Spectacular Spider-Man: Lo, This Monster (Trade Paperback) | Comic Issues | Marvel". Marvel Entertainment. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
- ^ "Spider-Man: The Lifeline Tablet Saga (Trade Paperback) | Comic Issues | Marvel". Marvel Entertainment. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
- ^ Wright, Bradford W (2001). Comic Book Nation. Johns Hopkins Press. ISBN 0-8018-7450-5.
- ^ Cronin, Brian. "50 Greatest Spider-Man Stories Master List: Part 3". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ "50 Greatest Spider-Man Stories Master List: Part 2". Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ a b c "The 25 greatest Spider-Man stories of all time: Part 5". IGN. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ "Spider-Man: The Original Clone Saga (Trade Paperback) | Comic Issues | Marvel". Marvel Entertainment. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
- ^ "Return of the Burglar (Story Arc)". Comic Vine. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ^ "The Greatest Roger Stern Stories Ever Told!". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on 26 October 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ "The 25 greatest Spider-Man stories: Part 3". IGN. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ a b "Spider-Man: Wizard Masterpiece Edition". gooreads. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ ""The Amazing Spider-Man: The Complete Alien Costume Saga"". Comic Vine. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ a b "50 Greatest Spider-Man Stories Master List: Part 4". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ "The 25 greatest Spider-Man stories: Part 1". IGN. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ a b Cronin, Brian. "50 Greatest Spider-Man Stories Master List: Part 1". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ Fingeroth, Danny (July 31, 2007). "From Write Now #16: The Writin' Side of Me: The Todd McFarlane Interview". Newsarama. Retrieved June 15, 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "The 25 greatest Spider-Man stories: Part 2". IGN. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ Serafino, Jason. "The top 25 Spider-Man stories of all time". Complex.com. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ Marchman, Tim. ""Worst Comic Book Ever!: While superheroes dominate the box office, the medium that birthed them has moved on."". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ ""Kraven's First Hunt"". Comic Vine. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ Last, Jonathan V. (24 April 2015). "It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's… Obama". Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company.
- ^ ""Origin of the Species"". Comic Vine. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
External links
edit- Spider-Man Story arcs, on Marvel Wikia