Talk:Peter Parker: Spider-Man

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Why does Spider-Man (Comic) redirect here?--Heathcliff 01:27, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Because this title was originally called Spider-Man and I thought that it was conceivabe that someone might type in Spider-Man (Comic) trying to find it. I didnt think there could be any other interpretations of that phrasing really, am I missing something? Hueysheridan 17:02, 29 July 2005 (UTC)tshepo kibodya

Ah yes, stupid question on my part. Thanks for clearing it up.--Heathcliff 02:10, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

Actually, I'd imagine someone who doesn't know comics, and might be using this encuclopedia, might be looking for the anchor title, The Amazing Spider-Man. Wouldn't a redirct to a disambiguation page make some sense? The various titles could be listed with disambig pages' usual line of explanation each. (I know the Spider titles are listed at the page bottom, but if I were coming to it cold, I'd think "Spider-Man" was the anchor series, not "The Amazing Spider-Man"). -- Tenebrae 04:20, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

This is completely WRONG. "Peter Parker: Spider-Man" is a COMPLETELY different title than "Spider-Man"! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.69.170.255 (talk) 17:44, 29 July 2016 (UTC)

Request for citation

I've commented-out (but did not erase; it's still there) a phrase about Spider-Man #1 being the best-selling comic book of all time. That's quite a claim and I believe it needs a citation. How many copies was it? Did this information come from Marvel, or from Wizard repeating Marvel's claim, or was it independently confirmed via the publically available circulation figures that the comics publish once a year? Golden Age comics used to sell in the millions — Superman and Captain Marvel in particular — so it's important to know from where this claim comes. A specific figure would be good, so that it can be compared to other available figures for confirmation. -- Tenebrae 04:20, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

I can't remember the nos, but I'm certain I've read it somewhere before (although it was topped by X-Force #1, then X-Men #1)

Oh, and the original title was just Spider-Man. It only became PP:SM post-Reilly. - SoM 11:08, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

POV or what?

Is it me or was this article written to be the "Gospel according to a critical fan", especially regards Howard Machie? Where are the sources for the claim that Mackie was "widely" considered the weakest of the writers at the time? Also I recall the clone saga didn't have that many one calendar month storylines (and also Spectacular appears to have been the last book of the month).

...volume two of Peter Parker: Spider-Man was widely considered to be the more "readable" of the two due to the fact that the title did not suffer from editorially mandated crossovers with the equally controversial "Spider-Man Chapter One" and the John Byrne written "Spider-Woman" relaunch.

Erm what crossovers with Chapter One? And PP:SM had some naff crossovers of its own with other titles - issue 2 with Thor, an early one with some convoluted Avengers saga and so forth.

Does anyone with a full run to hand want to try giving the article a complete replacement? Timrollpickering 01:51, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Most of the POV material is from a recent and extensive anonymous edit. Ive restored the article to an earlier, more neutral, version. Hueysheridan 20:10, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Volumes

I don't think this is correct. The indicia for what you are calling volume 1, simply saying "Spider-Man", regardless of the change to the cover. Traditionally with comic books, the official titles and volumes follow what the indicia says, not the cover. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.69.170.255 (talk) 14:25, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

This comment is old, but remains unaddressed. This article misrepresents the subject as written. The first volume was simply titled "Spider-Man" for its entire run, and that's the title Marvel themselves still use for it. See Marvel's series page on Marvel.com: https://www.marvel.com/comics/series/2069/spider-man_1990_-_1998

As a result of this take, the opening line of the article is factually incorrect. I suggest something like this: "Spider-Man is the name of a comic book series published by Marvel Comics, launched in 1990. Later issues of this series displayed "Peter Parker: Spider-Man" on the cover, which would become the official title of Volume 2, launched in 1999." BeetleMkII (talk) 05:57, 17 June 2020 (UTC)