Betrayed by his body and suffering the painful effects of his slow transformation from man to arachnid, Spidey must once again confront the architect of his metamorphosis - the Queen! But only Captain America holds the key to her defeat!

At his lowest ebb, struggling to hold onto the last vestige of the humanity buried deep inside him, Spidey is lent a helping hand by one of Earth's Mightiest Heroes!

Spider-Man and Sarah, the daughter of Gwen Stacy, end up halfway around the world in Paris, and into the sights of a mysterious new enemy!

Peter learns the truth about Gwen Stacy's daughter Sarah as a deadly enemy strikes! This is what it's all been building to, folks!

Paul Jenkins wraps up his five-year tenure as a Spider-Man writer and brings SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN to a close in a moving, self-contained tale that reunites him with artist Mark Buckingham.

While Peter Parker deals with his feelings over the crippling of one of his friends, his alter-ego, Spider-Man, must deal with the half-human, half alien symbiote, Venom.

Spidey's arch-foe Doctor Octopus is sporting an updated new look and a new plan to ruin the wall-crawler's life once and for all. Doc Ock gives him an ultimatum: for the safe release of the Palestinian ambassador he's holding hostage, Spider-Man must reveal his secret identity to the entire world! International intrigue and web-spinning action combine as Spider-Man's newest movie menace ups the ante on their long-time rivalry. Collects SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #6-10

He's struggled for years to control the coiled reptile that dwells deep within his heart. But now, at the end of his rope, one bad day will change Dr. Curt Connors' life forever—and the Lizard will stalk the streets once more As Connors' self-destructive behavior escalates, Spider-Man must try to corral his out-of-control friend. But the Lizard may force the wall-crawler to kill, rather than cure Plus: On a rooftop in the Bronx sits a sad handicapped man. A prisoner of his own crippled body, how will a battle between the wall-crawler and Morbius, the Living Vampire, change his life?

Spider-Man's life is thrown into turmoil as he begins to undergo a shocking transformation - one that may well leave the web-slinger scarred forever What is the cause of this strange mutation - and how does it connect to the troubles plaguing the Avengers? Betrayed by his body and suffering the painful effects of his slow transformation from man to arachnid, Spidey must confront the architect of his metamorphosis - the Queen But only Captain America holds the key to her defeat Tie-in to the Avengers Disassembled storyline running throughout Marvel titles in 2004. Collects SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #15-20.