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Web of Spider-Man (1985)
Series · 5 books · 1891-2017

Books in series

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#1

Spider-Man

Birth of Venom

2007

Collects Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #252-259, #300 and #315-317, Web Of Spider-Man (1985) #1 and material from Secret Wars #8, Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #298-299, Fantastic Four #274, Amazing Spider-Man Annual #25. The Beyonder's Battleworld might seem a strange place to get new threads, but it's Spider-Man who becomes unraveled when his shape-changing costume attempts to darken his life as well as his fashion sense! But ridding himself of his riotous raiment proves an even greater mistake when its alien enmity bonds with mortal madness to form our hero's most dedicated decimator! Plus: the first appearances of Puma and the Rose! Mary Jane Watson's startling secret! And the debut of the battling...Bag-Man!? Guest-starring the Black Cat, the Fantastic Four and more!
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#1

The Amazing Spider-Man

Birth of Venom

1891

Venom: a symbiotic life form that embodies all of Spider-Man's powers in one terrifying dark vision... Spider-Man rejects the sentient alien life form that had become his all-powerful iconic black costume, and the sinister creature is forced to find a new victim. Consumed with hatred for Spider-Man, a trait it shares with its new host - Eddie Brock, the wall-crawler's deadliest enemy is born... The Amazing Spider-Man #252, 256-259 + 300, Web Of Spider-Man #1 and excerpt from The Amazing Spider-Man #299
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#29-32

Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection, Vol. 17

Kraven's Last Hunt

2017

Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson are getting married! But Kraven the Hunter is going to make sure the wall-crawler ends up six feet under... literally! It begins with an all-time classic encounter with Wolverine that changes Spidey's life forever, and leads to the death of one of his best friends! In the wake of tragedy, Peter pops the question - but the honeymoon will be short-lived, as Kraven goes to extreme lengths to prove himself better than his greatest foe! The Hunter will learn that it's one thing to defeat Spider-Man - but quite another to expect him to stay down! VOLUME 17: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) 289-294, ANNUAL 20-21; SPIDER-MAN VERSUS WOLVERINE; PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN (1976) 131-132, ANNUAL 7; WEB OF SPIDER-MAN (1985) 31-32
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#31-32

The Amazing Spider-Man

Kraven's Last Hunt

1987

Writer J.M. DeMatteis and artist Mike Zeck craft the ultimate tale of revenge in this groundbreaking and legendary collection! Kraven the Hunter has stalked and killed every animal known to man. But there is one beast that has eluded him. One quarry that has mocked him at every turn: the wall-crawling web-slinger known as Spider-Man. And to prove that he is the hero's master, he will pull on his costume and become him... after he shoots and buries him six feet under! Collects Web of Spider-Man #31-32, Amazing Spider-Man #293-294 and Spectacular Spider-Man #131-132
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#59-61

Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection, Vol. 20

Cosmic Adventures

2013

With great power comes great responsibility but what happens with unlimited cosmic power? When a science experiment goes wrong, Peter Parker's spider-powers are enhanced to an unbelievable degree! And the timing can't be beat - because with a cabal of deadly villains unleashing unpredictable attacks on Marvel's heroes, Spider-Man will need all his newfound power just to survive! But who or what is the real force behind Spidey's cosmic empowerment? And what is the battle he is destined to fight? Plus: Spider-Man teams up with the Punisher and deals with the return of Venom! COLLECTING: Amazing Spider-Man 326-333 & Annual 24, Spectacular Spider-Man 158-160 & Annual 10, Web of Spider-Man 59-61 & Annual 6

Authors

John Byrne
John Byrne
Author · 43 books

Librarian note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name John Lindley Byrne is a British-born Canadian-American author and artist of comic books. Since the mid-1970s, Byrne has worked on nearly every major American superhero. Byrne's better-known work has been on Marvel Comics' X-Men and Fantastic Four and the 1986 relaunch of DC Comics’ Superman franchise. Coming into the comics profession exclusively as a penciler, Byrne began co-plotting the X-Men comics during his tenure on them, and launched his writing career in earnest with Fantastic Four (where he also started inking his own pencils). During the 1990s he produced a number of creator-owned works, including Next Men and Danger Unlimited. He also wrote the first issues of Mike Mignola's Hellboy series and produced a number of Star Trek comics for IDW Publishing.

Jim Owsley
Author · 1 books
Comic book writer who legally changed name to Christopher J. Priest circa 1993.
Stan Lee
Stan Lee
Author · 155 books

Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber) was an American writer, editor, creator of comic book superheroes, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics. With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Thor as a superhero, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Scarlet Witch, The Inhumans, and many other characters, introducing complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books. He subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation.

Mike Zeck
Mike Zeck
Author · 1 books
Michael J. Zeck, known professionally as Mike Zeck, is an American comics artist. He is best known for his work for Marvel Comics on such series as Captain America, Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars, Master of Kung-Fu, and The Punisher as well as the "Kraven's Last Hunt" storyline in the Spider-Man titles.
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