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Timeline of Events in Spider-Man Comics – 1963-2012

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Similar to our popular X-Men Timeline of Events, we've gone ahead and done one for the Ol' Webhead himself.  This list details the major happenings that have a lasting effect on Peter Parker, which are either still in play today, or at least changed Spidey's world for a significant period of time. SPOILER WARNING! If you haven't already guessed, this list of events will spoil what happens in Spider-Man comics. The dates listed below are in relation comics published this year (2013) are current, Read more [...]
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Spider-Man Chronology ’82-’85: Indispensable Spider-Man Pt 6

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It's a great time to be a Spider-Man fan! In this edition of the Indispensable Spider-Man, we look at issues roughly between 1982 and 1985, which contains some of Spider-Man's best stories.  Nothing Stops the Juggernaut.  The Kid Who Collected Spider-Man.  The Owl vs. The Octopus.  Secret Wars.  The First Hobgoblin Saga.  All these stories rank consistently and high in many person's list, and make this one of the best Spider-Man chronology periods. Again, to recap, here's the criteria Read more [...]
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Spider-Man Chronology ’79-’82: Indispensable Spider-Man Pt 5

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Hello Again, True Believers! The Indispensable Spider-Man returns once again this week, bringing you just the essential issues of the Spider-Man chronology between 1979 and 1982. You'll notice that we are compressing the number of years included per post.  The reason is twofold; first, because we look for good jumping on points/endings that delimit the era, such as new creative teams, new series launches or just the beginning of an important arc.  The number of years each post will span from Read more [...]
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Spider-Man Chronology ’75-’79: Indispensable Spider-Man Pt 4

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Thanks for "swinging" on by again, Spider-Fan! It's time for another installment of our amazing, spectacular, sensational, deadly foe-y and, most importantly, essential - no, wait - indispensable (!) Spider-Man Chronology.  This week, we look (mostly) at issues published between '75-'79. For those of you who are new, here is the lowdown on this Spider-Man Chronology listing: It is a pared down chronological Spider-Man reading order It is limited to just the essential issues so you can Read more [...]
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Spider-Man Chronology ’71-’76: Indispensable Spider-Man Pt 3

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Merry Marvelous Salutations, comic fans! As the week draws to a close, we bring you another installment of the Indispensable Spider-Man, this time featuring the Spider-Man chronology from '71-'76. (No, you didn't miss anything; Marvel hasn't published yet another adjectived Spider-title.  It's our series on the most essential issues chronicling the adventures of Peter Parker as Spider-Man in Marvel's 616 Universe.  This week, we focus on the issues published between 1971 and 1976 in the Read more [...]

Spider-Man and the Black Cat Comic Book Essentials

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Continuing on the theme of essential issues of Spider-Man love interests (see the Mary Jane Watson and Gwen Stacy posts), the next logical essential issues list subject is Felicia Hardy, the Black Cat. Spider-Man and the Black Cat Essential Issues The Black Cat's First Appearance The Black Cat made her first few appearances in the Amazing Spider-Man #194, almost immediately after MJ left the picture. She first plays more of an enemy than ally. She "drowns" in Amazing Spider-Man #195 Spider-Man Read more [...]

The Secret Origin of the Modern Spider-Man Look

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Looking back through my Spider-Man back issue reading journey, I am discovering for myself the contribution each writer and artist had in bringing the Spider-Man look and tone out of the Silver Age, through the Bronze Age and into the Copper and even Modern Age of Comics. One of the main things I noticed, and of which I will be elaborating, is how much Todd McFarlane's run on Amazing Spider-Man overshadows other important runs, and how much Spectacular Spider-Man ran the stories that would fit much Read more [...]