Amazing Spider-Man (1st series)

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Amazing Spider-Man (1st series)
Publisher/Imprint: 
Marvel
Publication Date: 
March 1963 to November 1998
Issue Numbering: 
#1-441
Overview: 

Following his first appearance in Amazing Fantasy #15 in late 1962, Spider-Man began his first ongoing series in early 1963. Title ran for 35 years, ending in 1998 as part of a soft-reboot by John Byrne. This reboot began with a 12-issue Spider-Man: Chapter One miniseries, followed by Amazing Spider-Man (2nd series). This second series resumed "legacy" numbering after #58. Spider-Man (4th series) also resumed legacy numbering after its #32.

Annuals / Specials: 

Series had 31 to 39 annuals, depending on how one might count. There were originally 28 numbered annuals, running from 1964 to 1994. Annual was replaced in 1995 by a "Super Special." In 1996 annuals resumed but were numbered by the year in which they appeared ('96, '97, 1998, 1999, 2000 & 2001. The latter three annuals (1999 to 2001) are more accuratelty associated with Amazing Spider-Man (2nd series), though they are technically the same Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1st series). 

Amazing Spider-Man (2nd series) resumed 1st series "legacy" numbering after #58 in 2003. In 2008, it resumed annuals and utilized legacy numbering. A total of 5 annuals between 2008 & 2012 were published th numbering #35-39. In 2014, Amazing Spider-Man (3rd series) was launched and in 2015 it had its own Annual #1, making that Amazing Spider-Man Annual (2nd series) #1. Subsequent Amazing Spider-Man annuals utilized #1s, complicating numbering schemes.

Years Published Name of Series Issue Numbering Brief Description
1963 to 1998 Amazing Spider-Man (1st series) #1-441 original series
1999 to 2003 Amazing Spider-Man (2nd series) #1-58 John Byrne, post-Chapter One, JMS
2003 to 2014 Amazing Spider-Man (1st series) - continued #500-700.5 JMS, Dan Slott - One More Day, Brand New Day
2014 to 2015 Amazing Spider-Man (3rd series) #1-20.1
2015 to 2017 Amazing Spider-Man (4th series) #1-32
2017 to 2018 Amazing Spider-Man (1st series) - continued #789-801
2018 to 2022 Amazing Spider-Man (5th series) #1-93
2022 Amazing Spider-Man (6th series) ongoing Zeb Wells' series, "What Did Peter Do?"

Significant / "first" issues:

#1 - first Chameleon, J. Jonah Jameson
#2 - first Vulture
#3 - first Doctor Octopus
#4 - first Sandman, Betty Brant
#6 - first Lizard
#9 - first Electro
#10 - first Enforcers
#13 - first Mysterio
#14 - first Green Goblin (Normal OSborn)
#15 - first Kraven the Hunter
#20 - first Scorpion
#25 - first Spider-Slayers, Spencer Smythe, Mary Jane Watson (partial)
#28 - first Molten Man
#31 - first Gwen Stacy
#36 - first Looter
#38 - last Steve Ditko issue
#39-40 - Osborn unmasked as Goblin
#41 - first Rhino
#42 - first full Mary Jane Watson
#46 - first Shocker
#48 first Vulture II (Blackie Drago)
#56 - first Captain Stacy
#78 - first Prowler
#81 - first Kangaroo
#90 - death of Captain Stacy
#113 - first Hammerhead
#121 - death of Gwen Stacy
#122 - death of Green Goblin (Norman Osborn)
#129 - first Punisher
#134 - first Tarantula
#139 - first Grizzly
#143 - first Cyclone I
#144 - Gwen Stacy clone
#146 - first Jackal
#149 - first clone saga ends
#167 - first Will o' the Wisp
#172 - first Rocket Racer
#176 - first Green Goblin II (Bart Hamilton)
#180 - death of Green Goblin II
#185 - Peter Parker graduates college
#194 - first Black Cat
#210 - first Madame Web I
#212 - first Hydro-Man
#222 - first Speed Demon
#229-230 - vs. Juggernaut
#238-239 - first Hobgoblin
#252 - first black costume
#253 - first Rose
#255 - first Black Fox
#256-257 - first Puma
#257 - secret of Symbiote revealed
#263 - first Spider-Kid
#272 - first Slyde
#280-281 - first Sinister Syndicate
#282 - X-Factor crossover
#298 - first Todd McFarlane
#299 - first full Venom
#344 - first Cardiac
#361 - first Carnage
#365 - 30th anniversary


 

Crossovers/Events/Major Stories:

#248 - the Kid Who Collected Spider-Man
#268, 273-274 - Secret Wars II
#279 - Missing in Action
#284-288 - Gang War
#290-292 - Peter proposes to Mary Jane
#293-294 - Kraven's Last Hunt (parts 2 & 5)
#311-313 - Inferno
#320-325 - Assassin Nation Plot
#326-329 - Acts of Vengeance
#334-#339 - Return of the Sinister Six
#341-343 - Powerless
#353-358 - Round Robin: the Sidekick's Revenge
#361-363 - Carage
#378-380 - Maximum Carnage (parts 3, 7 & 11)
#390-393 - Shrieking
#403 - Trial of Peter Parker pt 2
#404 - Maximum Clonage pt 3
#405 - Exiled pt 2
#406 - Greatest Responsibility pt 1
#408 - Media Blizzard pt 2
#409 - Return of Kaine pt 3
#410 - Web of Carnage pt 2
#411-412 - Blood Brothers pt 2 & 6
#415 - Onslaught
#418 - Revelations pt 3
#440 - Gathering of Five pt 2
#441 - Final Chapter pt 1 (last issue)





 

 

 

 

 

Last Updated: 
12th May 2024 by Douglas Mangum