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Spider-Man's Tangled Web #15

"The Collaborator" - 22 Pages

Writer - Paul Pope
Artist - Paul Pope
Inker - Paul Pope
Cover - Paul Pope

 

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Webspinners: Tales of Spider-Man #15

"Blackout" - 22 Pages

Writer - Rurik Tyler
Artist - Rurik Tyler
Inker - Bud LaRosa
Cover - Rurik Tyler

 

[Themanofbat]

Amazing Fantasy #15

"Spider-Man!" - Part 1 - 6 Pages, Part 2 - 5 Pages

Writer - Stan Lee
Artist - Steve Ditko
Cover - Jack Kirby (Inked by Steve Ditko)

"The Bell-Ringer!" - 3 Pages
"Man In The Mummy Case!" - 5 Pages
"There Are Martians Among Us!" - 5 Pages

Writer - Stan Lee
Artists - Steve Ditko

 

[NickerNacker]

Marvel Knight: Spider-Man #15

"Wild Blue Yonder"- Part 3 - 22 Pages

Writer - Reginald Hudlin
Artist - Billy Tan & Mark Buckingham
Inker - John Sibal & Mark Buckingham
Cover - Steve McNiven

This is an awesome Steve McNiven Spidey cover.

Amazing Fantasy #15

"Spider-Man!" - Part 1 - 6 Pages, Part 2 - 5 Pages

Writer - Stan Lee
Artist - Steve Ditko
Cover - Jack Kirby (Inked by Steve Ditko)

"The Bell-Ringer!" - 3 Pages
"Man In The Mummy Case!" - 5 Pages
"There Are Martians Among Us!" - 5 Pages

Writer - Stan Lee
Artists - Steve Ditko

The Holy Grail! Nuff Said!

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Amazing Spider-Man Annual #15

"Spider-Man: Threat Or Menace?" - 30 Pgs

Also: 8 Other Pages as described below

Writer - Denny O' Neil
Artist - Frank Miller
Inking - Klaus Janson
Cover - Frank Miller

"Just How Strong Is...Spider-Man?" - 3 Pages

Writer - Mark Gruenwald
Artist - Bob Layton

"Peter Parker's Apartment!" - 1 Page

Writer - Roger Stern
Artist - Marie Severin

"A Gallery Of Spider-Man's Most Famous Foes! - 4 Pages

Profiles of Man-Wolf, Jackal, Punisher & Tarantula with pics and issue appearances.

Possibly my favorite annual

Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #15

"The Final Rage!" - 17 Pages

Writer - Bill Mantlo
Artist - Sal Buscema
Inker - Ernie Chan
Cover - Sal Buscema

Still think this story is half stupid

Web of Spider-Man #15

"Fox Hunt" - 22 Pages

Writer - David Michelinie
Artist - Mike Harris
Inker - Kyle Baker
Cover - Marc Beachum

Chance is the nicest villain

Untold Tales of Spider-Man #15

"The Battle For The Daily Bugle!" - 20 Pages

Writer - Kurt Busiek
Artist - Pat Olliffe
Inker - Al Vey & Pam Eklund
Cover - Pat Olliffe

I loved seeing Spider-Man careful about him and kicking his hide after he punched Peter Parker
Nice mention of Brock's name

 

[craigdbfan]

Amazing Fantasy #15

"Spider-Man!" - Part 1 - 6 Pages, Part 2 - 5 Pages

Writer - Stan Lee
Artist - Steve Ditko
Cover - Jack Kirby (Inked by Steve Ditko)

"The Bell-Ringer!" - 3 Pages
"Man In The Mummy Case!" - 5 Pages
"There Are Martians Among Us!" - 5 Pages

Writer - Stan Lee
Artists - Steve Ditko

Ethereal, beautiful, majestic. Never forget.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

Amazing Fantasy #15

"Spider-Man!" - Part 1 - 6 Pages, Part 2 - 5 Pages

Writer - Stan Lee
Artist - Steve Ditko
Cover - Jack Kirby (Inked by Steve Ditko)

"The Bell-Ringer!" - 3 Pages
"Man In The Mummy Case!" - 5 Pages
"There Are Martians Among Us!" - 5 Pages

Writer - Stan Lee
Artists - Steve Ditko

The classic. My local comic shop had this once, and they let me hold it. I felt like Harrison Ford in Indana jones and the Last Crusade when he's pciking up the cup Jesus drank out of.

Spider-Man's Tangled Web #15

"The Collaborator" - 22 Pages

Writer - Paul Pope
Artist - Paul Pope
Inker - Paul Pope
Cover - Paul Pope

This was one of the more odd stories form Tangled Web. Don't get me wrong ,the series was fun, but there were odd things. I loved the issue when al lthe super Villains meet at a bar.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Amazing Fantasy #15

"Spider-Man!" - Part 1 - 6 Pages, Part 2 - 5 Pages

Writer - Stan Lee
Artist - Steve Ditko
Cover - Jack Kirby (Inked by Steve Ditko)

"The Bell-Ringer!" - 3 Pages
"Man In The Mummy Case!" - 5 Pages
"There Are Martians Among Us!" - 5 Pages

Writer - Stan Lee
Artists - Steve Ditko

Since the most important feature is reprinted just as it is in one of the Hobgoblin stories from the 80s, I didn't care to get this issue itself
After that piece of news, I wish a I had a copy in mint condition, imagine what a $1 million would do

 

[iloveclones]

Ethereal, beautiful, majestic. Never forget.

Couldn't have said it better...

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

Web of Spider-Man #15

"Fox Hunt" - 22 Pages

Writer - David Michelinie
Artist - Mike Harris
Inker - Kyle Baker
Cover - Marc Beachum

Chance is awesome. He's like Deadpool in the sense that he's amoral, not immoral. He has nothing against Spidey, he just follows the pay-check. He would have made for a great limited series. I hope one day a writer with half a brain decides to bring him back. If Kaine and Deb Whitman could make successful returns in recent years, then I think there's hope for Chance!

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

Amazing Fantasy #15

"Spider-Man!" - Part 1 - 6 Pages, Part 2 - 5 Pages

Writer - Stan Lee
Artist - Steve Ditko
Cover - Jack Kirby (Inked by Steve Ditko)

"The Bell-Ringer!" - 3 Pages
"Man In The Mummy Case!" - 5 Pages
"There Are Martians Among Us!" - 5 Pages

Writer - Stan Lee
Artists - Steve Ditko

I never did learn what that damn important message (to YOU) from the editor was all about.

What the hell are these other stories? Man in the mummy case? There are martians among us??! I never even knew AF#15 had other stories in it. Wow.... reading Spidey for 20 years and still learning new things about his origin.

 

[iloveclones]

I never did learn what that damn important message (to YOU) from the editor was all about.

What the hell are these other stories? Man in the mummy case? There are martians among us??! I never even knew AF#15 had other stories in it. Wow.... reading Spidey for 20 years and still learning new things about his origin.

They're Twilight Zone-y kind of stories. Not bad actually. That's pretty much what AF was. And I think the important message was that they were cancelling the comic. It's been a long time since I looked at it. If I remember Stan's story, which changes a lot over the years, they stuck the Spidey story into a comic that they were cancelling anyway, so there was no risk involved in this "new" kind of hero.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

What if 'Man in the Mummy Case' became the hit from AF's last issue instead of Spider-Man? Right now we would be reading 'The Amazing Man in the Mummy Case #658' or something... The stories write themselves. Maximum Mummyage. The Mummy Within. Brand New Case.

 

[Themanofbat]

Amazing Spider-Man #14

"The Grotesque Adventure Of The Green Goblin" - 22 Pages

Writer - Stan Lee
Artist - Steve Ditko
Cover - Steve Ditko

 

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Amazing Spider-Man Annual #14

"The Book Of The Vishanti" - 40 Pages

Writer - Denny O'Neil
Artist - Frank Miller
Inking - Tom Palmer
Cover - Frank Miller

 

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Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #14

"Killing Me Softly..." - 17 Pages

Writer - Bill Mantlo
Artist - Sal Buscema
Inker - John Tartaglione & Mike Esposito
Cover - Sal Buscema

 

[Themanofbat]

Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #14

"Cycles & Circles" - 32 Pages

Also: 25 Other Pages as described below

Plotter - J. M. Dematteis & Tom Lyle
Writer - Ann Nocenti & D. Blaise
Artist - Sal Buscema
Inker - Jerry Bingham
Cover - Joe Madureira

II - "Back To Basics" - 12 Pages - Foreigner

Writer - Matt Idelson
Artist - Labat

III - "Shadows That Lead Home" - 13 Pages - Shroud

Writer - Marc Felder
Artist - Dave Chlystek

 

[Themanofbat]

Marvel Team-Up #14

"Mayhem Is The Men-Fish!" - 19 Pages

Writer - Len Wein
Artist - Gil Kane
Inker - Wayne Howard
Cover - Gil Kane

 

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Spider-Man #14

"Sub City" Part 2 - 22 Pages

Writer - Todd McFarlane
Artist - Todd McFarlane
Inker - Todd McFarlane
Cover - Todd McFarlane

 

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Web of Spider-Man #14

"All That Glitters..." - 22 Pages

Writer - David Michelinie
Artist - Mike Harris
Inker - Kyle Baker
Cover - Marc Beachum

 

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Marvel Knight: Spider-Man #14

"Wild Blue Yonder"- Part 2 - 22 Pages

Writer - Reginald Hudlin
Artist - Billy Tan
Inker - John Sibal
Cover - Steve McNiven

 

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Spider-Man Unlimited #14

"Game's End"- 54 Pages

Writer - Glenn Herdling
Artist - Joe Bennett
Inker - Joe Pimentel & Tim Dzon
Cover - Joe Bennett

 

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Sensational Spider-Man #14

"Higher Ground" - 22 Pages

Writer - Todd Dezago
Artist - Mike Wieringo
Inker - Richard Case
Cover - Mike Wieringo

 

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Untold Tales of Spider-Man #14

"One Thing Right" - 20 Pages

Writer - Kurt Busiek
Artist - Pat Olliffe
Inker - Al Vey & Pam Eklund
Cover - Pat Olliffe

 

[Themanofbat]

Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #14

"Taking Wing" - Part One - 21 Pages

Writer - Peter David
Artist - Scot Eaton
Inker - John Dell
Cover - Scot Eaton