No doubt that McFarlane's work on Amazing Spider-Man was great and his series simply titled Spider-Man was a good read. At that time sales were very good for both Amazing with Erik Larsen as the artist and McFarlane working on his Spidey series.
McFarlane's changes for Spidey during his run on Amazing:
McFarlane's changes for Spidey during his run on Amazing:
- Introduced Venom into Spidey's world. Venom is considered one of Spidey's greatest villains along with The Green Goblin and Doctor Octopus.
- Revolutionized Spider-Man's webing. Before McFarlane's new vision of Spider-Man's webing; Spidey's web's just look like nets when using his Web-shooters.
- Changes to Spider-Man's costume included large eyes and making the character more of a Spider.
- A return of the classic red and blue costume in the issue Venom first appeared.