List of Spider-Man storylines

The superhero Spider-Man has appeared in many American comic books published by Marvel Comics since he first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962). The character has since been featured in various storylines, forming longer story arcs. These particular arcs have been given special names and have gone through reprints over the years. During the 1960s and 1970s, these story arcs normally only lasted three issues or less (sometimes only one, such as the classic story "Spider-Man No More!") and would appear in Spider-Man's main comic book title The Amazing Spider-Man. "The Death of Jean DeWolff" was the first popular story arc outside of The Amazing Spider-Man, as appeared in the third monthly ongoing series of The Spectacular Spider-Man.

Description

Starting in the 1980s, more Spider-Man comic book titles became popular, with Spider-Man storylines being connected to different comics. Story arcs become longer than in previous decades, such as "Kraven's Last Hunt," "Maximum Carnage," and the "Clone Saga." Spider-Man story arcs could be found in titles such as The Amazing Spider-Man, The Spectacular Spider-Man, Web of Spider-Man, Spider-Man Unlimited, and the Peter Parker: Spider-Man series. During the 21st century, the more popular Spider-Man story arcs would mostly be found in The Amazing Spider-Man, with some arcs taking as long as a year to complete.

Comics such as "Secret Wars" and "Spider-Island" are crossover comic books and sometimes move away from Spider-Man titles and involve other comic books.

Known storylines

Storyline	Issue(s)	Publication date	Writer(s)	Penciller(s)
"If This Be My Destiny...!"[1][2]	The Amazing Spider-Man #31-33	December 1965 – February 1966	Stan Lee	Steve Ditko
"Spider-Man No More!"[3][4]	The Amazing Spider-Man #50	July 1967	Stan Lee	John Romita, Sr.
"Green Goblin Reborn!"[5][6]	The Amazing Spider-Man #96-98	May-July 1971	Stan Lee	Gil Kane
"The Six Arms Saga"[1][7]	The Amazing Spider-Man #100-102	September-November 1971	Stan Lee	Gil Kane
"The Night Gwen Stacy Died"[1][8]	The Amazing Spider-Man #121-122	June-July 1973	Gerry Conway	Gil Kane
"Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut!"[9][10]	The Amazing Spider-Man #229-230	June-July 1982	Roger Stern	John Romita Jr.
"The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man"[8]	The Amazing Spider-Man #248	January 1984	Roger Stern	Ron Frenz
"Secret Wars"	The Amazing Spider-Man #249-252	February-May 1984	Jim Shooter
"The Death of Jean DeWolff"[8][11]	Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #107-110	October 1985-January 1986	Peter David	Rich Buckler
"The Wedding"[12][13]	The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21	1987	Jim Shooter David Michelinie	Paul Ryan
"Kraven's Last Hunt"[4][11]	Web of Spider-Man #31-32 The Amazing Spider-Man #293-294 The Spectacular Spider-Man #131-132	October-November 1987	J. M. DeMatteis	Mike Zeck
"Torment"[14]	Spider-Man #1-5	August-December 1990	Todd McFarlane	Todd McFarlane
"Invasion of the Spider-Slayers"	The Amazing Spider-Man #368-373	November 1992-January January	David Michelinie	Mark Bagley
"Maximum Carnage"	Spider-Man Unlimited #1-2 Web of Spider-Man #101-103 The Amazing Spider-Man #378-380 Spider-Man #35-37 The Spectacular Spider-Man #201-203	May-August 1993
"Clone Saga"[15]	Various	October 1994-December 1996	Various	Various
"Planet of the Symbiotes"	The Amazing Spider-Man Super Special #1 Spider-Man Super Special #1 The Spectacular Spider-Man Super Special #1 Web of Spider-Man Super Special #1	June-October 995	David Michelinie
"Identity Crisis"	The Amazing Spider-Man #434-435 The Sensational Spider-Man #27-28 Peter Parker: Spider-Man #91-92 The Spectacular Spider-Man #257-258	May-June 1998
"The Gathering of Five"	The Amazing Spider-Man #440 The Sensational Spider-Man #32-33 Peter Parker: Spider-Man #96 The Spectacular Spider-Man #262	1998	Todd Dezago John Byrne Howard Mackie
"The Final Chapter"	The Amazing Spider-Man #441 Peter Parker: Spider-Man #97-98 The Spectacular Spider-Man #263	1998	Todd Dezago John Byrne Howard Mackie
"Flowers for Rhino"[16][13]	Spider-Man's Tangled Web #5-6	October-November 2001	Peter Milligan
"The Other"	Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #1-4 Marvel Knights Spider-Man #19-22 The Amazing Spider-Man #525-528	December 2005-March 2006	Peter David Reginald Hudlin J. Michael Straczynski
"Back in Black"	The Amazing Spider-Man #539-543	April-October 2007	J. Michael Straczynski	Ron Garney
"One More Day"[17]	The Amazing Spider-Man #544-545 Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #24 The Sensational Spider-Man vol. 2 #41	November 2007-January 2008	J. Michael Straczynski Joe Quesada	Joe Quesada
"Brand New Day"	The Amazing Spider-Man #546-564	January-July 2008	Dan Slott Marc Guggenheim Bob Gale Zeb Wells
"New Ways to Die"	The Amazing Spider-Man #568-573	August-October 2008	Dan Slott	John Romita, Jr.
"Spidey Meets the President!"[18]	The Amazing Spider-Man #583	2009	Zeb Wells	Todd Nauck Frank D'Armata
"The Gauntlet"	The Amazing Spider-Man #611-633	November 2009-June 2010	Various
"Grim Hunt"	The Amazing Spider-Man #634-637	August-July 2010	Various
"One Moment in Time"	The Amazing Spider-Man #638-641	September-October 2010	Joe Quesada
"Big Time"	The Amazing Spider-Man #648-656	November 2010-March 2011	Dan Slott
"Spider-Island"	The Amazing Spider-Man #666–673 Additional Marvel Comics comics books. The majority having Spider-Island featured in front of their title. Venom vol. 2 #6–8	August-November 2011	Dan Slott	Stefano Caselli
"Ends of the Earth"	The Amazing Spider-Man #682-687 (along with a special) The Avenging Spider-Man #8	March-June 2012	Dan Slott	Stefano Caselli
"Dying Wish"	The Amazing Spider-Man #698-700	November-December 2012	Dan Slott	Humbertos Rambos Richard Elson
"Spider-Verse"	Various	November 2014 – February 2015	Dan Slott	Olivier Coipel Giuseppe Camuncoli
"Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy"	The Amazing Spider-Man #19-23	2016	Dan Slott	Jim Cheung

References

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External links

Spider-Man Story arcs, on Marvel Wikia