"Higher Ground" Deluge Part 2 of 3. Guest-starring Ka-Zar, Shanna, and the Hulk. Script by Todd Dezago. Pencils by Mike Wieringo. Inks by Richard Case. Cover by Mike Wieringo and Dan Green.
Ka-Zar and the wall-crawler zero in on the cause of the flooding in the Savage Land! And it's not global warming! It's Roxxon Oil's so-called refrigeration units! They're actually microwave energy transmitters! So now what? How does the web-slinger stop millions of gallons of water from flowing into the prehistoric paradise? Meanwhile, a strange battle rages underground between the Green Goliath and a mystical creature called Chtylok! Are these behemoths going to rumble all the way to the bottom of the world?
40 pages. Cover price $1.95.
"A Savage Land" Deluge Part 1 of 3. Guest-starring Ka-Zar and Shanna. Script by Todd Dezago. Pencils by Mike Wieringo. Inks by Richard Case. Cover by Mike Wieringo and Richard Case.
The Daily Bugle sends its ace photographer to the Savage Land to investigate the impacts of global warming on the tropical paradise! And when Peter Parker arrives at the South Pole, the situation is dire indeed for Ka-Zar's kingdom! The glaciers that rise above the Savage Land are melting and threatening to flood the entire landscape! The amazing one will do everything he can to save the hidden paradise... and so will the Roxxon Corporation! Wait a minute... what is Roxxon doing in Antarctica? The web-slinger better keep a close eye on those guys!
40 pages. Cover price $1.95.
"Helpless!" Part 2 of 3. Script by Todd Dezago. Pencils by Mike Wieringo. Inks by Richard Case. Cover by Mike Wieringo and Richard Case.
The web-slinger tracks the new Prowler to his secret apartment! But so does the Vulture! Inside the cramped quarters, the three costumed adversaries battle for the upper hand! Who will come out on top? Cameo appearances by Billy Walters and Hobie Brown. Second story: "Brother's Keeper, Too" Script by Todd Dezago. Art by Richard Case. The wall-crawler calms D.K. down, but not before he kills two security guards! What is Dr. Kafka going to do now?
40 pages. Cover price $1.95.
"Paralyzed!" Part 1 of 3. Script by Todd Dezago. Pencils by Mike Wieringo. Inks by Richard Case. Cover by Mike Wieringo and Richard Case.
The Prowler is back on the streets! But who is he? The original Prowler, Hobie Brown, is out of commission following his near-fatal accident (in Spider-Man Unlimited 14). Inauspiciously, the new Prowler soon discovers that the old Prowler has a few enemies around town! Most notably... the vindictive Vulture! Is it too late to give the costume back? Cameo appearances by Mary Jane Watson, Anna Watson, Billy Walters, J. Jonah Jameson, and Mindy Brown. Second story: "Brother's Keeper 2" Script by Todd Dezago. Art by Richard Case. Dr. Kafka summons the web-slinger to Ravencroft Institute to calm down D.K.! But Ben Reilly was the man underneath the mask when B.K. first appeared (in Spectacular Spider-Man 230). Does the original web-slinger know what to do?
40 pages. Cover price $1.95.
"Global Swarming" Part 2 of 2. Script by Todd Dezago. Pencils by Mike Wieringo. Inks by Richard Case. Cover by Mike Wieringo and Richard Case.
Swarm is enveloping New York City! And it's up to the Amazing Spider-Man to repel him! But Ben Reilly has never faced Swarm! It was the other web-slinger back in the day that entered the hazardous hive on several occasions! However the killer bees are afraid of Spidey! And that gives the wall-crawler a chance to slip inside and work with the trapped scientists! Can the spectacular one disperse (the) Swarm?
40 pages. Cover price $1.95.
"Swarmed!" Part 1 of 2. Script by Todd Dezago. Pencils by Mike Wieringo. Inks by Richard Case. Cover by Mike Wieringo and Richard Case.
The Onslaught epic is over! But its devastating effects will be felt across the Marvel Universe (and more specifically New York City) for many months to come! And strangely enough one of the first consequences is the accidental severing of the telepathic bond within a certain colony of bees! A mutant colony controlled by Swarm! The buzz-worthy super-villain demands that the scientists at the Seismoharmonic Institute fix the problem... or else! It looks like the wondrous wall-crawler (aka Ben Reilly) will be getting in the pest control business very soon! In the meantime Mary Jane visits her doctor for an ultrasound! Is she having a baby boy or girl?
40 pages. Cover price $1.95.
"The Usual Suspects" Script by Todd Dezago. Pencils by Mike Wieringo. Inks by Richard Case. Cover by Mike Wieringo and Richard Case.
Someone is going around Manhattan impersonating super-villains! And successfully committing robberies with a different modus operandi each time! However, once the web-slinger (aka Ben Reilly) and Peter Parker compare notes, they notice a pattern to the crimes! And the Spectacular Spider-Man is ready and waiting for the aptly named Looter at his next heist! Cameo appearances by Mary Jane Watson and the Sentinels.
40 pages. Cover price $1.95.
"High Drama" Script by Todd Dezago. Pencils by Luke Ross. Inks by Al Williamson. Cover by Luke Ross.
The wondrous wall-crawler (aka Ben Reilly) hurries to the hospital to check on Peter's condition! Mary Jane is already there and fears that the deadly cellular degeneration process has started! The ICU doctors are very concerned too and call in a specialist to help: Dr. Curt Connors! Can the Lizard's alter-ego diagnose the problem? Cameo appearances by Flash Thompson, Liz Osborn, Normie Osborn, Joe Robertson, Felicia Hardy, Betty Brant, Ken Ellis, and Ben Urich.
40 pages. Cover price $1.95
"The Ultimate Responsibility" Script by Dan Jurgens. Pencils by Dan Jurgens. Inks by Klaus Janson. Cover by Dan Jurgens and Klaus Janson.
Jessica Carradine knows that Ben Reilly is the Sensational Spider-Man! And she is determined to bring down the hero she thinks killed her father (aka the Burglar) years ago in the classic Amazing Spider-Man 200. However when Jessica sees the web-slinger bravely enter a burning high-rise and save two kids, she begins to question her plan for revenge! What will Jessica do with Ben's fate resting in her hands? Flashback cameos by Uncle Ben and the Burglar. (Notes: This issue includes a 6-page feature on the Onslaught storyline currently taking place in the X-titles. This issue also completes the 7-issue Dan Jurgens-Klaus Janson run on the Sensational Spider-Man title.
40 pages. Cover price $1.95.
"Arachnis Ex Machina" Cyberwar Part 4 of 4. Direct Edition (with pink cover). Script by Todd Dezago. Art by Sal Buscema (breakdowns), Bill Sienkiewicz (finishes), and Jimmy Palmiotti (finishes). Cover by Sal Buscema and Bill Sienkiewicz.
Story continues from Scarlet Spider (1995) #2. Doctor Octopus' virtual reality Scarlet Spider has destroyed the real Scarlet Spider's reputation! So Ben Reilly is desperate to find his doppelganger and end this cyber caper! Auspiciously Ben gets his chance when he jumps into the middle of the final battle between Doc Ock (aka Carolyn Trainer) and Alistair Smythe's Cyber-Slayers! If the scarlet web-slinger can emerge victorious, he'll then have a huge decision to make about his future! Is it time for the Scarlet Spider to become the Amazing Spider-Man?
32 pages. Cover price $1.95.
"Red Reign" Nightmare in Scarlet Part 3 of 3. Guest-starring the New Warriors. Script by Evan Skolnick. Pencils by Paris Karounos. Inks by Randy Emberlin. Cover by Paris Karounos and Randy Emberlin. Story continues from New Warriors 67. The counterfeit Scarlet Spider busts into a local TV station and grabs five hostages! But this time the full complement of New Warriors and the Sensational Spider-Man (aka Ben Reilly) are ready to oppose him! Can the sextet of heroes bring down the curtain on the scarlet doppelganger? And along the way will Firestar realize that the new Spider-Man is actually the old Scarlet Spider? Final issue of the series.
32 pages. Cover price $1.95.5.
Direct Edition. "Rude Awakening!" Nightmare in Scarlet Part 1 of 3. Direct Edition. Guest-starring Firestar. Script by Evan Skolnick. Pencils by Paris Karounos. Inks by Randy Emberlin. Cover by Paris Karounos and Randy Emberlin.
Due to a bizarre accident, Joe Wade has physically merged with the Scarlet Spider virtual-reality-construct (from Scarlet Spider #2)! And the scarlet doppelganger continues to wreak havoc across the city! Concerned about the impact to their reputation, the New Warriors fan out to locate their rampaging teammate! And luckily (or perhaps unluckily) for Firestar, she finds the counterfeit wall-crawler first at the George Washington bridge! But Angelica Jones quickly realizes this isn't the Scarlet Spider she knows! Hopefully help is on the way! Story continues in New Warriors #67.
32 pages. Cover price $1.95.
Direct Edition. "True Deceptions!" Cyberwar Part 1 of 4. Direct Edition. Plot by Tom DeFalco. Script by Todd Dezago. Art by Tom Morgan (breakdowns), Randy Emberlin (finishes), Hector Collazo (finishes), and Don Hudson (finishes). Cover by Tom Morgan.
Club Noir is a mess after the attack by Dr. Octopus' underlings (in Spectacular Scarlet Spider #1). And now the club owner and his partner in crime, Alistair Smythe, plot their revenge! Several days later at the Children's Zoo (of all places), Jason Tso and Carolyn Trainer agree to meet to discuss their differences! But both sides are secretly planning to ambush the other! Right on cue near the primate house, the battle erupts! Aura, Overdrive, and the Looter vs. Smythe's new Cyber-Slayers! Can the Scarlet Spider (aka Ben Reilly) keep the children and the animals from harm? Story continues in Amazing Scarlet Spider (1995) #2.
32 pages. Cover price $1.95.
"Along Came a Virtual Spider!" Cyberwar Part 3 of 4. Script by Howard Mackie. Pencils by John Romita Jr. Inks by Al Williamson and Joe Rubenstein. Cover by John Romita Jr. and Al Williamson.
Story continues from Amazing Scarlet Spider (1995) #2. Deep inside her high-tech lair, Dr. Octopus (aka Carolyn Trainer) completes her bizarre virtual reality (VR) experiment on FBI agent Joe Wade! And from her twisted perspective it's a smashing success! With help from Master Programmer, she brings to life a holographic doppelganger of the Scarlet Spider! And the first thing this virtual web-slinger does is destroy everything in sight! Ben Reilly is horrified by what the VR construct is doing to the city! And he knows that the only person who can stop the virtual Scarlet Spider... is the real one! Story concludes in Spectacular Scarlet Spider (1995) #2.
32 pages. Cover price $1.95.
"Violated by the Virtual" Virtual Mortality Part 2 of 4. Direct Edition. Plot by Tom DeFalco. Script by Mike Lackey. Pencils by Mark Bagley. Inks by Larry Mahlstedt. Cover by Mark Bagley and Larry Mahlstedt.
Story continues from Web of Scarlet Spider (1995) #1. The Scarlet Spider takes over the Spider-titles! In lower Manhattan a three-way battle is underway among the Scarlet Spider, Doctor Octopus (aka Carolyn Trainer), and a criminal gang! And the prize for the winner is the new high-tech virtual reality visor! Using the proportionate strength and speed of a spider, Ben Reilly grabs the visor and takes it to Seward Trainer! However when Seward puts it on, he's transported into a deadly virtual reality world! Can the Scarlet Spider bring Seward back to the physical world? Or will Ben have to join him in virtual battle? Story continues in the first issue of Scarlet Spider (1995).
32 pages. Cover price $1.95.
"Need to Know" Guest-starring Spider-Man. Script by Tom Peyer. Pencils by Tom Grindberg. Inks by Dick Giordano. Cover by Bernard Chang and Scott Koblish.
The Amazing Spider-Man is fed up with the Authority! So he busts into their headquarters to confront Authority himself! But the wily master of information tells the web-slinger that there's still one mission left! Authority will teleport the spectacular one to the Leader's former lair in Italy to retrieve the globe of ultimate knowledge! And of course by bringing the globe back to Authority, the wall-crawler will save the world! Will your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man see through Authority's Italian ruse? Or will he simply follow the leader? Origin of the Authority.
32 pages. Cover price $1.99.
"Power Vacuum!" Guest-starring Spider-Man, Silver Sable, and the Sandman. Script by Tom Peyer. Pencils by Darick Robertson. Inks by Gary Martin. Cover by Darick Robertson and Mark Pennington.
The Sensational Spider-Man is stranded in Greece and needs a lift back to the United States! So the web-slinger contacts Silver Sable for a ride home! Sable agrees to provide transportation, but she asks for a favor first! Apparently Ultimatum, the terrorist group led by the Flag-Smasher, is planning to blow up the Chunnel between England and France! And the amazing one must accompany Sandman to Dover to stop them! Wow, what a catastrophe in the making! The Sandman and Spider-Man lay it all on the line for queen and country!
32 pages. Cover price $1.99.
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS Pencils & Cover by STUART IMMONEN
Wolverine is in the pages of ULTIMATES 3 so why can't Magneto be here? One of Peter's friends at Midtown High had a secret: they're a mutant! But now the secret is out, and it's all that Spider-Man can do to keep the entire school from totally freaking out! And just to knock the situation into even more of a panic, here comes the most malevolent mutant of all: Magneto, Master of Magnetism!
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ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #56 & 57 Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS Covers & pencils by MARK BAGLEY
"SPIDER-MAN GOES HOLLYWOOD" pts. 3 (of 6)?The Spider-Man movie is in full- swing filming a big Spidey/Doc Ock action sequence. That is, until the REAL wall-crawler & Doctor Octopus crash the set and rumble behind the camera!
32 PGS. (each)/ALL AGES...$2.25 (each) GUEST-STARRING DIRECTOR SAM RAIMI, ACTOR TOBEY MAGUIRE & PRODUCER AVI ARAD! Cover price $2.25.
Plot by STAN LEE AND STEVE DITKO Written by Mike Raicht Penciled by Derec Aucoin Cover by Michael Ryan "THE MENACE OF MYSTERIO"
There's a new criminal in town and his name is... Spider-Man?! Is Spider-Man committing crimes in his sleep? Is he losing his mind? The only one who may know the truth is the man of mystery known only as Mysterio! Get out your paddles, True Believers, because Spider- Man may just be heading up the river!
32 PGS./ALL AGES...$2.25 UPC: 5960605505-01211 Cover price $2.25.
Deadline - Written by Paul Grist. Art by Karl Kerschl, unknown (as Phil DePages), Greg Adams, Al Milgrom and Chris Ivy. Cover by Karl Kerschl & Greg Adams.
What happens when the reporters become the news? While the staff of the Bugle redouble their efforts to locate the abducted Betty Brant, Betty herself uncovers the connections between Tommy Fude and mobster Morgan Hall, a revelation that may cost her her life!
32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.
Cover pencils by Karl Kerschl, inks by Greg Adams. Front Page, script by Paul Grist, pencils by Karl Kerschl, inks by Greg Adams
Ben Urich discovers that Morgan Hall is trying to form a crime syndicate and flees after being discovered; Ben and Angela Yin are chased by thugs for their pictures of the events; They discover that they've photographed Congressman Henry Adams cavorting with Susie Dawn, and Hall wants the pictures so he can blackmail Adams; The Daily Bugle runs the story and Adams confesses. Peter Parker saves Betty from being shot and they witness the murder of Jimmy Fude.
36 pgs., full color. $2.50. Cover price $1.95.
U.S. EDITION ($1.50 cover price). Written by Dwayne McDuffie with art by Herb Trimpe and inks by Christopher Ivy.
This is the 1st issue in a three issue set of three of anti-drug comics. The complete series consists of: Amazing Spider-Man #1: Skating on Thin Ice; Amazing-Spider-Man #2: Double Trouble; Amazing Spider-Man #3: Hit and Run!
Cover price $1.50.
This is it! The conclusion to Spidey's greatest nightmare come true. The story of a criminal who died in Spider-Man's web. But how will the truth affect Spider-Man? And how does the Beetle fit into it?
Written by Jack C. Harris. Art by Anthony Williams and Sam De La Rosa. Cover by Shawn McManus.
Cover price $1.75.
