Spider-Man's Tangled Web

Spider-Man's Tangled Web
Cover to Spider-Man's Tangled Web #1 (June, 2001). Art by Glenn Fabry.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Publication date(s)	June 2001 - March 2003
No. of issues	22

Spider-Man's Tangled Web is a comic book series starring Spider-Man and his supporting cast published by Marvel Comics for 22 issues from June 2001 to March 2003.

The title was conceived as an anthology series, where various creative teams not usually associated with Spider-Man (usually creators who had previously worked for alternative or Vertigo comics) could display their take on the character. Despite having his name in the title, Spider-Man was often an ancillary character in these stories, appearing on only a few pages or just making a cameo appearance.

Sales on the series lagged behind the other Spider-Man titles throughout its run and it was finally cancelled in 2003 to make way for the new The Spectacular Spider-Man vol. 2 comic by Paul Jenkins and Humberto Ramos.

Issue #1 (see picture to the right) was the subject of a recall due to the incorrect paper stock being used for the cover. A second print run was ordered with the correct paper stock thus making a collectors item of the rarer first print.

Issues #4-6 and #10-11 were also included in Best of Spider-Man Vol. 1 and Best of Spider-Man Vol. 2, respectively.

Issue #4's "Severance Package" by Greg Rucka and Eduardo Risso was nominated for an Eisner Award for "Best Single Issue of a Comic Book" in 2002.