Spider-Man Unlimited (comics)

Spider-Man Unlimited Vol. 1
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Schedule	Quarterly
Publication date	May 1993–November 1998
Number of issues	22
Main character(s)	Spider-Man
Creative team
Writer(s)	Various
Artist(s)	Various

Spider-Man Unlimited Vol. 2
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Publication date	December 1999–April 2000
Number of issues	6
Main character(s)	Spider-Man

Spider-Man Unlimited Vol. 3
Cover to Spider-Man Unlimited vol. 3 #3.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Schedule	Bimonthly
Format	Anthology
Publication date	March 2004–May 2006
Number of issues	15
Main character(s)	Spider-Man
Creative team
Writer(s)	Various
Artist(s)	Various

Spider-Man Unlimited is the title of three comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The first series began in 1993 and was named in its indicia as Volume 1. It was set in the main Marvel Universe. The second series was based on the animated TV series Spider-Man Unlimited, and was not set in the Marvel Universe. Its indicia also called it Volume 1. The third series, which began in 2004, did not have a volume number listed and was set in the main Marvel Universe.

Originally announced under the title Spider-Man Giant Size, the 1993 series was a quarterly series with double-length stories, which at the time was notable for being printed on glossy stock paper (a practice discontinued in later issues before being adopted by the entire Marvel line in the 2000s). Earlier issues played a part in Spider-Man crossovers; the first issue was the first part of Maximum Carnage and the second issue was the last part of Maximum Carnage. Issues #7-14 formed part of the Clone Saga. Later in the series, the focus shifted to stand-alone stories. Ron Lim penciled the lead story in the first 8 issues of the book. Most of the later issues were written by Christopher Golden and drawn by Joe Bennett.

Spider-Man Unlimited #1 was published in May 1993. The issue credits are:

Cletus Kasady has been transferred from the Vault to Ravencroft Institute for some tests. He there reveals that the alien symbiote which made him the supervillain Carnage infected his bloodstream before it died, allowing Kasady's metabolism to produce an imitation of the symbiote. Using this faux symbiote, he slaughters the guards and doctors. Carnage comes across a fellow Ravencroft inmate, Shriek. She persuades him to free her so she can join his killing spree.

Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson are at the wake after Harry Osborn's funeral. J. Jonah Jameson thinks Spider-Man was responsible for Harry's downfall (as the Green Goblin). Peter is incredibly mixed up as he comforts Harry's wife Liz Allan. Mary Jane is upset from the whole Harry fallout and asks Peter to give up being Spider-Man, for a couple of weeks at least, so things can settle. He agrees.