The Amazing Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Man
The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (March 1963) Cover art by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko
Publication information
Publisher	Non-Pereil Publishing Group (#1–67) Perfect Film & Chemical Corp. (#68–69) Magazine Management Co. (#70–118) Marvel Comics (#119–present)
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Ongoing series
Genre	Superhero
Publication date	(vol. 1) March 1963 - November 1998 (vol. 2) January 1999 - November 2003 (vol. 1 continued) December 2003 - February 2014 (vol. 3) June 2014 - October 2015 (vol. 4) December 2015 - present
Number of issues	(vol. 1) 442 (#1-441 plus #-1) and 28 Annuals (vol. 2): 58 (vol. 1 continued) 209 (#500-700 plus issues numbered 654.1, 679.1, 699.1, 700.1, 700.2, 700.3, 700.4, and 700.5) (vol. 3) 28 (#1-20.1, plus issues numbered #1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 16.1, 17.1, 18.1, 19.1, 20.1,) and 1 Annual (vol. 4) 26 (#1-20 plus issue numbers #1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, and 1.6) (as of December 2016 cover date)
Main character(s)	Spider-Man
Creative team
Writer(s)	List Stan Lee (scripts) and Steve Ditko (co-plots, later plots), issues 1-38 Stan Lee, issues 39-110 Gerry Conway, issues 111-149 Len Wein, issues 151-180 Marv Wolfman, issues 182-204 Denny O'Neil, issues 207-223 Roger Stern, issues 224-252 Tom DeFalco, issues 251-285 and 407-439 David Michelinie, issues 290-388 J. M. DeMatteis, issues 389-406 Howard Mackie, vol 2, issues 1-29 J. Michael Straczynski, vol. 2 issues 30-58, 500-545 "The Web Heads" (various), issues 546-647 Dan Slott, issues 648-present various fill-in writers
Penciller(s)	List Various, including: Steve Ditko John Romita Gil Kane Ross Andru Keith Pollard John Romita Jr. Ron Frenz Todd McFarlane Erik Larsen Mark Bagley Mike Deodato, Jr. Humberto Ramos among many others
Inker(s)	List Mike Esposito Bob McLeod
Creator(s)	Stan Lee Steve Ditko

(vol. 1)
442 (#1-441 plus #-1) and 28 Annuals
(vol. 2): 58
(vol. 1 continued) 209 (#500-700 plus issues numbered 654.1, 679.1, 699.1, 700.1, 700.2, 700.3, 700.4, and 700.5)
(vol. 3) 28 (#1-20.1, plus issues numbered #1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 16.1, 17.1, 18.1, 19.1, 20.1,) and 1 Annual

The Amazing Spider-Man is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics, featuring the adventures of the fictional superhero Spider-Man. Being the mainstream continuity of the franchise, it began publication in 1963 as a monthly periodical and was published continuously, with a brief interruption in 1995, until its relaunch with a new numbering order in 1999. In 2003 the series reverted to the numbering order of the first volume. The title has occasionally been published biweekly, and was published three times a month from 2008 to 2010. A film named after the comic was released July 3, 2012.

After DC Comics' relaunch of Action Comics and Detective Comics with new #1 issues in 2011, it had been the highest-numbered American comic still in circulation until it was cancelled. The title ended its 50-year run as a continuously published comic with issue #700 in December 2012. It was replaced by The Superior Spider-Man as part of the Marvel NOW! relaunch of Marvel's comic lines.

The title was relaunched in April 2014, starting fresh from issue #1, after the "Goblin Nation" story arc published in The Superior Spider-Man and Superior Spider-Man Team-Up. In late 2015, The Amazing Spider-Man was relaunched again with a new volume with issue #1 following the 2015 Secret Wars event.

The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist and co-plotter Steve Ditko, and the pair produced 38 issues from March 1963 to July 1966. Ditko left after the 38th issue, while Lee remained as writer until issue 100. Since then, many writers and artists have taken over the monthly comic through the years, chronicling the adventures of Marvel's most identifiable hero.