The Spectacular Spider-Man

The Spectacular Spider-Man
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Standard
Genre	Superhero
Publication date	(magazine): July 1968–November 1968 (vol.1): December 1976–December 1987 (as Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man) January 1988–November 1998 (as The Spectacular Spider-Man) (vol. 2): September 2003–June 2005
Number of issues	(magazine): 2 vol. 1: 264 (#1–263 plus #-1) and 14 Annuals vol. 2: 27
Creative team
Writer(s)	List Gerry Conway #1–3, 6 (reprint), 137–174, Annual #8–10 Archie Goodwin #4–5, 7–8, 12 Bill Mantlo #6, 9–10, 12–15, 17–34, 36–40, 42, 53, 61–89, 104, 120, Annual #1, 4 Roger Stern #43, 45–52, 54–61, 85, 259–261 Al Milgrom #90–100 Cary Burkett #101–102 Peter David #103, 105–113, 115–119, 121–123, 128–129, 134–136, Annual #5–6 Roger McKenzie #124 J. M. DeMatteis #131–132, 178–203, 217, 223, 241–258, −1, Annual #13–14 Steven Grant #204–210 Tom DeFalco #41, 215–229, 254–255 Todd DeZago #216, 218–219, 228, 230–240 Paul Jenkins vol. 2 #1–22, 27 Samm Barnes vol. 2 #23–26
Penciller(s)	Various, most frequently Sal Buscema

(magazine): July 1968–November 1968
(vol.1): December 1976–December 1987 (as Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man)
January 1988–November 1998 (as The Spectacular Spider-Man)

The Spectacular Spider-Man is the name of several comic books and one magazine series starring Marvel Comics' Spider-Man.

Following the success of Spider-Man's original series, The Amazing Spider-Man, Marvel felt the character could support more than one title. This led the company in 1968 to launch a short-lived magazine, the first to bear the Spectacular name. In 1972, Marvel more successfully launched a second Spider-Man ongoing series, Marvel Team-Up, in which he was paired with other Marvel heroes. A third monthly ongoing series, Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man, debuted in 1976.

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The Spectacular Spider-Man was initially a two-issue magazine published by Marvel in 1968, as an experiment in entering the black-and-white comic-magazine market successfully pioneered by Warren Publishing and others. It sold for 35 cents when standard comic books cost 12 cents and annuals and giants 25 cents. It represented the first Spider-Man spin-off publication aside from the original series' summer annuals, begun in 1964.

The first issue (cover-dated July 1968) featured a painted, color cover by men's adventure-magazine artist Harry Rosenbaum, in acrylic paint on illustration board, over layouts by The Amazing Spider-Man artist John Romita Sr.. The 52-page black-and-white Spider-Man story, "Lo, This Monster!", was by writer Stan Lee, penciler Romita Sr. and inker Jim Mooney. A 10-page origin story, "In The Beginning!", was by Lee, penciler Larry Lieber and inker Bill Everett.

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