Issue Description

Spider-Man and Ka-Zar must face the architect of Gwen’s kidnapping: Kraven the Hunter!

At the moment, Spider-Man is trapped in quicksand, and is in the Savage Land. His mind flashes back to how J. Jonah Jameson had seen an explorer on TV called Calkin claiming of a monster that had attacked his camp, and had decided to get photos of the monster for the Daily Bugle, with Gwen Stacy and Peter Parker coming along. After two days of preparation, the group reached the Savage Land, where Gwen was captured by the monster, whom the natives called Gog, and who serves Kraven the Hunter. Meanwhile, Peter faked his death then set off to rescue Gwen as Spider-Man, whilst Ka-Zar also searched for her.

Still stuck in the quicksand, Spider-Man shoots out some webbing, and tries pulling himself onto a branch, but the branch quickly breaks. Unfortunately, the falling branch jams his web-shooters, and it seems as though he is doomed to die after all. At the last second, Spider-Man is saved by Ka-Zar, who tells him that he is also on the trail of Gog. Although Ka-Zar first denies Spider-Man teaming up and saving Gwen, he realises how much he loves her and lets Spider-Man come with him.

Meanwhile, Gwen asks Kraven the Hunter what he is doing in the Savage Land. Kraven explains to Gwen that after a previous battle with Ka-Zar (in Astonishing Tales #2), he had started to brood, and was impatient for the Savage Land to be his. After returning to the Savage Land and looking for Ka-Zar, he found a space ship, crashed in the swamp. Upon entering it, he found a baby alien, the only thing alive in the ship. He then raised the alien like a son, calling him Gog.

Ka-Zar and Spider-Man overhear this, and are about to attack, when Gog notices Spider-Man, who has to flee and distract Gog. Whilst Spider-Man does this, Kraven and Ka-Zar fight. Although Kraven uses devices such as gas and an electric shock, Ka-Zar is saved by Zabu, which prompts Kraven to surrender. However, with Ka-Zar thinking Kraven defeated, Kraven used a noose to start to choke Ka-Zar. However, Ka-Zar then kicks Kraven off a cliff whilst being choked.

Meanwhile, Spider-Man is being chased by Gog, but is trying to get back so that he can save Gwen. As he keeps going, he encounters a Tyrannosaurus Rex, which Gog then fights as Spider-Man makes his escape. Unfortunately, Gog keeps following Spider-Man after defeating the T-Rex, but Spider-Man manages to trick him into some quicksand.

Back at Jonah and Calkin's camp, the two are brooding over Gwen and Peter's apparent deaths, when Ka-Zar arrives, with Gwen. Gwen asks where Peter is, and Jonah tells her that he was knocked off a cliff shortly after she was captured by Gog. Just a moment later, Peter arrives, claiming that some trees broke his fall and knocked him out, and that he's just woken up. Peter, Gwen, Jonah, and Calkin then all leave the Savage Land.

The Amazing Spider-Man (1963)

Publisher

Marvel

Volume Description

After the success of Amazing Fantasy #15 (Aug. 1962) a few months later the same creative team came back to start an ongoing series focusing on the character the two of them created.

The book's run continued until issue number 441 (Nov. 1998) when Marvel relaunched the title as Amazing Spider-Man Volume 2 with a new number 1 in January 1999. After issue #30 (#471) Marvel used a dual numbering system, yet the indicia still stated The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2. On the title's 40th anniversary the numbering was reverted to go from issue 58 to issue 500 (Dec. 2003) as The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1.

This volume ends with #700 and is picked up by the Marvel Now! revolution volume Superior Spider-Man.

Collected EditionsMarvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 (#1-10)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2 (#11-19)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 3 (#20-30)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 4 (#31-40)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 5 (#41-50)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 6 (#51-61)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 7 (#62-67)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 8 (#68-77)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 9 (#78-87)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 10 (#88-99)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 11 (#100-109)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 12 (#110-120)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 13 (#121-131)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 14 (#132-142)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 15 (#143-155)Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 16 (#156-168 and Annual #10)Spider-Man vs. Black Cat (#194-195, 204-205, 226-227.)Spider-Man: Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut (#224-230)Birth of Venom (#252-259, #298-300)The Amazing Spider-Man: The Complete Alien Costume Saga Book 1 (#252-258)The Amazing Spider-Man: The Complete Alien Costume Saga Book 2 (#259-263)Kraven's Last Hunt (#293-294)The Amazing Spider-Man: Life in the Mad Dog Ward (#295)Amazing Spider-Man by David Michelinie & Todd McFarlane (#296-329)Sinister Six (#334-339)Powerless (#341-343)Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection: Round Robin (#351-360)Round Robin (#353-358)Maximum Carnage (#378-380)

Collection of sequentially numbered trades, Amazing Spider-Man.

Spider-Man: Mark of the Tarantula (#231-237)Coming Home (#471-476)Revelations (#477-480)Until the Stars Turn Cold (#481-486)Life and Death of Spiders (#487-491)Unintended Consequences (#492-497)Happy Birthday (#498-502)The Book of Ezekiel (#503-508)Sins Past (#509-514)Skin Deep (#515-518)New Avengers (#519-524)

Individual trades with their own volumes because of sub-titles.

The Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection: Great Power (#1-17)Punisher vs. the Marvel Universe (#161-162)The Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection: Ghosts of the Past (#259-272)The Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection: Return of the Sinister Six (#334-350)Spider-Man: The Gathering of Five (#440-441)The Other (#525-528)The Road to Civil War (#529-531)Civil War (#532-538)Back in Black (#539-543)One More Day (#544-545)Brand New Day Vol 1 (#546-551)Brand New Day Vol 2 (#552-558)Brand New Day Vol 3 (#559-564)Kraven's First Hunt (#565-567)New Ways to Die (#568-573)Crime and Punisher (#574-577)Death and Dating (#578-583)Election Day (#584-588)24/7 (#589-594)American Son (#595-599)Died in Your Arms Tonight (#600-601)Red-Headed Stranger (#602-605)Return of The Black Cat (#606-611)The Gauntlet, Vol 1 (#612-616)The Gauntlet, Vol 2 (#617-621)The Gauntlet, Vol 3 (#622-625)The Gauntlet, Vol 4 (#626-629)The Gauntlet, Vol 5 (#630-633)The Grim Hunt (#634-637)One Moment in Time (#638-641)Origin of the Species (#642-647)Big Time (#648-651)Matters of Life and Death (#652-657)The Fantastic Spider-Man (#658-662)Big Time Ultimate Collection (#648-662)The Return of Anti-Venom (#663-665)Amazing Spider-Man: Big Time - The Complete Collection vol. 2 (#663-676)Spider-Island (#666-673)Flying Blind (#674-677)Amazing Spider-Man: Big Time - The Complete Collection vol. 3 (#677-687 and 679.1)Trouble on the Horizon (#678-681, #679.1)Ends of the Earth (#682-687)No Turning Back (#688-691)Amazing Spider-Man: Big Time - The Complete Collection vol. 4 (#688-697)Danger Zone (#692-697)Dying Wish (#698-700)Amazing Spider-Man: Peter Parker The One And Only (#700.1-700.5)

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