Issue Description

Peter Parker has been taken hostage…by Spider-Man?

Although Peter Parker wants to change to Spider-Man and go after Flash Thompson, who has been kidnapped, Gwen Stacy has told him that she doesn't want him running off, like he normally does. Peter finds a way out of this situation by changing to Spider-Man, and creating a web-dummy using his clothes, so that it looks as if Spider-Man has captured Peter Parker.

Whilst looking for the spider tracer which he placed on one of Flash's kidnappers before, Spider-Man gets a tingling around Greenwich Village. Doctor Strange's astral form appears, and asks Spider-Man to follow him. Upon reaching Doctor Strange's physical form, Doctor Strange tells Spider-Man that he knows that he is looking for Flash Thompson, and that he will help him look for him. Using the Eye of Agamotto, Doctor Strange shows Spider-Man where Flash is. In the vision, Flash is told that he must be killed so that the High Priest of the ancient temple can come out of his mystic state. Spider-Man and Doctor Strange then leave to find Flash before he is killed.

Meanwhile, Flash is tied up, and the daughter of the High Priest, Sha Shan, comes to visit him. Sha Shan tells Flash what happened whilst he was knocked out from the bombing of the temple: she had helped Flash to a location where he could be found by the Army, but upon returning to the temple, found her father in the mystic state he's in now. Sha Shan then produces a knife, and tells Flash that he must accept his fate, when some other people come in and stop her, telling her that Flash must be killed at a certain time.

At the same time, Gwen Stacy goes to the apartment Peter and Harry Osborn share, and asks Harry whether he's heard from Peter. Whilst explaining the situation to Harry, Aunt May (who is visiting) overhears, and starts to worry about Peter. However, Gwen yells at Aunt May, and tells her not to treat Peter as if he's a child. This makes Aunt May feel foolish, which will lead into the next few issues.

Meanwhile, Flash Thompson is about to be killed when Spider-Man and Doctor Strange show up. Spider-Man frees Flash whilst Doctor Strange casts a spell on the High Priest's body, bringing him out of his trance. Doctor Strange explains that the High Priest had put himself in the trance so that he would survive the shellings, and that he could sense this, and so that's why he helped Spider-Man. Sha Shan also explains to Flash that she hadn't tried to kill him earlier, and that she was going to cut his bonds. However, as he swings away, Spider-Man realises that he's going to have to compete with Flash for Gwen once more.

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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