Issue Description

Peter’s aloof behavior draws concern from his classmates at ESU. Plus, Spider-Man encounters a few shadowy figures claiming to be someone they’re not. Why is the Kangaroo searching for Spider-Man? And what maniacal plans has he already launched into action?

At the start of this issue, Spider-Man is swinging along when he passes two men who call out that they want to talk to him. Upon talking to them, he finds out that they want to to build a Spider-Mobile with a new type of engine they have invented, in order to promote it. Spider-Man dismisses the idea as stupid, and swings off. Unknown to him, a man named Frank Oliver (better known as the Kangaroo) is watching him swing off, whilst thinking about how Spider-Man beat him so badly that he hasn't gotten the nerve to go back to crime. After Spider-Man leaves, the Kangaroo is approached by the mysterious scientist Jonas Harrow, who tells him that he has a proposal to make to him.

Spider-Man then goes to Empire State University, where he

is told by Professor Warren that he has to start attending his classes more often. Peter also meets Mary Jane and Flash Thompson, but when they ask him to hang out with them, he angrily walks away, telling them he doesn't want to go. Peter then heads back home a few hours later.

At a laboratory, Jonas Harrow puts the Kangaroo to sleep with some ether, before operating on him. After many hours of work, Harrow has finished, and wakes up the Kangaroo. The Kangaroo tests his strength, and finds that Harrow has attached devices to him which augment his strength with compressed air. Harrow then starts to tell the Kangaroo what his plans for him are, but then the Kangaroo leaves, telling Harrow that he has his own plans.

Meanwhile, Spider-Man returns to the men who asked him to build a car before, since he needs money for his bills. After receiving an advance, he leaves, but is attacked by the Kangaroo, who guessed that Spider-Man would return to this area. The Kangaroo's enhanced strength gives him an advantage of Spider-Man for a few moments, but then the Kangaroo's head starts to burn up with pain, and he is forced to leave when a voice tells him to go. Spider-Man then goes to the Baxter Building to meet with the Human Torch, since he needs his help building the Spider-Mobile.

Around this time, the Kangaroo has reached the destination he was told to go to, and finds Jonas Harrow there. Harrow explains that he had a pacemaker embedded in Kangaroo's brain, so that he can make sure the Kangaroo will obey him. After telling the Kangaroo what to do, the Kangaroo leaves for a laboratory, since Harrow has ordered him to retrieve a radioactive isotope. As the Kangaroo breaks in, an alarm goes off at the Baxter Building, since it has detected the police radios reporting the Kangaroo breaking in. Spider-Man then goes off to stop the Kangaroo, telling the Human Torch that it's his enemy, so it's his responsibility.

Spider-Man reaches the lab, and starts attacking the Kangaroo. The Kangaroo mentions that he has to steal the isotopes, but Spider-Man warns him against it, since the isotopes could burn him up to nothing. The Kangaroo ignores this, and goes into the room with the isotopes, but is disintegrated to nothing, as Spider-Man predicted.

At the end of the issue, Mary Jane goes to visit Harry Osborn, but Harry refuses to let Mary Jane into his apartment. Mary Jane leaves after realizing that Harry doesn't care, whilst Harry thinks that he's now the Green Goblin after taking the costume off of his father's body.

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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