Issue Description

Peter and Joe Robertson continue their bid to bring J. Jonah Jameson home after he is kidnapped in Paris. Stateside, Aunt May sees a young woman that is the spitting image of the deceased Gwen Stacy! Is this a strange apparition? Or has Gwen Stacy returned from the dead?

The Delusion Conspiracy!

Spider-Man is swinging around Paris, thinking about the recent events which led to him going to France (and gives a summary of the previous issue at the same time). Upon returning to his hotel as Peter Parker, he receives a note from a receptionist, which was delivered a moment ago. Upon reading it, Peter finds out that it's instructions from J. Jonah Jameson and Robbie Robertson's kidnappers, who have told him to wait in his room for further instructions. Whilst in his room, Peter calls Aunt May up, to pass the time. After they finish talking, Aunt May goes outside, only to see someone which shocks her so much that she faints.

Meanwhile, Peter is visited by the kidnappers, who want Peter to bring the million dollars to Notre Dame, where they are keeping Jameson and Robbie hostage. After they leave, Peter gets the money out of the hotel's safe (where Robbie put it), before stopping at a hardware store to buy something which he believes will help him stop Cyclone. Peter then heads to Notre Dame to rescue Robbie and Jameson.

At Notre Dame, Cyclone taunts Jameson, saying that Americans are weak. Upon Jameson pointing out that Cyclone has a gadget which lets him create vortexes, Cyclone tells Jameson that America could have had it after he made it for N.A.T.O., but was rejected. At this point, Spider-Man appears with the briefcase of money, and distracts Cyclone and his goons with it. He then takes out the goons easily, but has a bit more difficulty with Cyclone. After trying to slip down the eye of Cyclone's vortex, he gives up on that and uses what he bought from the hardware store: a giant fan. Although Cyclone laughs at him, the fan creates an opposite force to Cyclone's, cancelling out Cyclone's vortex and slamming Cyclone into a wall. Spider-Man then unties Robbie and Jameson, and uses a recording of Peter Parker's voice to make it sound as if they were there at the same time, throwing suspicion off his alternate identity.

Upon getting back to his apartment in New York, Peter is shocked to find Gwen Stacy there, apparently alive.

NotesFeatures the Hostess Fruit Pies ad, Spider-Man In The TrapThis is the first Hostess ad in this title, they would continue to appear for the next seven years, with a total of 73 ads, ending with Amazing Spider-Man #227, April 1982.

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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