Issue Description

The Tarantula gets crafty as he plots an escape from prison. Spider-Man entertains the thought that Gwen Stacy could be a clone. The Jackal reveals the truth behind Gwen’s reappearance, and it will leave Spider-Man, and readers, reeling!

The Tarantula is a Very Deadly Beast!

Spider-Man returns to New York from his trip to Florida (in Giant-Size Spider-Man #5) and heads to the Daily Bugle. Upon reaching there, J. Jonah Jameson yells at him for not taking any photos. Peter then leaves the office, and is approached by Ned Leeds, who tells him he's been doing a bit of research on Gwen Stacy (who's recently returned). He hands Peter a folder, telling him that he should read it.

Over in a prison, Anton Miguel Rodriguez (the former Tarantula) is using the prison workshop to reconstruct his special shoes. He stabs a prison guard with them, commenting that he'll need to get the correct poisons for his shoes, and that until then, he'll just have to stab people with them and stun people. The Tarantula then uses a acetylene torch to burn through the bars on the workshop window, and scales the wall to the prison using his shoes as pinions. Once he's escaped from the prison, he jumps in a van waiting outside for him. Inside the van, the driver is revealed to be the Jackal.

At the hospital where Aunt May has been staying, Aunt May has a talk with Mary Jane whilst they wait for Anna May Watson to arrive. Aunt May asks Mary Jane how things between her and Peter have been going, and Mary Jane replies that ever since Gwen returned, Peter's forgotten that she exists. Aunt May tells Mary Jane that you only have once chance at love, and that she shouldn't give up on Peter. Whilst this happens, Spider-Man is swinging around. He thinks of the file Ned Leeds gave him, which said that the Gwen who's returned is a clone. It suddenly hits Spider-Man that for all he knows, there might be tens or even hundreds of Gwen Stacy clones. He psyches out for a moment and smashes a mirror through a window, where he had a vision of thousand of Gwen Stacys, but is then approached by two cops who are ready to shoot him.

Fortunately for Spider-Man, the Tarantula arrives at this moment, and wants to fight Spider-Man himself, so takes out the two police officers. He then starts fighting Spider-Man, with the fight leading out into the middle of the road in the middle of traffic. The Tarantula keeps trying to lead Spider-Man somewhere, and succeeds in punching Spider-Man through a bus window. Strangely, the bus driver doesn't notice anything unusual about this, and simply tells Spider-Man to move tho the back of the bus. Everyone on the bus (except the driver) get off at the next stop as the fight between Tarantula and Spider-Man continues. However, Gwen Stacy gets on the bus. The driver then rips off a face mask to reveal that he's the Jackal. The bus keeps going to the Brooklyn Bridge, which Spider-Man recognizes as where Gwen was killed.

The Jackal and Gwen get off the bus, and Spider-Man starts to follow, but is stabbed from behind by the Tarantula. He is knocked unconscious from the poisoned tip, and wakes up a bit later to find himself chained on top of one of the Brooklyn Bridge's support columns, with the Jackal, Gwen Stacy, and Tarantula standing by. The Jackal tells Spider-Man that he'll never realize how much the he hates him, because of what he did to Gwen Stacy. The Jackal tells Spider-Man that he gave Gwen (the clone) life, and that he'll give Spider-Man death in the same way that Gwen died. The Jackal then pushes Spider-Man off the support column.

NotesFeatures the Hostess Twinkies ad, Captain Marvel In The Big Bang!!

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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