Issue Description

Spider-Man tossed off the Brooklyn Bridge! Spidey must make a daring escape from the NYPD when his identity is threatened. Peter and Ned Leeds team-up to discover the origin of Gwen Stacy’s clone. Plus, the Jackal’s true identity revealed!

Jackal, Jackal...Who's Got the Jackal?

At the end of the previous issue, Spider-Man was tossed off a bridge while chained up. After a few tries to shoot out a web line, he manages to shoot one which sticks to the bridge, but crashes into a support column as he does so, and is knocked unconscious. Whilst this is happening, the police have arrived around the column which the Jackal threw Spider-Man off of, and are threatening for him and Tarantula to come down. The Tarantula, the Gwen Stacy clone, and the Jackal all manage to escape, using a jet pack which the Jackal had hidden in her coat. The police also approach the unconscious Spider-Man, still hanging from his web line, but upon them untying his chains, Spider-Man reveals that he had been faking unconsciousness so that they wouldn't shoot him, them escapes.

Spider-Man then returns home as Peter Parker, where he finds Mary Jane. However, Peter has a lot on his mind with the return of Gwen Stacy, and pretty much ignores her. A moment after she leaves, he realizes what he's done, but can't do anything about it. A bit later, Ned Leeds comes to visit Peter, and tells Peter what he's worked out about Gwen Stacy. He says that the clone would have been created for revenge on either him or Spider-Man, since he loved Gwen, and Spider-Man was blamed for her death. He also adds that whoever cloned Gwen had access to her cell tissue when she was alive. Peter works out what's happened, and tells Ned that when Gwen was alive, they gave cell samples as part of an experiment to Professor Warren's assistant. Ned says that if they can work out what happened to the samples, they can work out who cloned Gwen.

Ned and Peter go to Empire State University, and ask Professor Warren about what happened to the cell samples. Upon checking the refrigerator where he kept them, Professor Warren finds them gone. Professor Warren says that his assistant, Anthony Serba, could have taken them, but has been missing for a while. Peter and Ned then split up, with Ned going to the Daily Bugle to see if anyone's found Gwen, and Peter trying to find Serba's address.

Peter changes to Spider-Man after finding the address, and enters Serba's apartment, but finds the Tarantula waiting there. Spider-Man is having difficulty in the darkened apartment, before managing to take the fight outside, where he quickly defeats Tarantula. However, moments afterwards, he is attacked from behind by the Jackal. As Spider-Man loses unconsciousness, the Jackal decides to reveal why he managed to sneak up on him. The Jackal says that Peter has always considered him a friend, then takes off his mask to reveal that he is Professor Warren.

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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