Issue Description

Peter discovers that his biology professor, Dr. Miles Warren, has a few loose screws. As the Jackal, Warren reveals his love for Gwen Stacy and the secret behind her resurrection. Will Spider-Man be able to talk sense into his professor before Jackal takes Ned’s life?

At the end of the previous issue, the Jackal pulled off his mask to reveal himself as Professor Warren, Peter Parker's biology teacher, whilst Spider-Man was falling unconscious. Spider-Man falls to the ground, exhausted, and in his drugged state, remembers the past day (which basically recaps the previous issue). When Spider-Man wakes up, he finds himself in an abandoned tenement, strapped to a table. The Jackal approaches him, and tells him not to spoil his moment of triumph. Spider-Man breaks through the straps binding him to a table, since they're not too strong, but is surprisingly defeated by the Jackal quite easily. The Jackal then tells Spider-Man that before he kills him, he'll tell him why he hates him.

The Jackal then explains that he hates Spider-Man since he was loved by Gwen Stacy (as Peter Parker, although it's never explained how the Jackal found out that Peter was Spider-Man), and she was killed because of him. He explains that he'd always admired Gwen, more than he would admit, and felt protective towards her. Upon here death, he became slightly depressed, until his assistant Anthony Serba showed him a successful cloning experiment. Professor Warren then gave Serba some tissue samples from an experiment in his class, for him to clone. However, when Serba found out the clones were human, Professor Warren accidentally killed him in his haste to keep him silent.

Professor Warren was so shocked by the murder that he disposed of Serba's body, and tried to convince himself that it was somebody else who was the murderer. As he passed a lecturer talking about jackals, Professor Warren convinced himself that the Jackal had been the one who killed Serba. He then spent the next few months developing his Jackal gear, training himself, and taking care of the clones. Upon Gwen Stacy's clone being complete, the Jackal used hypnosis to make her believe she was the real Gwen. In the present, Spider-Man tells the Jackal how sick he is, to which the Jackal runs away, telling Spider-Man to meet him at Shea Stadium that night for their final showdown.

Spider-Man heads to the Daily Bugle, hoping to see Mary Jane alone, but finds Betty Brant crying, since Ned and Gwen are missing. When J. Jonah Jameson notices Peter Parker, he yells at him to go find Ned. Later that night, Spider-Man heads to the stadium where the Jackal told him to meet him, but is ambushed upon arrival by the Jackal. The Jackal knocks him out, and injects him with a syringe as he falls unconscious, saying it's all necessary. When Spider-Man wakes up, he finds another person in exactly the same costume as him, speaking simiarly to him. The Jackal explains that Peter Parker was also cloned, and that only one of the Spider-Men is the real one. He adds that even though both of them believe themselves to be the real Spider-Man, only one is, and only that one can save Ned Leeds (who's attached to a bomb).

Both Spider-Men start fighting over which one of them is the real Spider-Man, with the Jackal and the Gwen Stacy clone watching. After a bit of fighting, the Spider-Men realize that they'll never work out which of them is which through fighting, and they go off to save Ned. As they do, Gwen Stacy's clone rips off the Jackal's mask, telling him that she's realized he's a murderer. Upon hearing his beloved Gwen calling him a murderer, the Jackal realizes what he's become, and runs over and saves Ned. However, the bomb is still set to blow, and explodes. One of the Spider-Men is still alive, along with Ned and Gwen's clone. However, upon the clone asking Spider-Man how he knows that he's not the clone, he realizes that he doesn't know, and could simply be a clone.

The next day, Gwen's clone says goodbye to Peter at a graveyard, telling him that she's not the true Gwen Stacy, and can't pretend to be. Peter then goes home to find Mary Jane in his apartment, and tells her how happy he is to see her.

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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