Issue Description

Following his battle with Jackal and a Spider-Clone, Spider-Man questions whether he is the real web-slinger or a clone injected with memories. Spidey seeks the help of Dr. Curt Connors, but before the results are revealed, Spencer Smythe arrives on the scene with new Spider-Slayer weaponry!

Spider-Man...or Spider-Clone?

At the start of this issue, Peter Parker is standing alone in his apartment, worrying since he might be a clone. After a moment of pondering, he swings off to Curt Conner's laboratory, so he can test to see if he's a clone. As he does so, a mysterious figure watches him on a video screen, planning revenge against Spider-Man. In the lab, Spider-Man is trying to work out how he can test to see if he's a clone or not- when Curt Connors comes in. Spider-Man tells him his problem and they then start doing tests. After a few hours, they're done. Connors tells Spider-Man that they won't have the final results for a few hours and that he should lie down for a while.

Spider-Man wakes up to hear the Vulture outside, taunting him. He worries that if the Vulture were to harm Connors, he might never find out whether he's a clone or not, so he jumps out to attack the Vulture. After a brief scuffle, the Vulture charges into a wall as Spider-Man lands on his back. Spider-Man jumps off just before the collision and for some reason the Vulture explodes when he collides with the wall. As Spider-Man tries to work out what happens, he is attacked by the Sandman. Spider-Man manages to drop a water tower on Sandman, but as he does, the Sandman also explodes, just as the Vulture did. By now Spider-Man is really confused, and still worn out from the tests, and so he swings back to Connors' lab; but on the way, he is attacked by the Kingpin. Spider-Man lands a few punches but just like Sandman and Vulture, Kingpin explodes.

Spider-Man then stumbles through an alley, wondering if it could all be a dream. He is unexpectedly approached by Spencer Smythe in his Spider-Slayer, who was the mysterious person watching him before. As Smythe fights Spider-Man, he tells him of how the villains he's fought that night were just robots that he made, designed to weaken him, both physically and mentally. Spider-Man thinks he's going to die, and realizes that Mary Jane is the girl he loves. He then realizes that since he loves Mary Jane, and not Gwen Stacy, he couldn't be the clone, because the clone would have been motivated by Professor Warren to like Gwen. With this knowledge, Spider-Man smashes the Spider-Slayer to bits, not giving up now that he knows who he is.

Spider-Man then goes back to Connors' lab, where he finds that Curt has finished with his report. Of course, this is a report that Spidey need not read; for he has already found his answer.

NotesFeatures the Hostess Fruit Pies ad, The Incredible Hulk And The Twins Of Evil!

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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