Issue Description

Spider-Man vs. the Kingpin! After recovering from a catatonic state, Kingpin finds himself back in villainous form. Peter receives a surprise gift of furniture from his closest friends, but before he can relish the moment, he must consider where things stand with MJ. Will Peter be able to be honest with himself…and the girl he loves?

All the Kingpin's Men!

At the start of this issue, Spider-Man is travelling around on the roof of a truck on the highway, when he notices a helicopter nearby. After keeping an eye on it for a few minutes, the helicopter uses a crane to steal a truck. Spider-Man then uses his webs to get to the helicopter, where he finds it being stolen by some thugs that he's encountered a bit recently (in Amazing Spider-Man #153, #154, and #160). Whilst Spider-Man fights off some of the thugs, some others use jet packs to go around to the back of the truck, and steal a device from it. One of the thugs then drops the truck, with Spider-Man still on it, whilst the thugs make it back to the helicopter with their jet packs. However, a mysterious hand slaps the man who dropped the truck, telling him that Spider-Man isn't to die. Fortunately, Spider-Man manages to wrap himself up in webbing, so that when he crashes, the impact doesn't kill him.

Spider-Man then changes to Peter Parker, and heads to Mary Jane's apartment, but she's not at home. Peter then heads to his apartment, where he finds his friends have thrown him a surprise party. Glory Grant explains to Peter that since she noticed Peter has virtually no furniture, she threw a party for his friends to get him some. Peter tries approaching Mary Jane to talk to her about their relationship, but Flash Thompson comes over and Peter goes away, not wanting to talk to Mary Jane with other people listening. Peter heads up to the roof, thinking about how unlucky he's been with women, when Harry Osborn and Liz Allen also head to the roof for a private moment. Peter then heads back to his apartment.

Later that day, Peter has changed to Spider-Man, and is heading to an abandoned movie studio. He thinks to himself about all the research he did into anywhere that's used a lot of electricity that shouldn't be, since the henchmen that he fought would have needed a ton for their equipment. Whilst sneaking around the studio, Spider-Man finds an office, and inside it finds his old foe the Kingpin. The Kingpin says to Spider-Man that he's wanted him to find him, since he has plans for him. The two then engage in a violent fight, ending when the Kinpin manages to get Spider-Man with his trick tie pin, which shoots out gas when Spider-Man gets too close to it. Spider-Man is knocked unconscious, and when he wakes up, he finds himself strapped to a table, with the Kingpin nearby. The Kingpin tells Spider-Man to look at the figure next to him (whose face is blocked from the reader), and that he's going to steal Spider-Man's life force to bring him back to life.

NotesFeatures the Hostess Cup Cakes ad, "Thor And The False Immortal"

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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