Issue Description

Spider-Man under the ‘hypnotic’ charm of Dr. Faustus! After Spidey uncovers Faustus’ sinister plot, the wall-crawler is made to believe that his worst enemies are on his trail! Faustus has a master plan that will leave residents of New York City under a hallucinogenic trance. Will Spider-Man snap out of it in time to save the day?

Madness is All in the Mind!

At the end of the previous issue, Spider-Man defeated a group of thugs, only to have Captain America's foe Doctor Faustus step out of the shadows and reveal himself as the leader of the gang. Spider-Man says that he thought Faustus was dead after he tried to blackmail New York a while ago (in Captain America #192), but Doctor Faustus reveals that he had survived falling out of the plane he was in because he had secretly worn a parachute, due to his fear of heights. Spider-Man is about to attack Faustus when Doctor Octopus spontaneously walks through a wall, and starts fighting Spider-Man, whose punches have no effect on him. More of Spider-Man's villains appear, before Faustus yells at them to disappear, and they do, having apparently been some elaborate illusion.

Doctor Faustus then tells Spider-Man he needs his help, and surprisingly, Spider-Man agrees. When one of Faustus' men is sceptical about whether Spider-Man is under Faustus' control or not, Faustus reveals that the smoke from his trick cigarette is actually influencing Spider-Man's mind. The thugs then use a laser cannon to blast through a wall, and Faustus tells Spider-Man to help them find any traps in the building they enter. Spider-Man finds out that the corridor they've broken into has hidden triggers which fire stun beams at anyone who touches them, but using his spider sense, he guides Faustus and his men through the corridor safely. However, one of the men missteps, and activates the lasers, which begin firing everywhere. Spider-Man, however, deactivates them for good by flipping to the end of the corridor then breaking the power box which controls them.

Whilst this is happening, a mysterious man is shown around Aunt May's old house by a real estate agent. He quickly agrees to take it, and when the real estate agent leaves, he swears that he'll find the secret he was looking for the first time he came to it.

Meanwhile, Doctor Faustus, his men, and Spider-Man have all reached Faustus' goal: a vaccine to a new virus that has come out recently. Faustus reveals that he's going to add a psychogenic additive to the vaccine, so that when everyone in the country is injected with the virus, he'll be able to control them. Unknown to Faustus, whilst he is ranting on about his world domination plans, Spider-Man is recovering from the gas from the cigarette, and is back to normal. He quickly takes out Faustus' men once more, but Faustus gets away after blowing some more smoke into Spider-Man's face, which stuns Spider-Man for a minute. However, he manages to stop him after all, by reconnecting the power box for the laser corridor, so that Faustus inadvertantly activates the lasers, and is stopped.

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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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