Issue Description

Peter Parker starts searching his house for the Spider-Man costume Aunt May took from him but has no luck.

Meanwhile the Green Goblin and the Crime-Master are meeting at the waterfront. The Crime-Master is breaking up an alliance he had made with the Goblin during which both men revealed their identities to each other. Angered by the Crime-Master's double cross the Goblin flies off vowing that the Crime-Master hasn't seen the last of him. The Crime-Master then goes on a rampage, attacking all the local mob bosses in New York building himself a reputation.

Back at the Parker home Peter tries to ask Aunt May what she did with his costume but can't get her to talk. He then leaves for the Bugle where he gets into a fight with Betty Brant over their relationship. J. Jonah Jameson breaks them up and sends Peter out of the office. Before he leaves Peter slips a spider tracer in Frederick Foswell's hat.

Already in a bad mood after arguing with Betty, Peter is finally pushed over the edge at school when he takes a swing at Flash Thompson after Flash once again taunts him. A small scuffle ensues until Liz Allan breaks them up and Peter comes to his senses. Upset at the way both Peter and Flash behaved Liz runs off and Principal Davis, having seen what transpired asks to see Peter in his office thinking he started the fight. In the principal's office Peter takes full responsibility for what happened which surprises Flash to the point where he explains to the principal afterword that it was he who provoked Peter.

Peter finally finds a new Spider-Man suit at a local costume shop. As he begins leaping through the air as Spider-Man however the costume starts to fall apart and he is forced to web it back together. Spider-Man tracks down the signal from his tracer to Foswell's apartment but Foswell is not there. The Crime-Master having just arrived at Foswell's apartment attempts to assassinate Spider-Man. Spider-Man quickly leaps out of Foswell's apartment and begins battling the Crime-Master. The battle tips in the Crime-Master's favor when he hits Spider-Man with a dose of gas. With the Webslinger unable to breathe the Crime-Master knocks him off the roof. The falling Spider-Man is forced to take off his mask to breathe but fortunately is out of the Crime-Master's eyesight. He then swings himself to safety. Suspecting that Foswell could be the Crime-Master Spider-Man swings over to the Bugle but Foswell isn't there. Swinging back to Foswell's apartment Spider-Man discovers a map with a small section of the waterfront marked off and decides to visit there next.

All the mob bosses agree to accept the Crime-Master's invitation and meet him at the waterfront. Having learned this information a stool pigeon named Patch tips off the police. The Green Goblin once again confronts the Crime-Master and offers him one last chance to renew their alliance. The Crime-Master refuses and begins to fight the Goblin who quickly retreats thinking of a new plan to take down the Crime-Master.

Spider-Man making his way around the waterfront is ambushed and knocked out by the Green Goblin.

The Crime-Master finally arrives at his meeting and announces to all the mob bosses that he is the new kingpin of crime. But the Green Goblin quickly crashes the meeting carrying Spider-Man's unconscious body.

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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