Issue Description

The return of Venom! After breaking out of the Vault, Spider-Man’s most pervasive foe makes his bid for vengeance. How’s Hydro-Man involved? Plus, Peter makes an unsettling discovery about Aunt May’s beau!

After their eviction from Bedford Towers, Peter and Mary Jane move in with Aunt May in Queens until they can find another place to live.

Plot

Peter takes pictures of himself as Spider-Man stopping Hydro-Man from robbing a construction site. As he makes his way to Aunt May's house to develop the pictures, he recalls the events that led to this point in time. Mary Jane's abduction, the discovery that their landlord Jonathon Caesar was responsible, and the subsequent eviction from their condo by the jilted admirer. The current obstacle involves using their remainder savings to pay legal costs to fight their eviction and recoup the money invested in the condo.

After he develops the film, he agrees to go with MJ to Manhattan to drop off his photos at the Daily Bugle while she participates in a fashion show. On the way out he notices Nathan Lubensky going through May's purse. Peter realizes something is wrong but says nothing.

Later after he gets paid for his photos, Peter (as Spider-Man) swings past the Queensboro bridge and notices Nathan at a nearby ATM. He's screaming at the machine for preventing him taking more than $500 per day. Peter changes and confronts Nathan. He tells him he knows he took May's bank card and demands to know what's happening.

Nathan admits - indirectly - that he has a gambling problem. Recently he amassed a huge debt to a loan shark who is demanding $5,000 of it now as a sign of good faith. Nathan had planned to use the money from the house account to and pay it back later. Peter allows him to keep the money but takes the card from him. He uses the money from the photos to replace the money Nathan took. When they return to Queens, Peter discovers MJ didn't get the modeling gig.

Later that night, Nathan ventures out once again. This time he has a guardian spider keeping tabs on him. He meets some "representatives" of the loan shark that threaten him when he doesn't have the money owed. When Nathan exhausts his bag of tricks (which consist of common household items) to defend himself, Spider-Man appears and makes quick work of the three assailants, webbing them to a basketball goal. He quickly leaves, reappearing as Peter. He (rather his automatic camera) has taken pictures of the entire ordeal and promises to take them to the district attorney's if they threaten Nathan again.

As they walk home, Peter gets Nathan to promise to quit gambling. However the next day at the newstand he is unable to resist purchasing a dozen lottery tickets.

While all of this is happening, Venom escapes from the Vault out in Colorado and makes his way toward New York for a showdown with Spider-Man.

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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