Issue Description

Spider-Man faces imminent Doom! Black Fox has stolen one of Doctor Doom’s family heirlooms, and Spidey has 24 hours to collect- or else!

The Black Fox, a career jewel thief, has remained at large despite numerous run-ins with Spider-Man. His most recent caper, stealing the Trask Diamond in Amazing Spider-Man #349 has him once again in a situation beyond his capabilities and at the mercey of our hero. Unfortunately for both, Doctor Doom is involved and is not happy with the thief's actions.

Plot

Spider-Man has the Black Fox cornered after his most recent heist, stealing the Trask Diamond during its debut at the Trask Center. Pity for the thief has always gotten the better of Spidey in the past, and with the appearance of Doctor Doom this time looks to be no different.

Doom is after Fox for the return of the Dragon's Egg, a jewel which had once belonged to his mother and which Fox has already sold. The first twelve pages are non-stop action between Spider-Man and Doctor Doom which is well written and, at times, very funny. Doom will not let the Black Fox go, but because of Peter's pity toward the old-timer he continually prevents Doom from stopping him. This leads to a few classic moments where Spidey attacks and stops Doom momentarily to keep him from Fox knowing that he is no match for the villain and there is a beating go come for trying. Michelinie says it all in Spidey's first attempt to stop Doom as the hero thinks, "I'm going to regret this..."

Spidey annoys Doom long enough for the Black Fox to escape. Not good news since Doom now turns his full attention toward him. As one would expect when fighting a major Marvel villain like Doctor Doom without help, Spider-Man gets his tail kicked. Larsen's art is fantastic as Spidey gets torn to pieces by Doom with his only hope of survival being escape.

Cornered and at Doom's mercy, Spider-Man is able to save his own life by convincing Doom to give him 24 hours to find Fox and return his mother's jewel. Doom agrees with the warning that failure will cost Peter and the Black Fox their lives.

The next day Peter wakes up still woozy from his fight with Doom and decides to give Spider-Man a rest. The Black Fox discovers that the Dragon's Egg he had stolen has already been sold and he will have to track it down.

What follows is a sequence that appears in almost every milestone Spider-Man comic. Due to his concussion, Peter 'sees' his Uncle Ben on his way uptown and talks with him. There's the neat one page recap of how Peter became Spider-Man and found his sense of responsibility through Ben's death. Ben also makes Peter realize that the reason he's so easy on the Black Fox is because the crook is a reminder of him and Peter is afraid of his disapproval. At the end of the discussion Peter passes out.

Despite warnings from a doctor and Mary Jane in the hospital, Peter must go find the Black Fox as Spider-Man because of Doom's deadline. MJ isn't happy with the decision adding that she supports Peter with anything, but will not understand why he is risking certain death.

Spidey tracks down the Fox and tails him to New Jersey where the buyer of the Dragon's Egg, Andrew Carpathian, is set to use it to revive the Arcane Order and bring back the swarm that attacked New York (Spectacular Spider-Man #169 and Spectacular Spider-Man #170).

Spidey tells the Fox they need to team-up to stop the Order and prevent the swarm from materializing. In a well-drawn action sequence the pair fights trough the small army of the Order in an attempt to grab the Dragon's Egg. Spidey is taking too much damage with his recent concussion. Doom crashes through the wall as a spectator (wanting the egg and nothing else), but his appearance is enough to stun everyone while Spider-Man stays concious and fights his way to the egg.

Since their plan has been ruined the Order and Carpathian take off immediately. Spidey returns the jewel to Doom who then turns to kill the Black Fox for stealing it in the first place. Spidey convinces him not to, but as punishment Doom destroys the Trask Diamond that was to finance Fox's retirement and takes off. Finally, Spidey, doesn't fall for Fox's "I'm too old" routine and takes him in.

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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