Issue Description

Overview

Jackpot! Spidey vs. the Police! Menace! Triumphs, twists, turns and tragedy pack these two issues by Marc Guggenheim and Salvador Larrocca. And would you believe...Spider-Man sued? (Hey, that's what we get for having a former lawyer write these things...)

Spider-Man was about to investigate the explosion in the direction of Harlem when he found himself surrounded by police helicopters. Jumping out the window, they begin firing at him as he tries to crack jokes. Once again, he is out of web fluid. Falling to the streets below, he is saved by Jackpot, swinging by on a cable.

The police are still following and firing at them. Spider-Man actually doesn't mind them following as he's heading to the Apollo Theatre where the mayoral debate is going on. Menace has Councilwoman Parfrey in his grips. As Spider-Man and Jackpot arrive, Menace carries her out on his glider.

Spider-Man gets the idea to jump into a police helicopter. He promises them he'll let them arrest him if they help save the councilwoman. Jackpot joins them. Using his exhaust tracer, they manage to track down Menace and Parfrey. Spidey jumps down to them. He gets Parfrey out of Menace's grasp and literally throws her to Jackpot. Menace is ready to follow through with his earlier threat when Spider-Man decks him.

The fight goes on and Jackpot decides to help Spidey by jumping on Menace's back. Things get out of control. Spider-Man falls to the ground with Menace and Jackpot soon following. With the glider un-manned, it flies out of control...straight towards Councilwoman Parfrey. Spider-Man and Jackpot are too far to do anything other than yell for her to duck. Too late.

Menace tells Spider-Man it's all his fault even though they know it's really Jackpot's, who is on her knees crying. Menace disappears in a cloud of smoke. Jackpot pushes Spider-Man and tells him to get away from her. The police arrive to arrest him. He tells him it's not a good time. Even though he promised they could arrest him, he had his fingers crossed and leaves.

At the DB, he tries giving the best picture he could get of Menace. Dexter Bennett informs him that it's not the first picture. At the debate, there were television cameras plus cell phone cameras in the crowd. The picture Peter did manage to get shows Menace flying off with the late councilwoman. Dexter admires the impact of the photo and offers Peter two thousand since he can't rightfully give him the ten thousand dollar bonus. Peter says Jameson would've just given him fifty bucks and thinks to himself that'd be just enough to buy all the ingredients he needs to make more web-fluid. Things are looking good at the new DB.

Later Spider-Man tracks down the address of Sara Ehret. Knocking on the window, he sees a dark, short-haired woman. He asks if she wears a wig as part of the costume. She doesn't know what he's talking about. Spidey asks if her name is Sara and she says yes. Then he tells her that Jackpot gave her name as her identity. He doesn't know why his spider-sense didn't go off if she lied. Sara tells he should just stay out of it and closes the window.

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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