I speculated about this on Twitter recently, but an argument could be made that readers could skip Denny’s run and read Stern’s PPSSM run before shifting back to Amazing. And lots of Lightmaster, for some reason. As loyal readers of THE SPIDER’S WEB will recall, I bailed on PPSSM midway through the Bill Mantlo run, which followed a fairly haphazard series of creatives changes, culminating in three writers over four months at one point. next, which is, to many, the highwater mark for Spidey’s flagship title.ĭid you know that Stern had a reasonably lengthy run on Spidey’s sister series, Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man? I admit, dear reader, I only had a vague recollection of this.

That said, we had Roger Stern and John Romita Jr. The big takeaways? Denny wasn’t meant to write Spidey, which is fine - because he made history in so many ways, with so many other characters (Batman, the Question, GL/GA, to name a few!). Last time we chatted, I covered Denny O’Neil’s competent but generally uninspiring run on The Amazing Spider-Man.

Danįirst off, thanks for your patience - these columns are pretty much the definition of a labor of love, and I appreciate you guys swinging along with me. Click here for the complete index of columns. (Alex has been re-reading from the beginning.) Each installment covers a specific period in Spidey’s history, with Alex giving you a kind of bouncing ball approach, as opposed to an issue-by-issue breakdown. Welcome to The Spider’s Web - a recurring feature by novelist and comics exec Alex Segura that looks at Spider-Man’s development since his start in 1962’s Amazing Fantasy #15. UPDATED 9/17/21: Roger Stern turns 71! Perfect time to re-present this piece from 2020! Dig it. A BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE: An INSIDE LOOK at the precursor to a brilliant Amazing Spider-Man…

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