"Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut!" is a two-issue Spider-Man

Spider-Man

Spider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15...

 story arc

Story arc

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 written by Roger Stern

Roger Stern

Roger Stern is an American comic book author and novelist.-Early career:In the early 1970s, Stern and Bob Layton published the fanzine CPL , one of the first platforms for the work of John Byrne...

 with art by John Romita, Jr.

John Romita, Jr.

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  and published by Marvel Comics

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. The arc appears in The Amazing Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Man

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#229-#230.

Plot summary

Black Tom Cassidy

Black Tom Cassidy

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 dispatches the Juggernaut

Juggernaut (comics)

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 to kidnap Madame Web

Madame Web

Madame Web is a fictional supporting character in the Spider-Man comic book series.-Fictional character biography:Cassandra Webb was born in Salem, Oregon. She is a paralyzed, blind, telepathic, clairvoyant, and precognitive mutant, allowing her to work as a professional medium...

 in the hope that her psychic powers would help them defeat the X-Men

X-Men

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. She receives a vision of their plan, and calls Peter Parker to ask him to stop the Juggernaut. Spider-Man makes many attempts to stop the Juggernaut, all of which end in failure. When the Juggernaut reaches Madame Web, he separates her from her life-support system, almost killing her. As Madame Web is taken to a hospital, Spider-Man again tries to stop the Juggernaut, luring him to a construction site and finally trapping him in a pool of wet cement. However it is only a matter of time before the Juggernaut will break free.

Something Can Stop the Juggernaut

During The Gauntlet storyline in 2010, a sequel to "Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut" called "Something Can Stop the Juggernaut" is in Amazing Spider-Man #627-629, where Spider-Man fights the Juggernaut in a rematch. This story will also be written by Roger Stern. It turns out that Captain Universe

Captain Universe

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 is the "Something" that can stop the Juggernaut.

Collected editions

The story is collected as The Sensational Spider-Man: Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut (ISBN 0871355728).

Wizard Magazine includes it in its collection Spider-Man: The 10 Greatest Spider-Man Stories Ever (ISBN 0974325368).

Reception

Comics Should Be Good featured the story in its series "Comics You Should Own," and users voted it the second greatest Roger Stern story.

SpiderFan.org gave both issues of the arc five webs, its highest rating.