Web of Spider-Man is the name of two different monthly comic book

Comic book

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 series starring Spider-Man

Spider-Man

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 that have been published by Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics

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 since 1985, the first volume of which ran for 129 issues between 1985 and 1995, and the second of which ran for 12 issues between 2009 and 2010.

Volume 1

The first volume of Web of Spider-Man published by Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics

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 for 129 issues between 1985 and 1995. It replaced Marvel Team-Up

Marvel Team-Up

Marvel Team-Up is the name of several American comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The series featured two or more Marvel characters in one story...

as the third major Spider-Man title of the time. Its first issue featured the return of Spider-Man's alien black costume

Venom (comics)

Eddie Brock is a fictional character created by David Michelinie and Todd McFarlane. A comic book supervillain, Brock's earliest appearance is a cameo in Web of Spider-Man #18 before making his first full appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man #299 as Venom...

, which attempted to rebond with Peter Parker. Peter managed to rid himself of the costume again using church bells and the alien was presumed to have died after that.

For the first several years of its run, and in 1990–1991, Web of Spider-Man had no permanent creative team. As a result, the book's quality was far less consistent than the other two major Spider-Man titles of the time, The Amazing Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Man is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics, featuring the adventures of the fictional superhero Spider-Man. Being the mainstream continuity of the franchise, it began publication in 1963 as a monthly periodical and was published continuously until it was...

and The Spectacular Spider-Man

The Spectacular Spider-Man

The Spectacular Spider-Man is the name of several comic books and one magazine series starring Marvel Comics' Spider-Man.The character's main series, The Amazing Spider-Man, was extremely successful, and Marvel felt the character could support more than one title. This led the company in 1968 to...

. From 1984 to 1988, the personnel who contributed to the title included writers Louise Simonson

Louise Simonson

Louise Simonson, born Mary Louise Alexander , is an American comic book writer and editor. She is best known for her work on comic book titles such as Power Pack, X-Factor, New Mutants, Superman: The Man of Steel, and Steel...

, David Michelinie

David Michelinie

-Biography:Some of his earliest work is for DC Comics's House of Secrets and a run on Swamp Thing , following Len Wein and preceding Gerry Conway, illustrated by Nestor Redondo. Michelinie did a run on Aquaman in Adventure Comics which led to the revival of the Sea King's own title in 1977...

, Bill Mantlo

Bill Mantlo

Bill Mantlo is an American comic-book writer, primarily at Marvel Comics, best known for his work on two licensed toy properties whose adventures occurred in the Marvel Universe: the Eagle Award-winning Micronauts and the long-running Rom. An attorney, he also worked as a public defender...

, James Owsley

Christopher Priest (comic book writer)

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, Gerry Conway

Gerry Conway

Gerard F. "Gerry" Conway is an American writer of comic books and television shows. He is known for co-creating the Marvel Comics vigilante The Punisher and scripting the death of the character Gwen Stacy during his long run on The Amazing Spider-Man...

, and Peter David

Peter David

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; and penciller

Penciller

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s Greg LaRocque

Greg LaRocque

Greg LaRocque is an American comic book illustrator.Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, LaRocque worked as an assistant teacher at the Professional Institute of Art while still a teenager. He started his art career in the advertising field...

, Jim Mooney

Jim Mooney

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, Sal Buscema

Sal Buscema

Silvio "Sal" Buscema is an American comic book artist, primarily for Marvel Comics, where he enjoyed a ten-year run as artist of The Incredible Hulk...

, Marc Silvestri

Marc Silvestri

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, Mike Zeck

Mike Zeck

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, and Mark Bagley

Mark Bagley

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.

The most frequent contributor to the book was artist Alex Saviuk

Alex Saviuk

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, who pencilled over 80 issues of the series between 1988 and 1994. During his run on the title, Saviuk worked with a succession of writers: Gerry Conway

Gerry Conway

Gerard F. "Gerry" Conway is an American writer of comic books and television shows. He is known for co-creating the Marvel Comics vigilante The Punisher and scripting the death of the character Gwen Stacy during his long run on The Amazing Spider-Man...

 (1989–1990), Howard Mackie

Howard Mackie

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 (1992–1993), and Terry Kavanagh

Terry Kavanagh

Terrence "Terry" Kavanagh is an American comic book editor and writer.-Biography:Kavanagh was a Marvel Comics editor during the late 1980s and 1990s...

 (1993–1995), and was succeeded by Steven Butler

Steven Butler

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 in 1994. Butler and writer Todd DeZago

Todd DeZago

Todd Dezago is an American comic book writer. He is best known for his collaborations with penciller Mike Wieringo on The Sensational Spider-Man and their creator-owned fantasy series Tellos, which premiered in 1999, as well as for co-creating Young Justice with artist Todd Nauck in the 1998...

 were the last creative team on the series before it was cancelled.

In issue #18, on the last page, Peter Parker is pushed in front of an oncoming train. He thinks to himself that this should not have happened, as his spider-sense would have warned him of the danger. Writer David Michelinie has said that he wrote this as the first "teaser" appearance of the character Venom

Venom (comics)

Eddie Brock is a fictional character created by David Michelinie and Todd McFarlane. A comic book supervillain, Brock's earliest appearance is a cameo in Web of Spider-Man #18 before making his first full appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man #299 as Venom...

, whom he was planning to introduce at a later date. Venom is an amalgam of reporter Eddie Brock and the alien costume. The costume could nullify Spider-Man's spider-sense, and this was the first clue of a puzzle that Michelinie was planning to weave to introduce Venom. As he stopped writing Web of Spider-Man shortly after this issue, he did not have the chance to tie in the pushing of Peter in front of the train with the appearance of Venom. Later, Michelinie wrote The Amazing Spider-Man, starting with issue #290. He, along with artist Todd McFarlane

Todd McFarlane

Todd McFarlane is a Canadian cartoonist, writer, toy designer and entrepreneur, best known for his work in comic books, such as the fantasy series Spawn....

, did introduce Venom to great fanfare and fan response.

After issue #129 in October 1995, the title was renamed Web of Scarlet Spider

Web of Scarlet Spider

Web of Scarlet Spider is the name of a short-lived comic book series starring the Scarlet Spider. The series was published by Marvel Comics for four issues between November 1995 and February 1996...

and started again at #1. After four issues, the series was cancelled to make way for the new The Sensational Spider-Man

The Sensational Spider-Man

The Sensational Spider-Man was first used as the title for a prestige format one-shot special called The Sensational Spider-Man: Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut in 1989 from Marvel Comics which reprinted The Amazing Spider-Man issues #229 and #230 .The Sensational Spider-Man was later also used as...

title.

Volume 2

In October 2009, Web of Spider-Man volume 2 debuted, with a story arc focusing on Kaine

Kaine

Kaine is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics supervillain and antihero who serves as both an ally and an enemy of Spider-Man. He first appeared in Web of Spider-Man #119, and is the Jackal's first failed attempt at cloning Peter Parker...

, written by J.M. DeMatteis. The title also served as the new home for Spider-Girl

Spider-Girl

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, who was written by Tom DeFalco

Tom DeFalco

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 and illustrated by Ron Frenz

Ron Frenz

Ronald Wade Frenz is an American comic book artist known for his work for Marvel Comics. He is well-known for his 1980s work on Amazing Spider-Man, and more recently, for his work on Spider-Girl...

, the character having first appeared on Marvel.com as The Spectacular Spider-Girl

Spider-Girl

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. The stories feature characters tied to "The Gauntlet" storyline, such as Electro

Electro (comics)

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, the Rhino

Rhino (comics)

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, the Lizard

Lizard (comics)

The Lizard is a fictional character, a supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe and enemy of Spider-Man. The Lizard first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #6 , and was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko...

, and many more from Spider-Man's colorful rogues gallery, each titled "Gauntlet: Origins, ...". The series ended in September 2010 with issue #12.

Collected editions

Several story arcs have been included in various trade paperbacks

Trade paperback (comics)

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.

• Essential Web of Spider-Man Vol. 1 (ISBN 0-7851-5756-5) Collects issues #1-18, Annual #1 and #2
• Spider-Man: Birth of Venom (includes Web of Spider-Man #1)
• Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt (includes Web of Spider-Man #31-32)
• Spider-Man's Greatest Villains (includes Web of Spider-Man #38)
• Spider-Man: The Cosmic Adventures (includes Web of Spider-Man #59-61)
• Spirits of Venom (includes Web of Spider-Man #95-96)
• Spider-Man: Maximum Carnage (includes Web of Spider-Man #101-103)
• The Amazing Spider-Man: Return of the Black Cat (includes Web of Spider-Man vol. 2, #1)
• The Amazing Spider-Man: The Gauntlet, Vol. 1 - Electro & Sandman (includes Web of Spider-Man vol. 2, #2)
• The Amazing Spider-Man: The Gauntlet, Vol. 2 - Rhino & Mysterio (includes Web of Spider-Man vol. 2, #3-4)
• The Amazing Spider-Man: The Gauntlet, Vol. 3 - Vulture & Morbius (includes Web of Spider-Man vol. 2, #2, 5)
• The Amazing Spider-Man: The Gauntlet, Vol. 5 - The Lizard (includes Web of Spider-Man vol. 2, #6)