The Jackal truly made his name during the controversial Clone Saga, but now he’s back with another bizarre scheme. But before we see him grant Spider-Man’s powers to the whole of Manhattan island, let’s take a look back at the events leading up to this 2011′ event’s SPIDER-ISLAND!
Thank you to The Marvel Chronology Project, the Marvel Wiki and, of course the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe for the extra assist! Annnd to Reed’s Reads for that elusive detail on Peter Parker’s blacklisting at the Daily Bugle!
Must Reads: Story arcs marked with a ✔are must-read stories from this time period, along with any key related stories and often-forgotten tales that are worth a read.
Anthology Issues: When an issue contains multiple stories, the relevant story is denoted with square brackets. For example, [2/5] refers to the second story of the five stories in that issue, so you don’t need to read the other four.
Spoilers: The issue/story overviews may include spoilers and clues regarding what you might expect to see in the main event, so be warned!
References: Titles in [square brackets] refer to the Spider-Island tie-in they relate to.
Want to keep it simple? Here’s the chronological reading order – just the essentials from the Full Reading Order below – without story descriptions, or spoilers:
- Amazing Spider-Man #147-149
- Marvel Two-in-One #29-32
- Spectacular Spider-Man #-1
- Spectacular Spider-Man (2003) #15-20
- Amazing Spider-Man #569-574
- Amazing Spider-Man #600 [1/11]
- Amazing Spider-Man #635 [1/3]
- Amazing Spider-Man #636 [1/3]
- Amazing Spider-Man #636 [1/4]
- Amazing Spider-Man #637 [4/4]
- Amazing Spider-Man #641
- Amazing Spider-Man #648
- Amazing Spider-Man #649
- Amazing Spider-Man #650 [1/2]
- Amazing Spider-Man #651 [1/2]
- Amazing Spider-Man #652 [1/2]
- Amazing Spider-Man #653 [1/2]
- Amazing Spider-Man #654 [1/2]
- Amazing Spider-Man #654 [2/2]
- Spider-Girl (2011) #1-2
- FF (2011) #1
- Spider-Island: Deadly Foes #1 [2/2]
- Free Comic Book Day: The Amazing Spider-Man #1 [1/2]
- Amazing Spider-Man #659 [2/3]
- Venom (2011) #3-4
- Amazing Spider-Man #663 [2/3]
- Spider-Girl (2011) #8
- Amazing Spider-Man #664 [2/2]
- Amazing Spider-Man #665 [1/2]
- Amazing Spider-Man #665 [2/2]
| Must Reads | Title, Issue, Synopsis & First Appearances | Event/ Crossover |
| Amazing Fantasy #15 [1/4] (1962) Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider, transforming him into the super-human Spider-Man. 1st appearance: Spider-Man/Masked Marvel/Peter Parker, Flash Thompson, Liz Allan (unnamed), Ben Parker, May Parker, Flash Thompson [Free Comic Book Day] | ||
| Amazing Spider-Man #1 [2/2] (1963) The Chameleon conducts a number of robberies as ‘Spider-Man’. 1st appearance: Chameleon/Spider-Man/Dmitiri Smerdyakov [Amazing Spider-Man] | ||
| Tales to Astonish #40 [1/4] (1963) The Hijacker makes his debut, stealing trucks; Hijacker is defeated by Ant-Man. 1st appearance: Hijacker/Howard Mitchell [Venom] | ||
| Amazing Spider-Man #31 (1965) Professor Miles Warren cameo; Harry Osborn sabotages the distracted PeterParker’s science experiment, getting him into trouble with Professor Warren. 1st appearance: Professor Miles Warren, Gwen Stacy, Harry Osborn [Amazing Spider-Man, Deadly Foes] | ||
| Amazing Spider-Man #39 (1966) The Green Goblin snatches Peter Parker from his home after learning his identity. [Amazing Spider-Man] | ||
| Amazing Spider-Man #121 (1973) Despite Spider-Man’s best efforts, Peter Parker’s girlfriend Gwen Stacy is killed during a confrontation with the Green Goblin. [Deadly Foes] | ||
| Amazing Spider-Man #129 (1974) A new costumed villain calling himself the Jackal makes his debut, convincing the vigilante Punisher that Spider-Man is a threat. 1st appearance: Punisher/Frank Castle New identity: Miles Warren as the Jackal [Amazing Spider-Man, Deadly Foes] | ||
| Amazing Spider-Man #131 (1974) Doctor Octopus almost marries May Parker in an effort to lay claim to a small Canadian island she’s inherited. [Amazing Spider-Man] | ||
| Amazing Spider-Man #142-146 (1975) Peter Parker encounters Gwen Stacy, alive and well; Peter is unaware that this is part of the Jackal’s plan. 1st appearance: Gwen Stacy clone, Cyclone/André Gerard [Deadly Foes] | THE DELUSION CONSPIRACY | |
| ✔ | Amazing Spider-Man #147-149 (1975) The Jackal reveals his true identity as Miles Warren, along with his intention of destroying Spider-Man as revenge for the death of his beloved Gwen Stacy – the student he’d been obsessing over; standing revealed as the creator of Gwen’s clone, he pits Spider-Man against a clone of himself before apparently being killed by his own bomb. 1st appearance: Spider-Man clone/Ben Reilly [Deadly Foes] | THE DELUSION CONSPIRACY |
| ✔ | Marvel Two-in-One #29-32 (1977) Alicia Masters is transformed into a spider-person when Hydra use Spider-Woman’s DNA to try and turn Alicia into a super-soldier. New identity: Arachne/Jessica Drew as Spider-Woman [Spider-Woman] | |
| Marvel Treasury Edition #26: The Rampaging Hulk [5/5] (1980) Wolverine and Hercules have actually been drinking buddies for quite some time, first sharing a drink after Wolverine took issue with Herc stealing all the attention at the bar. [Herc] | ||
| Spider-Woman #10 (1978) Gypsy Moth makes her debut, clashing with Spider-Woman. 1st appearance: Gypsy Moth/Sybil Dvorak [Spider-Woman] |
| Must Reads | Title, Issue, Synopsis & First Appearances | Event/Crossover |
| Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #64 (1982) Maggia chemist Simon Marshall uses an experimental drug on Tyrone Johnson and Tandy Bowen transforming them into Cloak & Dagger. 1st appearance: Cloak/Tyrone Johnson, Dagger/Tandy Bowen, Simon Marshall [Cloak & Dagger] | ||
| Marvel Team-Up #121 (1982) Eugene Patilio tries to make up for his father’s career as the costumed criminal Leap-Frog by donning the costume and becoming the new Leap-Frog; the Human Torch advises Leap-Frog to end his career immediately, despite his lucky victory over the Speed Demon, but Eugene opts to change his name to Frog-Man and continue crime-fighting. 1st appearance: Leap-Frog/Frog-Man/Eugene Patilio [Avengers] | ||
| Marvel Team-Up Annual #6 (1983) Cloak & Dagger start using the Holy Ghost Church as a base of operations. 1st appearance: Holy Ghost Church [Cloak & Dagger] | ||
| Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #8 (1988) The High Evolutionary reveals the Gwen Stacy clone isn’t a clone at all; he surmises that Joyce Delaney was a woman of similar build and genes infected with a virus created by the Jackal to transform her into a duplicate; Joyce is given her life back by Daydreamer of the Young Gods. 1st appearance: Juniper, Katos [Deadly Foes] | THE EVOLUTIONARY WAR | |
| Amazing Spider-Man #317 (1989) Eddie Brock shows up at Aunt May’s house. [Amazing Spider-Man] | ||
| Avengers #329 (1991) Spider-Man joins the Avengers as a reserve member. 1st appearance: Tetrarchs of Entropy [Amazing Spider-Man, Free Comic Book Day] | STARTING LINE-UP | |
| Spectacular Spider-Man #187 (1992) May Parker threatens to shoot the Vulture when he invades her home and threatens Peter Parker’s life. [Amazing Spider-Man] | ||
| Web of Spider-Man #119 (1994) The mysterious and deadly vigilante Kaine makes his debut, choosing to head to New York in search of Ben Reilly (Spider-Man’s clone). 1st appearance: Kaine, Gabrielle Greer, Dr Seward Trainer [Amazing Spider-Man, Free Comic Book Day, Venom] | ||
| Green Goblin #1 (1995) Phil Urich stumbles across one of Norman Osborn’s old Green Goblin hideouts and accidentally gains powers from the Goblin Formula; Phil decides to use his powers to become a heroic Green Goblin. 1st appearance: Fast Freddie/Freddie Glazer, Ricko the Sicko, Lunn Walsh [Deadly Foes] | ||
| Spider-Man #60 (1995) The murderous Kaine is revealed to be the Jackal’s first attempt at cloning Peter Parker. [Amazing Spider-Man, Free Comic Book Day, Venom] | THE TRIAL OF PETER PARKER | |
| Amazing Spider-Man #404 (1995) Spider-Man #61 (1995) Spider-Man: Maximum Clonage – Omega #1 (1995) Spider-Man faces a whole army of Spidey clones, created by the Jackal; following the death of her husband (Miles Warren clone Warren Miles) and the Jackal, ‘Joyce Delaney’ believes herself to be free of his control and finds a new life for herself. [Amazing Spider-Man, Deadly Foes] | MAXIMUM CLONAGE | |
| Scarlet Spider Unlimited #1 (1995) It’s revealed that the High Evolutionary lied to Spider-Man and the Young Gods – there was never a ‘Joyce Delany’ and she was actually a Gwen Stacy clone; the Scarlet Spider never relays this information to her. [Deadly Foes] |
| Must Reads | Title, Issue, Synopsis & First Appearances | Event/Crossover |
| ✔ | Spectacular Spider-Man #-1 (1997) An untold tale of Flash Thompson’s youth reveals the abuse he suffered at the hands of his drunken father. 1st appearance: Jessie Thompson, Rosie Thompson [Venom] | FLASHBACK |
| Thunderbolts #67 (2002) Gypsy Moth joins the Thunderbolts as Skein. New identity: Gypsy Moth/Sybil Dvorak as Skein [Spider-Woman] | HEROES REBORN: BRAVE NEW WORLD | |
| Alias #22 (2003) Flashbacks reveal Jessica Jones had a crush on Peter Parker when they were at Midtown High School together. [Avengers] | ||
| Amazing Fantasy #1-6 (2004-2005) Anya Corazón encounters the Sisterhood of the Wasp; Miguel Legar of the Spider Society transfers some of his power to her, turning Anya into Araña. 1st appearance: Araña/Anya Corazón, Gil Corazón, Miguel Legar, Ted Mankowski, Sisterhood of the Wasp, Nina Smith, Vincent [Spider-Girl] | ||
| ✔ | Spectacular Spider-Man #15-20 (2004) Spider-Man and Captain America face the forgotten American Super-Soldier who has taken to calling herself the Queen; Adriana ‘Ana’ Soria was due to be the first female Super-Soldier, only to be driven insane from radiation poisoning and her immense power; the Queen escapes imprisonment in the present day, confronts Captain America, transforms Spider-Man into a gigantic spider-creature and tries to lay claim to New York; the Queen is killed in an explosion; the transformation leaves Spider-Man with the ability to shoot webs from his wrists. 1st appearance: The Queen/Adriana ‘Ana’ Soria [Amazing Spider-Man, Venom] | AVENGERS DISASSEMBLED |
| New Avengers #3 (2005) Spider-Man officially joins the Avengers. 1st appearance: New Avengers, Edwin Jarvis (Skrull), Stark Tower [Amazing Spider-Man, Free Comic Book Day] | BREAKOUT | |
| Spider-Woman: Origin #1-5 (2006) Spider-Woman’s new origin reveals how the pregnant Miriam Drew was hit by a laser encoded with spider DNA while working for Hydra; these events led to Jessica Drew gaining powers and eventually becoming Spider-Woman. [Spider-Woman] | ||
| The Pulse #13 (2006) Jessica Jones gives birth to a baby girl with her and Luke Cage becoming proud parents. 1st appearance: Danielle Cage (unnamed) [Amazing Spider-Man, Avengers] | HAPPILY EVER AFTER | |
| Spider-Man/Araña: The Hunter Revealed #1 (2006) Araña has her final confrontation with the Sisterhood of the Wasp; the Spider Society dies with Miguel Legar. [Spider-Girl] | ||
| Civil War #2 (2006) Spider-Man publically unmasks as Peter Parker to show solidarity with Iron Man over the Superhuman Registration Act. 1st appearance: Secret Avengers [Amazing Spider-Man, Avengers] | CIVIL WAR | |
| Ms Marvel #6-8 (2006) Araña becomes Ms Marvel’s protégé to adhere to the Superhuman Registration Act. New identity: Spider-Woman/Julia Carpenter as Arachne [Spider-Girl] | CIVIL WAR | |
| Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways #1 (2006) The new Flag-Smasher makes his debut, declaring America as a fascist state. 1st appearance: Flag-Smasher/Guy Thierrault [Avengers] | CIVIL WAR | |
| Ms Marvel #12 (2007) Doomsday Man rips Araña’s carapace armour off, robbing her of her powers. [Spider-Girl] | THE INITIATIVE |
| Must Reads | Title, Issue, Synopsis & First Appearances | Event/Crossover |
| Immortal Iron Fist #8 (2007) The champion of the celestial city of the Kingdom of Spiders known as the Bride of Nine Spiders makes her debut, preparing to face the other champions of celestial cities, collectively referred to as the Immortal Weapons. 1st appearance: Immortal Weapons (Bride of Nine Spiders, Dog Brother #1/Shihing, Fat Cobra, Prince of Orphans/John Aman, Tiger’s Beautiful Daughter/Li Hua), Shaolin Terror Priests, Heart of Heaven [Shang-Chi] | THE SEVEN CAPITAL CITIES OF HEAVEN | |
| Mighty Avengers #7 (2008) New Yorkers are “turned into Venoms” when Symbiotes are fired into the city. 1st appearance: Venom Virus [Avengers] | SECRET INVASION: THE INFILTRATION VENOM BOMB | |
| Avengers: The Initiative #7 (2007) Frog-Man is revealed to be a member of the 50-State Initiative team, the Action Pack (so, not really an Avenger). 1st appearance: Action Pack (Prima Donna, Vox) [Avengers] | ||
| Loners #1-6 (2007-2008) Having given up being the Green Goblin with help from his fellow Loners, Phil Urich falls in love with Mickey Musashi (formerly Turbo of the New Warriors); Miickey seems to be more interested in Chris Powell (Darkhawk) which causes Phil to become unbalanced and turn against his friends. New identity: Penance as Hollow [Deadly Foes] | ||
| Amazing Spider-Man #545 (2008) Mary Jane Watson and Peter Parker’s relationship/marriage ends due to an apparent deal with Mephisto; Carlie Cooper makes her debut, meeting a disinterested Peter Parker for the first time. [Amazing Spider-Man] | ONE MORE DAY | |
| ✔ | Amazing Spider-Man #569-573 (2008) Mister Negative cures Eddie Brock’s cancer and fused the remnants of the Venom Symbiote within him to fuse with Eddie’s white blood cells, transforming him into Anti-Venom. 1st appearance: Osborn Manor New identity: Eddie Brock as Anti-Venom [Amazing Spider-Man, Venom] | NEW WAYS TO DIE! |
| ✔ | Amazing Spider-Man #574 (2008) Flash Thompson returns from the war in Iraq having lost his legs while saving the life of a fellow soldier. [Amazing Spider-Man, Venom] | |
| Amazing Spider-Man #586 (2009) Carlie Cooper’s best friend Lily Hollister is revealed to be the costumed criminal Menace. [Amazing Spider-Man] | CHARACTER ASSASSINATION | |
| Amazing Spider-Man #591-592 (2009) J Jonah Jameson is elected Mayor of New York; Jameson’s first act is to form the Anti-Spider- Squad to hunt down Spider-Man. 1st appearance: Anti-Spider Squad [Amazing Spider-Man] | ||
| Dark Reign: Mister Negative #3 (2009) The origin of Mister Negative and his connection to Cloak & Dagger is revealed. [Amazing Spider-Man, Cloak & Dagger] | DARK REIGN | |
| Ms Marvel #47 (2010) Carol Danvers (Ms Marvel) goes on a date with Peter Parker. [Avengers] |
| Must Reads | Title, Issue, Synopsis & First Appearances | Event/Crossover |
| ✔ | Amazing Spider-Man #600 [1/11] (2009) Doctor Octopus unleashes his Octobots using them to kidnap Jay Jameson and others; May Parker marries Jay Jameson. 1st appearance: Yuriko Watanabe [Amazing Spider-Man] | DIED IN YOUR ARMS, TONIGHT |
| Dark X-Men: The Beginning #2 [1/3] (2009) Cloak & Dagger agree to join Norman Osborn’s X-Men; the duo soon defect and join the real X-Men. 1st appearance: Utopia [Cloak & Dagger] | UTOPIA | |
| Cloak & Dagger #1 (2010) Cloak & Dagger leave the X-Men when it’s finally confirmed that they’re not mutants. [Cloak & Dagger] | NATION X | |
| Incredible Hercules #138-139 (2010) Hercules first encounters the Olympian deity Arachne when she’s employed by Hera to battle him and his allies. 1st appearance: Arachne, Lamia, Thanatos [Herc] | ASSAULT ON NEW OLYMPUS | |
| Amazing Spider-Man #618-620 (2010) Carlie Cooper learns the father she idolised was working with Mysterio and the Maggia. [Amazing Spider-Man] | THE GAUNTLET | |
| Amazing Spider-Man #622 [2/2] (2010) It’s becoming apparent that Flash Thompson and Betty Brant are rekindling their old relationship. [Amazing Spider-Man, Venom] | ||
| Amazing Spider-Man #623-624 (2010) Peter Parker is blacklisted as a press photographer for faking a photo of the new Vulture attacking J Jonah Jameson in an effort to clear JJJs name. [Amazing Spider-Man] | ||
| ✔ | Amazing Spider-Man #635 [1/3] (2010) Amazing Spider-Man #636 [1/3] (2010) Amazing Spider-Man #636 [1/4] (2010) Amazing Spider-Man #637 [4/4] (2010) ‘Spider-Man’ is shot dead by Sasha Kravinoff; Madame Web (Cassandra Web) dies, passing her abilities on to Julia Carpenter who becomes the new Madame Web; the ‘Spider-Man’ who was shot dead is revealed to be the Peter Parker Clone called Kaine; Kaine is given a burial as ‘Kaine Parker’, but someone raises him from the dead – this time exhibiting six red eyes and being referred to as the Tarantula. New identity: Arachne/Julia Carpenter as Madame Web, Kaine Parker as Tarantula [Amazing Spider-Man, Deadly Foes, Free Comic Book Day, Venom] | GRIM HUNT |
| ✔ | Amazing Spider-Man #641 (2010) It’s revealed that Doctor Strange magically removed the memory of Spidey’s secret identity from everyone, except Mary Jane Watson; this led to the end of their relationship. [Amazing Spider-Man] | |
| Amazing Spider-Man #647 [1/7] (2010) Peter Parker asks Carlie Cooper to be his girlfriend. [Amazing Spider-Man] | ||
| Chaos War #5 (2011) Hercules sacrifices his powers to undo the actions of the Chaos-King, becoming mortal; Herc and Amadeus Cho end their long-running partnership on good terms. [Herc] | CHAOS WAR | |
| New Avengers #1 (2010) The Thing joins the Avengers alongside Spider-Woman. [Spider-Woman] | THE HEROIC AGE | |
| New Avengers #7 (2011) Squirrel Girl becomes Danielle Cage’s nanny. [Amazing Spider-Man, Avengers] | ||
| Young Allies #5 (2010) Araña takes on the Spider-Girl identity. New identity: Araña/Ana Corazon as Spider-Girl [Spider-Girl] | THE HEROIC AGE NOW, NOT TOMORROW |
| Must Reads | Title, Issue, Synopsis & First Appearances | Event/Crossover |
| ✔ | Amazing Spider-Man #648 (2011) Doctor Octopus sends an army of gigantic Macro-Octobots to distract the Avengers while the Sinister Six focus on their Ock’s target; Peter Parker gets a job at Horizon Labs; Mac Gargan is separated from the Venom Symbiote; Front Line becomes the new Daily Bugle; Peter moves in with Carlie Cooper; Betty Brant and Flash Thompson’s renewed relationship is confirmed. [Amazing Spider-Man, Avengers] 1st appearance: Sajani Jaffrey, Max Modell, Grady Scraps, Horizon Labs New identity: Front Line as the Daily Bugle | |
| ✔ | Amazing Spider-Man #649 (2011) Amazing Spider-Man #650 [1/2] (2011) Amazing Spider-Man #651 [1/2] (2011) The new Hobgoblin makes his debut, using his sonic attack on Spider-Man for the first time; Peter Parker uses his job at Horizon Labs to create a Stealth Suit for Spider-Man to help him defeat the new Hobgoblin; Max Modell catches Peter Parker working in his undies. 1st appearance: Bella Fishbach, Spidey Stealth Suit New identity: Green Goblin/Phil Urich as Hobgoblin [Amazing Spider-Man, Deadly Foes, Spider-Girl] | BIG TIME |
| ✔ | Amazing Spider-Man #652 [1/2] (2011) Amazing Spider-Man #653 [1/2] (2011) Amazing Spider-Man #654 [1/2] (2011) Mary Jane Watson fails to convince Peter Parker to reveal his secret identity to Carlie Cooper; Peter helps Horizon Labs develop the Insect-Sense Disrupter that Spider-Man uses to defeat the Spider-Slayer (Alistair Smythe) and his Slayer Swarm, though it costs the hero his Spider-Sense; Smythe makes one last attempt to kill J Jonah Jameson, but Marla Jameson takes the hit for her husband; Marla tells JJJ not to let hatred ruin his life before she dies in his arms. [Amazing Spider-Man] 1st appearance: Army of Locusts, Jurgen Muntz | BIG TIME |
| ✔ | Amazing Spider-Man #654 [2/2] (2011) Corporal Flash Thompson agrees to become host to the alien Symbiote, acting as Agent Venom for the US Government’s Project Rebirth 2.0. 1st appearance: General Brad Dodge, Captain Kate Glover, Dr Aaron MacKenzie, Samson New identity: Flash Thompson as Agent Venom; Project Rebirth as Project Rebirth 2.0 [Amazing Spider-Man, Venom] | PROJECT REBIRTH 2.0 |
| ✔ | Spider-Girl #1 [1/2] (2011) Spider-Girl #2 (2011) Red Hulk is used as a pawn by the Raven Society to kill Spider-Girl’s father, Gil Corazón; Rocky Flint reveals how the Green Goblin killed her mother. 1st appearance: Kurt Godwin, Raven Society [Spider-Girl] | BIG TIME |
| Amazing Spider-Man #654.1 (2011) Flash Thompson loses control of the Venom Symbiote while facing ULTIMATUM and bites Flag-Smasher’s arm off. [Avengers] | PROJECT REBIRTH 2.0 | |
| Fantastic Four #587 (2011) The Human Torch sacrifices himself to prevent the Annihilation Wave from breaking through the Negative Zone Portal to Earth. [Spider-Woman] | THREE | |
| Heroes for Hire #1-2 (2011) Misty Knight starts a brand-new Heroes for Hire, operating from the behind-the-scenes and calling in the heroes needed for the task at hand; Paladin joins the Heroes for Hire as a recurring member, becoming close with Misty. [Heroes for Hire] | ||
| ✔ | FF #1 (2011) Spider-Man joins the Future Foundation, alongside the former-members of the Fantastic Four after the death of the Human Torch. 1st appearance: Andrew Forson, Robert Jema [Amazing Spider-Man, Venom] | FUTURE FOUNDATION |
| Osborn #1-5 (2011) The spider deity Ai Apaec makes his debut, being held in the Special Containment Centre alongside Norman Osborn; Osborn helps free Ai Apaec and others. 1st appearance: Decapitator/Ai Apaec, Toxic Doxie/June Covington [Shang-Chi] |
| Must Reads | Title, Issue, Synopsis & First Appearances | Event/Crossover |
| Onslaught Unleashed #1 (2011) Spider-Girl, Firestar, Gravity and friends finally give their group a name, calling themselves the Young Allies. 1st appearance: Young Allies [Amazing Spider-Man, Spider-Girl] | ||
| Amazing Spider-Man #660 [1/3] (2011) The Sinister Six break into the Baxter Building. [Amazing Spider-Man] | DISASTER RESPONSE FUTURE FOUNDATION | |
| Herc #1-2 (2011) Herc compensates for his power-loss by obtaining Olympian weapons; Herc gets a job at the Athena Restaurant in Brooklyn after defending the family owners from the new Hobgoblin and a gang under the Kingpin’s remit. 1st appearance: Georgios Panayiotou, Helene Panayiotou, Rhea, Athena Restaurant, Helm of Hades [Herc] | ||
| ✔ | Spider-Island: Deadly Foes #1 [2/2] (2011) The Jackal recalls his history of cloning and long-running enmity with Spider-Man; a mystery benefactor benefactor offers the Jackal a chance to take part in a new experiment… | SPIDER-ISLAND |
| ✔ | Free Comic Book Day: The Amazing Spider-Man #1 [1/2] (pp.1-16) (2011) Amazing Spider-Man #659 [2/3] (2011) Shang-Chi offers to train Spider-Man; the Jackal unleashes his bed bugs on Manhattan… | INFESTED: THE ROAD TO SPIDER-ISLAND |
| Amazing Spider-Man #660 [2/3] (2011) Amazing Spider-Man #662 [2/3] (2011) A school bully gets spider-powers; Spider-Man saves a family from a fire… | INFESTED: THE ROAD TO SPIDER-ISLAND | |
| ✔ | Venom #3-4 (2011) Betty Brant is kidnapped by the new Jack O’Lantern who also destroys her apartment; Betty’s brother Bennett Brant is revealed to be the Crime-Master; Spider-Man first encounters Agent Venom. [Amazing Spider-Man, Venom] | PROJECT REBIRTH 2.0 |
| ✔ | Amazing Spider-Man #663 [2/3] (2011) Mateo Caldron gains spider-sense and super-agility… | INFESTED: THE ROAD TO SPIDER-ISLAND |
| Venom #5 (2011) Flash Thompson is told his father doesn’t have long to live.. | INFESTED: THE ROAD TO SPIDER-ISLAND | |
| ✔ | Free Comic Book Day: The Amazing Spider-Man #1 [1/2] (pp.17-19) (2011) Shang-Chi and Spider-Man develop the Way of the Spider… | INFESTED: THE ROAD TO SPIDER-ISLAND |
| Amazing Spider-Man #663 [1/2] (2011) Amazing Spider-Man #664 [1/2] (2011) Anti-Venom and the new Wraith expose the FEAST soup kitchen as a front for Chinatown crime boss Mister Negative; the vigilante Wraith is revealed to be Yuri Watanabe. New identity: Yuri Watanabe as Wraith [Amazing Spider-Man, Cloak & Dagger] | ||
| Spider-Girl #6-7 (2011) Spider-Girl and Spider-Man hunt down the Raven Society… | INFESTED: THE ROAD TO SPIDER-ISLAND | |
| ✔ | Spider-Girl #8 (2011) Amazing Spider-Man #664 [2/2] (pp.1-2) (2011) Amazing Spider-Man #665 [1/2] (2011) Amazing Spider-Man #664 [2/2] (p.3) (2011) Amazing Spider-Man #665 [2/2] (2011) Spider-Girl starts regaining her spider-powers; Shang Chi further develops the Way of the Spider; Betty Brant falls pretty to a mugger; Shang-Chi declares Spider-Man is ready. | INFESTED: THE ROAD TO SPIDER-ISLAND |
| ✔ | Amazing Spider-Man #666 (2011) The Jackal prepares to enact his plan on Manhattan; Spider-Man prepares for his toughest fight, yet… | SPIDER-ISLAND |
| X-Men #7-10 (2011) The X-Men and Spider-Man share a mission in New York’s sewers, facing the Lizard. [Amazing Spider-Man, Herc] | ||
| ✔ | Spider-Island: Avengers #1 (p.1) (2011) Some of Flag-Smasher’s ULTIMATUM troops suddenly find they have spider-powers… | SPIDER-ISLAND |
The story continues in SPIDER-ISLAND (2011)
| Collected Edition Title | Collects… |
| Spectacular Spider-Man vol.4: Disassembled | Spectacular Spider-Man #15-20 |
| Spider-Man: Spider-Island | Amazing Spider-Man #659-660, 662-664 [part] Amazing Spider-Man #665-673 Spider-Island: Deadly Foes Venom #6-8 |
| Spider-Girl: Family Values | Amazing Spider-Man #648 Spider-Girl #1-8 |
| Collected Edition Title | Includes… |
| Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection: Spider-Man or Spider-Clone? (vol.9) Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus vol.5 Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man vol.15 Spider-Man: Clone Genesis Spider-Man: The Original Clone Saga | Amazing Spider-Man #147-149 |
| Marvel Masterworks: Marvel Two-in-One vol.3 Marvel Masterworks: Spider-Woman vol.1 Marvel Two-in-One Epic Collection: Two Against Hydra (vol.2) | Marvel Two-in-One #29-32 |
| Spider-Man: Brand New Day Omnibus vol.1 Spider-Man: Brand New Day – The Complete Collection vol.2 Spider-Man: New Ways to Die | Amazing Spider-Man #569-573 |
| Spider-Man: Brand New Day Omnibus vol.1 Spider-Man: Brand New Day – The Complete Collection vol.2 Spider-Man: Crime and Punisher | Amazing Spider-Man #574 |
| Spider-Man: Brand New Day – The Complete Collection vol.4 Spider-Man: Died in Your Arms, Tonight | Amazing Spider-Man #600 |
| Spider-Man by Joe Kelly Omnibus Spider-Man: Grim Hunt Spider-Man: The Gauntlet – The Complete Collection vol.2 | Amazing Spider-Man #635-637 |
| Spider-Man: One Moment in Time | Amazing Spider-Man #641 |
| Amazing Spider-Man: Big Time vol.1 Spider-Man: Big Time – The Complete Collection vol.1 | Amazing Spider-Man #648-651 |
| Amazing Spider-Man: Matters of Life and Death Spider-Man: Big Time – The Complete Collection vol.1 | Amazing Spider-Man #652-654 |
| Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman Omnibus vol.1 Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman – The Complete Collection vol.2 FF by Jonathan Hickman vol.1 | FF #1 |
| Venom by Rick Remender vol.1 Venom by Rick Remender: The Complete Collection vol.1 Venom Epic Collection – The Modern Era vol.4: Agent Venom | Venom #3-4 |
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