The Strangest Teens of All
Writer: Christos Gage
Artist: Mario Alberti
Letters: Jared K. Fletcher
Originally published: January 2009
A fun little Team-Up-type tale pitting Spider-Man and the X-Men against Kraven and the Blob. The story had a nice pace, good action, and some cute foreshadowy jokes that I thought worked really well. I’m looking forward to the rest of [...]

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And Men Shall Call Him… Octopus!
Author: Bill Mantlo
Artists: Rich Buckler, Jim Mooney
Letters: Jim Novak
Colors: Bob Sharen
Originally published: 1979
This is a continuation of sorts of the story in ASM Annual 13. Here, Spidey fights Doc Ock some more. The issue as a whole largely fails, due to lackluster writing by Mantlo and incredible boring and occasionally [...]

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The Arms of Doctor Octopus
Script: Marv Wolfman
Pencils: John Byrne
Inks: Terry Austin
Letters: Costanza
Colors: Wein
Originally published: 1979
This was an awesome issue. Really great story. Seriously cool art in here, too. Kudos to everyone involved.
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Stan Lee Meets the Amazing Spider-Man
Writer: Stan Lee
Penciler: Olivier Coipel
Inker: Mark Morales
Colorist: Jose Villarrubia
Letterer: Dan Lanphear
Originally published: November 2006
This issue is about Spidey wanting to quit super-heroing, and going to talk to Stan Lee about it. Alright, so…there’s no real reason this can’t be canon, since Stan Lee exists in the Marvel Universe — he [...]

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Writer: Brian K. Vaughan
Penciler: Staz Johnson
Inker: Danny Miki
Colorist: Matt Yackey
Letterer: Rus Wooton
Cover artist: Tony Harris
Originally published: April 2004
This issue is even darker than the last, and I actually cringed and let out a little gasp while Ock was smashing Spidey into the ground. This was seriously affective.
About placement: my theory is that there are a [...]

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