Favorite Spider-Man Stories
Spider-Man is one of my favorite characters, so here's a list of some of my favorite Spider-Man stories.
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The confrontation between Spidey and Green Goblin (Harry) is amazing. It's a very tense, emotional, and suspenseful issue with an amazing battle between the two aforementioned characters at the end.
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This was a defining moment in Spidey's life. It was also a very gutsy decision by the writer.
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I love all I've read of Bendis' Ultimate Spider-Man run. I've not read all of it yet (I'm still in the Peter Parker years), but it's definitely one of the best portrayals of Spider-man that I've read.
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This three-parter is a great story that has Carnage going on a killing spree, and Spider-Man having team up with Venom to stop him. David Michelinie is one of my favorite Spider-Man writers. He really had a grasp on the personality of Spider-Man. This three-parter is one of my favorite stories from him.
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JMS demonstrates in his first story arc on Spider-Man that he certainly understands each of the characters. He delivers an amazing story, with a great balance of tension (both with a new Spidey villain and with the other characters in Peter Parker's life) and humor. This story is a must-have for any Spidey fan. I only regret that this is the only story arc by JMS that I've read thus far (though I have read plenty of people who have said that his run goes downhill after this... I'd still like to read more of it all the same).
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The Hobgoblin has an amazing fight with Spidey after Hobgoblin and Rose kidnap Mary Jane and a very pregnant Liz Allen in order to get Harry Osborn's attention and cooperation. An amazing story by Tom DeFalco.
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I absolutely love Peter David's vision of a futuristic Spidey (as my username probably makes somewhat obvious). I've not read all of his run yet, but I love what I've read of it. And I always make sure to look for issues of it whenever I'm at a used bookstore or some such place.
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I love Dan Slott's story on what it would be like if everyone in New York got spider powers. It's a modern day Spidey classic. I think Dan Slott will be remembered as one of the best Spidey writers (despite the hate he's been getting for a more recent storyline... which I haven't read yet but fully intend to).
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Stan Lee wrote some of the best issues of Spider-Man, and this story arc is certainly an excellent example of his work.
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A classic from the Stan Lee/Steve Ditko that highlights Spidey's determination to defeat the bad guys and get a cure back to his extremely ill Aunt May.
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The classic Stan Lee tale where Peter Parker tries giving up Spider-Man after getting fed up with all that he has to put up with... that is until he remembers why he became Spidey in the first place.
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