Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Spider-Man 2005

    (Marvel, 2005)
™ and © 2005 Marvel Characters, Inc.

It’s only when you really read a title like this that you realize just how long some of these characters have been around. Take Betty Brant, a member of Spider-Man’s universe since the main title’s inception. She’s been married, widowed, captured by a cult, driven insane, even turned into a martial arts expert… in other words, she’s had a pretty full life. And she’s just one of more than 30 different characters whose life story is presented in this one-shot, including villains (Jackal, Mysterio), friends (Liz Osborn, Flash Thompson), and of course Spider-Man himself. Each character gets a history, which in some cases are extensive, and a variety of background information revealing who they are, where they’ve been, and how their lives have been touched by the Amazing Spider-Man.

This title is one of a series of “Marvel Universe” comics released in 2004-2005 focusing on a different aspect of Marvel’s rich and storied history. Multiple writers and artists contribute.

— Andy Richardson
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June, 2005
Cover Price: $3.99
7 copies available from $0.99 		Al Sjoerdsma, Mike Fichera, Sean McQuaid, Ronald Byrd, Heather Buchanan, Kerry Wilkinson, Eric Engelhard, Barry Reese, Bryan Thiessen, Jeff ChristiansenTom Raney, Morry Hollowell, Greg Land, Steve Ditko, Mark Bagley, Sal Buscema, Bob Budiansky, Mark Texeira, John Romita Sr., Keith Pollard, Mark Buckingham, Shawn McManus, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Terry Dodson, Mark Pacella, Dean Haspiel, John Romita Jr., Gregg Schigiel, Bart Sears, Talent Caldwell, Claudio Castellini, Staz Johnson, Dan Jurgens, Michael Ryan, Larry Lieber, Lee Weeks, Mike Deodato Jr., Ross Andru, Tim Sale, Humberto Ramos, Clayton Crain