Marvel Knights Spider-Man

    (Marvel, 2004-2006)
™ and © 2004 Marvel Characters, Inc.
Series continues in Sensational Spider-Man (3rd Series) #23

Despite the fact that he sleeps with a supermodel-actress, nerdy Peter Parker has always been the ultimate Everyman hero. Beset by problems both financial and physical, Parker struggles like the rest of us, only more so, since costumed creeps are always wending their way into his web. With the advent of Marvel Knights Spider-Man, things seem to be pretty much status quo (if a bit more brutal), and finds a beaten and bruised Parker-Spider-Man worrying about Aunt May, agonizing over credit-card debt, and being attacked by Dr. Octopus.

Like so many Marvel comics these days, the issue is a little on the talky side, with nothing much in the way of action. Fortunately, the story is in the capable hands of Mark Millar, who can belt out plausible dialogue with the best of them. Also, the cliffhanger ending looks like an impossible situation for our web-slinging Wall-Crawler, and art by Frank Cho (Liberty Meadows) is gorgeous: Big-bosomed beauties Mary Jane and The Black Cat make suffering look fun.

— Brett Weiss
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    Wraparound cover by Terry Dodson
    Jun 2004
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    W: Mark Millar  ·  A: Terry Dodson
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    Jul 2004
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    W: Mark Millar  ·  A: Terry Dodson
    Includes 1-page recap
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    Aug 2004
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    W: Mark Millar  ·  A: Terry Dodson
    Includes 1-page recap; New costume for Vulture
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    Sep 2004
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    W: Mark Millar  ·  A: Terry Dodson
    Includes 1-page recap; Includes bound-in StarGate Atlantis poster
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    Oct 2004
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    W: Mark Millar  ·  A: Frank Cho
    Includes 1-page recap
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    Nov 2004
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    W: Mark Millar  ·  A: Terry Dodson
    Includes 1-page recap
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    Dec 2004
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    W: Mark Millar  ·  A: Terry Dodson
    1st appearance of Venom (Angelo Fortunato); 1st appearance of Venom II; 36 pages; Includes 1-page recap
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    Jan 2005
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    W: Mark Millar  ·  A: Frank Cho
    Death of Eddie Brock (off-screen); Death of Venom (Angelo Fortunato); Death of Venom II; Includes 1-page recap
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    Feb 2005
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    W: Mark Millar  ·  A: Terry Dodson
    40 pages; Includes 1-page recap
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    Mar 2005
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    W: Mark Millar  ·  A: Terry Dodson
    1st appearance of Venom III (formerly Scorpion, Mac Gargan); 40 pages; Includes 1-page recap
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    Apr 2005
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    W: Mark Millar  ·  A: Terry Dodson
    Includes 1-page recap
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  • 12
    May 2005
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    W: Mark Millar  ·  A: Terry Dodson
    Aunt May is rescued; Includes 1-page recap; Scorpion costume goes on auction block
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  • 13
    New cover logo
    Jun 2005
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    W: Reginald Hudlin  ·  A: Billy Tan
    1st appearance of Ethan Edwards; 1st appearance of Laurie Lynton; 40 pages; No recap page
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    Jul 2005
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    W: Reginald Hudlin  ·  A: Billy Tan
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    Aug 2005
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    W: Reginald Hudlin  ·  A: Billy Tan, Mark Buckingham
    Origin of Ethan Edwards; Includes 1-page recap
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    Sep 2005
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    W: Reginald Hudlin  ·  A: Billy Tan, Mark Buckingham
    1st appearance of Virtue; 1st appearance of Virtue (Ethan Edwards); 36 pages; Absorbing Man turned into cocain; Includes 1-page recap
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    Oct 2005
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    W: Reginald Hudlin  ·  A: Billy Tan
    Includes 1-page recap
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    Nov 2005
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    W: Reginald Hudlin  ·  A: Billy Tan
    Includes 1-page recap; Includes Nick Fury’s Howling Commandos preview
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  • 19
    Peter Parker holding Mary Jane cover by Patrick Lee
    Dec 2005
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    W: Peter David  ·  A: Patrick Lee
    48 pages; Story continues from Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #1 and into Amazing Spider-Man #525; The Other: Evolve Or Die part 2
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    Blue cover by Patrick Lee
    Jan 2006
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    W: Reginald Hudlin  ·  A: Patrick Lee
    Includes 1-page recap; Story continues from Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #2 and into Amazing Spider-Man #526; The Other: Evolve Or Die part 5
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    Gray cover by Patrick Lee
    Feb 2006
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    W: J. Michael Straczynski  ·  A: Patrick Lee
    Includes 1-page recap; Story continues from Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #3 and into Amazing Spider-Man #527; The Other: Evolve Or Die part 8
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  • 22
    Mar 2006
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    W: Reginald Hudlin  ·  A: Patrick Lee
    Series continues as Sensational Spider-Man (3rd Series) #23; Final issue; Includes 1-page recap; Story continues from Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #4 and into Amazing Spider-Man #528; The Other: Evolve Or Die part 11
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    1:8 Cover A by Mike Wieringo
    Mar 2006
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    W: Reginald Hudlin  ·  A: Patrick Lee
    Series continues as Sensational Spider-Man (3rd Series) #23; Final issue; Includes 1-page recap; Story continues from Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #4 and into Amazing Spider-Man #528; The Other: Evolve Or Die part 11
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    W: Reginald Hudlin  ·  A: Billy Tan, Mark Buckingham
    Collects Marvel Knights Spider-Man #13-18; ca. 2006
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