

Cover Credits |
Artist:
Sal Buscema |
Title: Essential Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man Vol. 1 TPB
Publication Date: 2005
(On Sale: January 19, 2005)
Format: 568-Page Trade Paperback
Cover Price: $16.99
Collection Group: Marvel Essentials
Contents: Spectacular Spider-Man #1-31 and Marvel Team-Up #3
Stories:
Spider-Man: "Twice Stings the Tarantula" (17 pages)
Gerry Conway (Writer) Sal Buscema (Penciller) Michael Esposito (Inker) Joseph Rosen (Letterer) David Hunt (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Spectacular Spider-Man #1 (1976)Spider-Man: "Kraven Is the Hunter" (17 pages)
Gerry Conway (Writer) Sal Buscema (Penciller) Michael Esposito (Inker) Irving Watanabe (Letterer) John Costanza (Letterer) Don Warfield (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Spectacular Spider-Man #2 (1977)Spider-Man: "...and There Was Lightmaster" (17 pages)
Gerry Conway (Plotter) James Shooter (Writer) Sal Buscema (Penciller) Michael Esposito (Inker) Joseph Rosen (Letterer) Glynis Wein (Oliver) (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Spectacular Spider-Man #3 (1977)Spider-Man: "The Vulture Is a Bird of Prey" (17 pages)
Archie Goodwin (Writer) Sal Buscema (Penciller) Michael Esposito (Inker) Karen Mantlo (Pocock) (Letterer) Janice Cohen (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Spectacular Spider-Man #4 (1977)Spider-Man: "Spider-Kill" (17 pages)
Archie Goodwin (Writer) Sal Buscema (Penciller) Michael Esposito (Inker) Denise Wohl (Vladimer) (Letterer) Janice Cohen (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Spectacular Spider-Man #5 (1977)Spider-Man: (Framing Sequence) (3 pages)
Gerry Conway (Writer) Ross Andru (Penciller) Frank Giacoia (Inker) Artie Simek (Letterer) Stan Goldberg (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Spectacular Spider-Man #6 (1977)Spider-Man/Human Torch: "The Power to Purge" (14 pages)
Gerry Conway (Writer) Ross Andru (Penciller) Frank Giacoia (Inker) Artie Simek (Letterer)
Reprinted From: Marvel Team-Up #3 (1972)Spider-Man: "Cry Mayhem -- Cry Morbius" (17 pages)
Archie Goodwin (Writer) Sal Buscema (Penciller) Jim Mooney (Inker) John Costanza (Letterer) Don Warfield (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Spectacular Spider-Man #7 (1977)Spider-Man: "...and Only One Shall Survive" (17 pages)
Archie Goodwin (Writer) Sal Buscema (Penciller) Michael Esposito (Inker) John Costanza (Letterer) Marie Severin (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Spectacular Spider-Man #8 (1977)Spider-Man: "...Like a Tiger in the Night" (17 pages)
Bill Mantlo (Writer) Sal Buscema (Penciller) Michael Esposito (Inker) John Costanza (Letterer) Phil Rachelson (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Spectacular Spider-Man #9 (1977)Spider-Man: "Tiger in a Web" (17 pages)
Bill Mantlo (Writer) Sal Buscema (Penciller) Michael Esposito (Inker) Frank Giacoia (Inker) Irving Watanabe (Letterer) Sam Kato (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Spectacular Spider-Man #10 (1977)Spider-Man: "A Life Too Far" (17 pages)
Christopher S. Claremont (Writer) Jim Mooney (Penciller) Michael Esposito (Inker) Bruce D. Patterson (Letterer) Thomas S. Chu (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Spectacular Spider-Man #11 (1977)Spider-Man: "Brother Power, Sister Sun" (17 pages)
Bill Mantlo (Writer) Sal Buscema (Penciller) Michael Esposito (Inker) Irving Watanabe (Letterer) Phil Rachelson (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Spectacular Spider-Man #12 (1977)Spider-Man: "...the Coming of Razorback" (17 pages)
Bill Mantlo (Writer) Sal Buscema (Penciller) Michael Esposito (Inker) Annette Kawecki (Letterer) Janice Cohen (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Spectacular Spider-Man #13 (1977)Spider-Man: "Killing Me Softly... ...with His Hate" (17 pages)
Bill Mantlo (Writer) Sal Buscema (Penciller) John Tartaglione (Inker) Michael Esposito (Inker) Karen Mantlo (Pocock) (Letterer) Irene Vartanoff (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Spectacular Spider-Man #14 (1978)Spider-Man: "The Final Rage" (17 pages)
Archie Goodwin (Plotter) Bill Mantlo (Scripter) Sal Buscema (Penciller) Ernie Chan (Inker) Joseph Rosen (Letterer) Sam Kato (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Spectacular Spider-Man #15 (1978)Spider-Man: "The Beetle and the Badge" (17 pages)
Elliot S. Maggin (Writer) Sal Buscema (Penciller) Michael Esposito (Inker) John Costanza (Letterer) Phil Rachelson (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Spectacular Spider-Man #16 (1978)Spider-Man: "Whatever Happened to the Iceman?" (17 pages)
Bill Mantlo (Writer) Sal Buscema (Penciller) David Hunt (Inker) Bruce D. Patterson (Letterer) Janice Cohen (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Spectacular Spider-Man #17 (1978)Spider-Man: "My Friend, My Foe" (17 pages)
Bill Mantlo (Writer) Sal Buscema (Penciller) David Hunt (Inker) Joseph Rosen (Letterer) Mary Ellen Beveridge (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Spectacular Spider-Man #18 (1978)Spider-Man: "Again, the Enforcers" (17 pages)
Bill Mantlo (Writer) Sal Buscema (Penciller) Michael Esposito (Inker) James R. Novak (Letterer) Mary Titus (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Spectacular Spider-Man #19 (1978)Spider-Man: "Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?" (17 pages)
Bill Mantlo (Writer) Sal Buscema (Penciller) Michael Esposito (Inker) Irving Watanabe (Letterer) Don Warfield (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Spectacular Spider-Man #20 (1978)Spider-Man: "Still Crazy After All These Years" (17 pages)
Bill Mantlo (Writer) Jim Mooney (Penciller) Michael Esposito (Inker) Joseph Rosen (Letterer) Don Warfield (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Spectacular Spider-Man #21 (1978)Spider-Man: "By the Light of the Silvery Moon Knight" (17 pages)
Bill Mantlo (Writer) Mike Zeck (Penciller) Bruce D. Patterson (Inker/Letterer) George Roussos (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Spectacular Spider-Man #22 (1978)Spider-Man: "Guess Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb" (17 pages)
Bill Mantlo (Writer) Jim Mooney (Penciller) Michael Esposito (Inker) Joseph Rosen (Letterer) Phil Rachelson (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Spectacular Spider-Man #23 (1978)Spider-Man: "Spider-Man Night Fever" (17 pages)
Bill Mantlo (Writer) Frank Springer (Artist) Joseph Rosen (Letterer) Bob Sharen (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Spectacular Spider-Man #24 (1978)Spider-Man: "Carrion, My Wayward Son" (17 pages)
Bill Mantlo (Writer) Jim Mooney (Penciller) Frank Springer (Inker) Elaine Heinl (Letterer) Petra Scotese (Goldberg) (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Spectacular Spider-Man #25 (1978)Spider-Man: "Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory" (17 pages)
Bill Mantlo (Writer) Jim Mooney (Penciller) Frank Springer (Inker) Rick L. Parker (Letterer) Karen Raines (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Spectacular Spider-Man #26 (1979)Spider-Man: "The Blind Leading the Blind" (17 pages)
Bill Mantlo (Writer) Frank O. Miller (Penciller) Frank Springer (Inker) Denise Wohl (Vladimer) (Letterer) Bob Sharen (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Spectacular Spider-Man #27 (1979)Spider-Man: "Ashes to Ashes" (18 pages)
Bill Mantlo (Writer) Frank O. Miller (Penciller) Frank Springer (Inker) Denise Wohl (Vladimer) (Letterer) Mario Sen (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Spectacular Spider-Man #28 (1979)Spider-Man: "Dust to Dust" (17 pages)
Bill Mantlo (Writer) Jim Mooney (Penciller) Frank Springer (Inker) Irving Watanabe (Letterer) Ben Sean (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Spectacular Spider-Man #29 (1979)Spider-Man: "Secret as the Grave" (17 pages)
Bill Mantlo (Writer) Jim Mooney (Penciller) Frank Springer (Inker) James R. Novak (Letterer)
Reprinted From: Spectacular Spider-Man #30 (1979)Spider-Man: "Till Death Do Us Part" (17 pages)
Bill Mantlo (Writer) Jim Mooney (Penciller) Frank Springer (Inker) Irving Watanabe (Letterer) Mario Sen (Colorist)
Reprinted From: Spectacular Spider-Man #31 (1979)
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