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Marvel Masterworks: The Spectacular Spider-Man #2
Marvel Masterworks: The Spectacular Spider-Man Vol. 2
Collects Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #16-31.
Peter Parker's second Spectacular serving is even greater than the first! Things kick off with a battle against the Beetle, then Peter heads west to cover the breakup of the Champions — but how does this lead to a clash with Angel and Iceman? The White Tiger enters for an extended guest role as the Lightmaster, the Enforcers and the Scorpion turn up the tension! Then, Moon Knight helps Spidey fight the Maggia — who retaliate in the form of the Masked Marauder! It's a multipart epic pairing Spider-Man and Daredevil, and featuring Frank Miller's very first DD artwork! It all culminates in the seven-part saga of Carrion, the mysterious rotting horror with hidden ties to Peter Parker's past — and a violent desire to punish him for the death of Gwen Stacy!
Peter Parker's second Spectacular serving is even greater than the first! Things kick off with a battle against the Beetle, then Peter heads west to cover the breakup of the Champions — but how does this lead to a clash with Angel and Iceman? The White Tiger enters for an extended guest role as the Lightmaster, the Enforcers and the Scorpion turn up the tension! Then, Moon Knight helps Spidey fight the Maggia — who retaliate in the form of the Masked Marauder! It's a multipart epic pairing Spider-Man and Daredevil, and featuring Frank Miller's very first DD artwork! It all culminates in the seven-part saga of Carrion, the mysterious rotting horror with hidden ties to Peter Parker's past — and a violent desire to punish him for the death of Gwen Stacy!
317 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 12, 2019
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Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews
February 21, 2019
When Marvel started a new Spider-Man title I was thinking it would just be a duplicate style comic from the Amazing Spider-Man title. They surprised me and made the feel of the stories in the Spectacular stories different from the main title. Nice art and plot made this a good read. Recommended
November 7, 2021
First time reading these stories - great stuff here! El tigre blanco and Daredevil guest star! Truly spectacular as the title says!
May 16, 2023
When I first got into comics in the early 1990s, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (along with X-MEN titles) were the premiere, flagship titles of Marveldom. Spectacular Spider-Man was something I read only when there were crossover/continuing storylines thru the Spider-books, and none of the other titles came close to living up to ASM (until MacFarlane's plain old SPIDER-MAN, obvs.).
So that's kind of what I was expecting when I decided to try Spectacular from the beginning.
But you know what? Reading them side-by-side, this run of SPECTACULAR was WAY better than the ASM that was going on at the same time.
Plus I love any plot that harkens back to Professor Miles Warren. One of the more deeply weird characters in Spidey history.
So that's kind of what I was expecting when I decided to try Spectacular from the beginning.
But you know what? Reading them side-by-side, this run of SPECTACULAR was WAY better than the ASM that was going on at the same time.
Plus I love any plot that harkens back to Professor Miles Warren. One of the more deeply weird characters in Spidey history.
March 18, 2025
Although Spectacular Spider-Man was always a B-level read, compared to the main "Amazing" title, this run was a fun one. I have always been partial to Sal Buscema's work, especially on Spider-Man, so this run was a joy to read! We also see some early Frank Miller here, which is sure to delight fans (I'm not typically a fan, but this artwork was decent.)
The first half of the run was okay, but it was the second half, featuring Carrion, that made this run stand out. A dark character from Peter Parker's past, which the plot slowly unfolds to clue us in to who he is and why he hates both Spider-Man and Peter Parker so much.
All around, very enjoyable classic tales.
The first half of the run was okay, but it was the second half, featuring Carrion, that made this run stand out. A dark character from Peter Parker's past, which the plot slowly unfolds to clue us in to who he is and why he hates both Spider-Man and Peter Parker so much.
All around, very enjoyable classic tales.
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