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The comic was a reimagining of the earliest days of the wall-crawling superhero, spanning thirteen issues and covering many of the character’s earliest encounters with his classic foes. In the wake of DC’s universe-altering line-wide Crisis on Infinite Earths, John Byrne had been the writer who re-drafted Superman’s origin as part of the Man of Steel miniseries in 1986.Īnd so, Marvel gave us Spider-Man: Chapter One. More than that, though, he had already overseen the successful relaunch of another classic character. He had enjoyed incredibly successful runs on Uncanny X-Men and The Fantastic Four at Marvel. With superheroes like Spider-Man and the X-Men primed for a transition to the big screen, revisiting the early days of these heroes made a great deal of sense.Īnd John Byrne was the logical choice for a book like this.

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In the late nineties, the comic book industry was trying to figure out how to push forward, following the sales explosion and implosion of the mid-nineties. Spider-Man has always been one of Marvel’s most popular and iconic comic book heroes. In context, it makes a great deal of sense.

Spider-Man: Chapter One is a strange little comic. Rob Liefeld was writing and drawing on his popular X-Force, launched from New Mutants. More and more, artists were becoming more essential to the creative process – whether credited as “plotters” or “writers.” Jim Lee was wresting control of the X-Men franchise from veteran writer Chris Claremont. McFarlane was working at Marvel around the time that the company was investing more power in its artists. His run on The Amazing Spider-Man with writer David Michelinie is one of the most underrated Spider-Man comics ever produced. He really captures the sense of Spider-Man as a character who should be unnerving or disturbing – a character who is part insect, whose limbs are able to bend and contort in ways that would seem unnatural to a casual observer. His take on the character is iconic and influential. Todd McFarlane is undoubtedly one of the best artists ever to work on Spider-Man. This April, to celebrate the release of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, we are taking a look at some classic and modern comics featuring Spider-Man (and friends).

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