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61-673: Ollie Osnick first appeared in The Spectacular Spider-Man #72 as Kid Ock and was created by Bill Mantlo and Ed Hannigan . He first appeared as Spider-Kid in The Amazing Spider-Man #263, and as Steel Spider in Spider-Man Unlimited #5. Ollie Osnick is a teenager who idolized Doctor Octopus and built a set of mechanical tentacles to emulate him. As Kid Ock , he battles Spider-Man, who mistakes him for Doctor Octopus before learning

122-472: A #−1 issue) and 14 Annual s until November 1998. The series was launched by writer/editor Gerry Conway and artist Sal Buscema and Mike Esposito . Conway explained the concept and origin of the series: [ Spectacular Spider-Man ] was in response to the fact that I had a deal to script several ongoing [series] for Marvel at the time. Stan [Lee] wanted me back on Spider-Man, in particular, but I didn't want to take Amazing Spider-Man from Len Wein , who

183-473: A decade.) Steven Grant had a brief run before the book was set adrift with a succession of fill-in issues which ran through late 1994, when former Amazing Spider-Man writer Tom DeFalco took over. By this time, all the Spider-books were being affected by the controversial " Clone Saga " that culminated with Spectacular Spider-Man #226 (July 1995), and Fingeroth convinced DeFalco that the series needed

244-468: A high color content. They are normally cover-dated with the following year's date to ensure that stockists do not remove them from their shelves immediately after the new year. One of the earliest annuals was issued in 1822. Frederic Shoberl was the founding editor of Ackermann ' s The Forget-me-not , which was an early annual, a then-new type of publication in England. Shoberl continued to edit

305-464: A novice comic-book writer shouldn't be handling the adventures of Marvel's flagship character". Former series writer Gerry Conway, who additionally wrote Web of Spider-Man from 1988 to 1990, returned to Spectacular , after which he left both books to become a story editor on the TV series Father Dowling Mysteries . Conway stated in 1991 that "I understand the character a lot better now than I did when I

366-537: A pretty woman with a lapdog . "The American Book of Beauty" also has several copies of the books with portraits in different orders. One edition of the "Heath's Book of Beauty" was a college project and contained poems, short stories, etc. 1826 was not a good year for the annuals, because of the Panic of 1825 . Thomas Hood 's sarcastic poem "The Battle of the Annuals" was published in the 1830s. Watercolor became popular in

427-539: A psychic link with insects and arachnids. This comic also included the sequel to " Sins Past ", " Sins Remembered ", in which Peter went to Paris to meet Sarah Stacy and resolved the issues between them. Spectacular Spider-Man Adventures was a title published by Panini Comics in the United Kingdom from November 1995 to September 2005, although the Adventures portion of the title was often dropped from

488-555: A regular writer to help guide the crossover story. This story revealed (though it was later reversed) that the Spider-Man who had appeared in the previous 20 years of comics was a clone of the real Spider-Man. This tied into a publishing gap after #229 (Oct. 1995), when the title was temporarily replaced by The Spectacular Scarlet Spider #1–2 (Nov.–Dec. 1995), featuring the "original" Peter Parker. The series picked up again with #230 (Jan. 1996). Initially newcomer Todd Dezago wrote

549-494: A single library catalog record for the title, not for individual years. The single record must then indicate which volumes (years) are held. The mid- and late 20th century saw a sharp increase in the publication of annuals to report scientific results and provide overview, both in ever more specialized topics and in popular summary. A new form of literary work called the "Annual" was a fad from about 1823 through 1857 and became so popular that they were soon published up to 17 times

610-605: A story drawn by Fred Hembeck . Al Milgrom took over scripting as well as art on the title with issue #90 (May 1984) and worked on it through issue #100 (March 1985). Milgrom imbued the book with a more whimsical tone, for example, pitting Spider-Man against the Spot, a supervillain who was so ridiculous that he gave Spider-Man fits of laughter. Jim Owsley , then-editor of the Spider-Man books, disapproved of this approach and had Milgrom replaced as writer by newcomer Peter David in 1985. David and artist Rich Buckler , said Owsley, had

671-483: A story for A-list characters which "creates an opportunity for a rising star to encounter the dedicated fanbase associated with these series, developing overlap that can expand the audience for talented new voices and grow the publisher's concept of who should be part of their top tier of creators". In 2017, Katie Schenkel, for Book Riot , highlighted that annuals are "less common that they were 20 or 30 years ago, but when companies decide to put them out for specific series

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732-408: A unifying theme, either a similar theme that individual stories were written around, or a crossover storyline bringing many of the characters in the individual publishers' continuities together for a single overall event. In the case of the "crossover" annuals, the number of characters and annuals involved in a crossover story varied. Some were company-wide, incorporating virtually every character in

793-411: A year. British royalty increased their popularity. They closely resemble many college literary "books" just produced for college campus today, except they contained many etchings of beautiful women from steel plates. They were the fashion magazines of the day. Later it became fashionable to watercolor the etchings and the "Annuals" became early coloring books. There was later a backlash against "beauty" and

854-514: Is a comic book and magazine series starring Spider-Man and published by Marvel Comics . Following the success of Spider-Man's original series, The Amazing Spider-Man , Marvel felt the character could support more than one title. This led the company in 1968 to launch a short-lived magazine, the first to bear the Spectacular name. In 1972, Marvel more successfully launched a second Spider-Man ongoing series, Marvel Team-Up , in which he

915-656: Is a volume that summarizes events of the past year. One of the earliest is The Annual Register , published in London since 1758. A forerunner is Abel Boyer 's The Political State of Great Britain (38 volumes, 1711–29). Later examples include The Statesman's Yearbook (since 1864) and the Daily Mail Year Book (since 1901). Two early German titles are Europäischer Geschichtskalender , founded in 1861 by Heinrich Schulthess and Gottlob Egelhaaf's Historisch-politische Jahresübersicht (28 volumes, 1908–1936). In

976-471: Is one of the best storytellers and a wonderful collaborator. I loved that run." During this period, Spider-Man editor Danny Fingeroth would hold conferences in New York with all the Spider-Man creative staff, allowing them to brainstorm ideas and discuss future storylines. DeMatteis left the book in mid-1993 to write The Amazing Spider-Man (succeeding David Michelinie who wrote Amazing for over half

1037-992: Is written by Greg Weisman (who also created The Spectacular Spider-Man television series) with Ramos returning for art. The Spectacular Spider-Men stars both versions of Spider-Man (Peter Parker and Miles Morales ) and focuses on the relationship between the two Spider-Men. The series' supporting cast featured characters who previously appeared in the television series and Weisman's Starbrand & Nightmask comic series, including Kenny Kong , Shelly Conklin, Cedric Harrison, Sha Shan Nguyen , and Professor Raymond Warren . Annual publication Annual publications , more often simply called annuals , are periodical publications appearing regularly once per year . Although exact definitions may vary, types of annuals include: calendars and almanacs , directories , yearbooks , annual reports , proceedings and transactions and literary annuals . A weekly or monthly publication may produce an Annual featuring similar materials to

1098-829: The New Warriors to retake the Brooklyn Bridge from the Sentinels . During the " Civil War " storyline, the Thunderbolts attack Steel Spider due to him not being registered under the Superhero Registration Act . He loses his left arm to Venom and is imprisoned in Negative Zone Prison Alpha after Radioactive Man cauterizes the wound. During the " Heroic Age " storyline, following Norman Osborn 's defeat during

1159-599: The Siege of Asgard , Captain America researches Steel Spider and considers freeing him from prison. Ollie Osnick has no superpowers, but he is a gifted inventor with a genius-level intellect. His suit has mechanical spider legs as well as gauntlets that contain a grappling hook launcher and pepper spray blasters. A possible future variant of Ollie Osnick / Steel Spider appears in the MC2 story Spider-Girl #32. Having retained

1220-401: The "bust", when numbered series of annuals had reached the tens or twenties, indicating over a decade of regular publication. Currently, the comic book annual is still something of a rarity, its purpose in presenting "extra" material often served by Special Edition s that are released at random intervals rather than the set yearly schedule of an annual. Annuals often allow new talent to develop

1281-649: The 1830s and the black and white etchings were the coloring books of the day. In 1842, Volume 1, page 521 of the Illustrated London News , there are sarcastic pictures poking fun at the annuals. In 1844 there was an article referring to it as imbecilic mania and finally the " Obituary for the Annual" appeared in the Art Journal of 1857. The death of the annuals and new photo techniques replacing etching ended most engravers' careers. A yearbook

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1342-662: The Disruptor!", and "Countdown to Chaos!" (with additional inking by Tony Mortellaro on the latter two). These versions were themselves reprinted in Marvel Tales #95–97 (Sept.-Oct. 1978). The second and final issue (Nov. 1968) also sported a painted cover and the interior was in color as well. Lee, Romita and Mooney again collaborated on its single story, "The Goblin Lives!", featuring the Green Goblin . A next-issue box at

1403-494: The Spectacular Spider-Man #131 and 132. With issue #134 (Jan. 1988), the "Peter Parker" part of the title was removed and the series became simply The Spectacular Spider-Man . The logo changed from a distinctive design to using the same design as that of The Amazing Spider-Man and the 1968 Spectacular Spider-Man magazine; this logo did not change until issue #218 (Nov. 1994). The logo of Web of Spider-Man

1464-509: The Spectacular Spider-Man #64 (March 1982), and included a story arc which took place from issues #73–79 (Dec. 1982 – June 1983), in which Doctor Octopus and the Owl competed for control of the New York underworld, Octopus almost destroys New York with a nuclear device and the Black Cat is critically injured. Issue #86 (January 1984) was part of the "Assistant Editors Month" event and featured

1525-454: The annual until 1834. A junior version called The Juvenile Forget-me-not was published from 1828 onward. For many years until the near-collapse of the British children's comics market, an annual would be published each year for each of the comic titles published by Thomson and IPC/Fleetway, featuring extra adventures of the comic's current and former characters, plus additional material in

1586-520: The annuals are often out towards the end of summer. Comic story arcs tend to be around six issues long, and annuals fit in between one arc and the next". In the U.K. , a large number of annuals are published shortly before the end of each year by companies such as D. C. Thomson , Egmont (formerly IPC/ Fleetway ), and Rebellion Developments , aimed at the Christmas market. These annuals are generally large-sized hardcover books with over 100 pages and

1647-411: The artist and remained until the series ended, but there was no regular writer for the last half-year with Glenn Greenberg , Roger Stern, John Byrne and Howard Mackie all contributing during this time. The final issue was #263 (Nov. 1998). Spectacular Spider-Man (vol. 2) titled without the definite article "The", is a 27-issue monthly series published from September 2003 to June 2005. Each issue

1708-725: The case of comic books , an annual is an extra issue that corresponds with an ongoing series , providing story material in addition to the customary 12 issues per year of a monthly series and filling holes in a publishing schedule that are usually created when a fifth release day falls in a month. A comic book annual customarily has a larger page count than its monthly counterpart, leaving room for longer single stories, biographical information on featured characters, full-page pin-ups of characters, reprints of previously published material, and/or all-new short stories (often called "back-up" stories). Chase Magnett, for ComicBook.com , highlighted that "annuals are ultimately best defined by being what

1769-413: The characters featured than in the monthly publications, reflecting the "special" status of their once-yearly publication. Most annuals consisted of standalone stories that did not fit in with the then-current thrust of the monthly series' storyline. In the late 1980s and much of the 1990s, annuals published by Marvel Comics and DC Comics were usually released in the summer of the year and often had

1830-472: The cover page. It featured a mix of reprinted American material, as well as originally produced British material, including a guest appearance from Captain Britain . Spectacular was aimed at a younger audience than Panini's other Spider-Man reprint title Astonishing Spider-Man , and was loosely based on the continuity of the 1990s animated series . Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man (vol. 3)

1891-935: The end promoted the planned contents of the unrealized issue #3, "The Mystery of the TV Terror". A version of the Goblin story, trimmed by 18 pages, was reprinted in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #9 (1973), and portions of the "TV Terror" costume were reused for the costume of the Prowler . Both issues of the magazine were reprinted in their entirety (albeit reduced to comic size) in the collection Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man #7 ( ISBN   0-7851-1636-2 ), then again in Marvel Epic Collections: The Amazing Spider-Man #4 in 2019. The first issue

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1952-468: The fad ended, as did steel plate etchings for books. "The Annual" was a long-running fad from 1824 until 1857 which started in England, but spilled over into the U.S. Steel plates of the 1820s allowed book publishers to mass-produce pictures. What started out as an "annual book" or a gift for the holidays turned into something that had up to 17 editions through the year (yet were still called annuals). Countess Blessington and other royal women contributed to

2013-416: The first Spider-Man spin-off publication aside from the original series' summer Annual s , begun in 1964. The first issue ( cover-dated July 1968) featured a painted, color cover by men's adventure -magazine artist Harry Rosenbaum, in acrylic paint on illustration board, over layouts by The Amazing Spider-Man artist John Romita Sr. The 52-page black-and-white Spider-Man story, "Lo, This Monster!",

2074-528: The form of puzzles, text articles, etc. Annuals were often even published for comics which had themselves ceased publication or been absorbed into other titles; for example, Scorcher annuals were still being published 10 years after the comic itself had been absorbed into Tiger . Today, this section of the market has been reduced to just a couple of surviving titles. In addition, annuals are often published centered on sports, toys, currently-popular celebrities, recently released films, and popular TV series. In

2135-445: The late 1990s, mainly due to the near-collapse of the comic book industry in the wake of the speculator boom ; annuals were seen as an unnecessary risk in a climate where many monthly publications were in danger of cancellation for lack of sales (especially at Marvel, which filed for bankruptcy at this time). When the industry began to recover from the "bust", annuals began re-appearing on occasion, but by no means as regularly as before

2196-428: The monthly issues are not" and that "the only consistency surrounding the concept of these special sorts of issues is that they have been around in some form or another just about as long as superhero comics have been published". An annual is considered a separate series for purposes of numbering and collectability; a particular periodical's Annual will thus have its own numbering series, or alternately be referred to by

2257-464: The one Annual , were illustrated by guest artists; Kubert's final issue as artist was #307, excluding covers. Zdarsky left the series with issue #310. The series ended with issue #313, the final three issues being a tie-in to the Spider-Geddon crossover event written by Sean Ryan. The Spectacular Spider-Men is a currently ongoing series that was published beginning March 2024. The series

2318-492: The period of the 1950s to the 1980s, companies like World Distributors , Brown Watson , and Grandreams were known for publishing annuals based on licensed characters and properties. British annuals are also published featuring American characters such as Spider-Man , often with simplified content aimed at younger readers. As tastes in these areas change, so does the line-up of annuals released each year. The increasing emphasis in recent years on annuals of this type (as opposed to

2379-427: The publisher's shared universe whose series received an annual edition. Most of those which used smaller groups of characters were specific to teams or "extended families" of characters; annual crossovers with no preexisting connection between the characters do exist, such as Marvel Comics' "Lifeform" from 1990, but are comparatively rare. Annuals published by DC and particularly Marvel became fewer and far between by

2440-406: The regular publication. Some encyclopedias have published annual supplements that essentially summarize the news of the past year, similar to some newspaper yearbooks . To libraries and collectors, annuals present challenges of size (tens or hundreds of volumes) and completeness (acquiring a sequence with no missing volumes). They are handled similar to serial publications, which typically means

2501-502: The return of the Harry Osborn version of the Green Goblin . As written by DeMatteis, Harry sank further into insanity and gained the same super-strength possessed by his father , battling Spider-Man again in #189 (June 1992), before being killed in #200 (May 1993). In an undated 2000s interview, DeMatteis said, "I really loved the two years on Spectacular Spider-Man that I wrote with Sal Buscema drawing. Talk about underrated! Sal

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2562-456: The scripts for DeFalco's plots, since DeFalco was already writing two other series and wanted to groom DeZago to be the long-term writer on Spectacular Spider-Man . Todd Dezago then wrote for a year before DeMatteis returned through May 1998. DeMatteis later commented, "We did some nice stories, like the one about Flash Thompson 's childhood. But, in general, I don't hold that last run...very dear to my heart." Luke Ross succeeded Sal Buscema as

2623-779: The series "focusing on stories with a serious, 'grown-up' tone and more complex themes". The most notable story arc of the David/Buckler era is " The Death of Jean DeWolff " (#107–110 (Oct. 1985–Jan. 1986)), in which Spider-Man's ally, NYC Police Captain Jean DeWolff – a supporting character in the Spider-Man comics since 1976 – is murdered by the vigilante/serial killer the Sin-Eater . This multi-part story guest-starred Daredevil . The storyline " Fearful Symmetry: Kraven's Last Hunt " by writer J.M. DeMatteis and artists Mike Zeck and Bob McLeod crossed over into Peter Parker,

2684-523: The series to wrap up unresolved plot elements from The Champions comic book series and concluded his first run with a crossover with Fantastic Four #218 (May 1980). In a notable two-part story scripted by Mantlo and published in The Spectacular Spider-Man #39-40 (February-March 1980), Spider-Man was temporarily transformed into "The Spider-Lizard," a rampaging creature akin to Spider-Man's recurring foe The Lizard . Mantlo

2745-481: The series' run, Buscema drew over 100 issues, making him by far the series' most frequent contributor. After his story arc "Return of the Sin-Eater" (#134–136 (Jan.–March 1988)), Peter David was removed as writer. Editor Owsley said editor-in-chief Jim Shooter "disliked Peter's work intensely". David, in a 2005 interview, believed, "I was fired off Spider-Man because it was felt at the upper editorial level that

2806-586: The stories focused more on Parker's campus life as an undergraduate student/teacher's assistant at Empire State University and giving more attention to his colleagues than to the more long-running supporting characters in Amazing . Mantlo's first run on the title featured frequent appearances by the White Tiger , Marvel's first Hispanic superhero, and the first appearance of the supervillain Carrion . He used

2867-569: The title until mid-1978. After Buscema's departure, a succession of artists (including Mike Zeck , Jim Mooney , Ed Hannigan , Marie Severin and Greg LaRocque ) penciled the series for approximately five years. Frank Miller , who would later become the artist on Daredevil , first drew the character in Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #27. Scripting initially alternated between Conway and Archie Goodwin until mid-1977, when Bill Mantlo took over. During this era of Spectacular ,

2928-746: The truth. Impressed with Spider-Man, Ollie modifies his tentacles into spider-legs and dons a Spider-Man Halloween costume, calling himself the Spider-Kid . He joins a short-lived team called the Misfits alongside Frog-Man and Toad before being convinced to retire. While in college, Ollie becomes the Steel Spider to get revenge on the muggers who attacked and paralyzed his girlfriend Jane. However, he ultimately reconsiders his motives and retires to spend time with Jane. When Onslaught attacks New York City , Steel Spider works with Darkhawk and

2989-482: The two separate titles and strengthen the continuity between them. Throughout their run, Conway and Buscema collaborated using the Marvel method , occasionally working out details of the plot over the phone. J. M. DeMatteis became the regular writer in mid-1991, injecting a grim, psychological tone into the series. DeMatteis began his run with the story arc "The Child Within" (#178–184 (July 1991–Jan. 1992)), featuring

3050-610: The use of the Steel Spider identity, he modifies his suit into a powerful exoskeleton and becomes a highly respected superhero. However, his wife leaves him, leading to him taking out his frustrations on criminals. After helping Spider-Girl and American Dream defeat the Sons of the Serpent , Osnick reforms and sets about rebuilding his personal life. Steel Spider appears as a playable character in Spider-Man Unlimited . The Spectacular Spider-Man The Spectacular Spider-Man

3111-446: The works and altered fashion. This fad was sometimes referred to as "beauty", as books with plates of women defined the content. In one book, the steel plate was damaged and another picture of a woman was simply used as a replacement. The illustrations often had nothing to do with the text content. The content of the text was often of poor quality and "The American Book of Beauty" contained a story of prison torture with an illustration of

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3172-587: The year of its publication. As a result, annuals are much less valuable as collectables than other comic books, since collectors do not view them as part of a complete series run. Comic book annuals originally were little more than reprint albums (for example Superman Annual #1, August 1960), representing stories that had first seen publication in their monthly counterparts, but eventually, this changed to annuals featuring primarily all-new material (the first example being Fantastic Four Annual #1, July 1963 ). Later annuals often featured stories with greater import to

3233-415: Was also changed in 1988 to match that of The Amazing Spider-Man , prompting Owsley to later reflect, "Suddenly, the three books that I had worked for years to give unique identities to were homogenized into a blur of Spider Sameness: same logo style, same basic look, indistinguishable from one another." Sal Buscema returned as the regular artist, staying with the title from early 1988 to late 1996; throughout

3294-416: Was by this time the regular writer, so Stan saw it as an opportunity to launch a second Spider-Man title, which was something he'd wanted to do for a while. ... the full, original title was "Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man." The notion was we'd focus more on the supporting characters and Peter's social life, but before we could really develop that I left Marvel again, not long after that. Buscema drew

3355-459: Was by writer Stan Lee , penciler Romita Sr. and inker Jim Mooney . A 10-page origin story, "In The Beginning!", was by Lee, penciler Larry Lieber and inker Bill Everett . The feature story was reprinted in color, with some small alterations and bridging material by Gerry Conway , in The Amazing Spider-Man #116–118 (Jan.–March 1973) as "Suddenly...the Smasher!", "The Deadly Designs of

3416-483: Was nineteen. And one of the nice things about the Marvel characters is that you can keep them fresh by changing them just a bit." His 1988–1991 run on Spectacular included such story arcs as the "Lobo Brothers Gang War", and the conflict between Daily Bugle editor Joe Robertson and his former friend, the albino criminal Tombstone . He used his joint duty as Web of Spider-Man writer to tie together storylines in

3477-470: Was paired with other Marvel heroes. A third monthly ongoing series, Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man , debuted in 1976. The Spectacular Spider-Man was initially a two-issue magazine published by Marvel in 1968, as an experiment in entering the black-and-white comic-magazine market successfully pioneered by Warren Publishing and others. It sold for 35 cents when standard comic books cost 12 cents and Annual s and Giant s 25 cents. It represented

3538-446: Was published from June 2017 to December 2018. After the first six issues, the series reverted to legacy numbering with issue #297 as part of the line-wide Marvel Legacy relaunch. The series' original creative team had Chip Zdarsky as writer, with Adam Kubert providing the artwork. Notable recurring characters included Teresa Durand, J. Jonah Jameson , Johnny Storm , and original character Rebecca London. Various issues, as well as

3599-452: Was reprinted again in 2002 as The Spectacular Spider-Man Facsimile , exactly as it was originally presented. Titled Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man on its December 1976 debut, and shortened to simply The Spectacular Spider-Man with #134 (Jan. 1988), this was the second Amazing Spider-Man monthly comic-book spin-off series, after Marvel Team-Up , which also featured Spider-Man. The monthly title ran 264 issues (including

3660-426: Was succeeded by Roger Stern , who wrote The Spectacular Spider-Man from #43 (June 1980) to 61 (December 1981). When Stern departed to write for The Amazing Spider-Man , Mantlo returned to scripting Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man ; Mantlo's second tenure at the title lasted until April 1984. Mantlo's second run introduced the superhero duo Cloak and Dagger , created by Mantlo and Hannigan in Peter Parker,

3721-495: Was written by Paul Jenkins (except #23–26, by Samm Barnes ). The book's primary pencillers were Humberto Ramos and Mark Buckingham . The comic included the storyline Spider-Man: Disassembled in which Spider-Man met a new enemy called the Queen who wanted him as her mate. Her kiss caused him to slowly mutate into a giant spider who metamorphosed into human form with enhanced strength and agility, along with organic webbing and

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