Favorite Spider-man Issue...

[babyblob]

I love Spiderman. I have read up to issue 163 before starting over from the beginning. There have been a lot of great stories. So I wanted to ask everyone what their favorite issue was. Maybe I can get some ideas on what to look forward to.

I have two. Both com very early in his career.

The first is Amazing Spiderman 16. His first teamup with Daredevil as they fought Ringmaster. I loved Darevevil's yellow costume and it was the first time I read him in a comic. Spiderman taking on the whole circus was just amazing.

The second is the next issue. Amazing Spiderman 17 where he fights The Green Goblin and runs away because of his aunt having a heart attack.

Both were just so amazing and were some of the fist Spiderman stories I read. They have a very special place for me.

So what are yours and why?

[Triniking1234]

I had a comic where Norman Osborn kidnapped Peter and was trying to brainwash him into being his son. I think it had Bagley art.

I also had Web of Spider-Man #100 (Silver Armour) but I never took care of my books so it looked like sh*t in the end. RIP.

[Revolutionary_Jack]

My favorite single issues:

- ASM #246 (which I own, I am proud to say) : "The Daydreamers"
-- Roger Stern said in an interview with George Khoury that this was his favorite of his run. And it's one of the best standalone stories not only in Spider-Man but generally across all superhero stories. It's a "the Why of the Character" piece which shows what Spider-Man as a character and his supporting cast (Felicia, Jonah, MJ) really are like deep inside, and it's a model for sequential art storytelling in exploring the character's psyche. The subtle way Stern and JRJR transition from the reality of the character into the "daydream" which is that thin blur from reality into dream is worthy of Eisner. And of course Stern says a lot of things about the characters that still remain fresh, unexpected, and yet in essence true to them. This is one of those stories that looks at the characters flaws with affection and compassion.

Sensational Spider-Man Annual #1 To Have and to Hold (which I just bought three days ago)
-- I read this comic in digital but buying the floppy even of an older issue is great too. The coloring on the hard pages makes some details stand out even better. Matt Fraction only ever wrote one single Spider-Man comic, and it's an instant masterpiece. His turn here led to more work at Marvel. It's a shame that we never got the Fraction Spider-Man run we deserved but we got the Spider-Man Fraction story we needed.

[bob.schoonover]

ASM 400: The Gift. It's just a beautiful story about Peter and May.

[Batman Begins 2005]

Finale, Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #310. A beautiful one and done by Chip Zdarsky rightly winning an Eisner award.

[Chubistian]

Amazing Spider-Man #33 and Spectacular Spider-Man #200. Both issues that left me speechless for very different reasons and which I enjoy as if it was the first time I've read them every time I go back to them

[Batman Begins 2005]

Finale, Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #310. A beautiful one and done by Chip Zdarsky rightly winning an Eisner award.

Honourable mention to Confessions, Ultimate Spider-Man #13.