Amazing Spider-Man #601 (Ongoing)

Mary Jane Watson returns to Peter Parker's life in , entitled, "Red-headed Stranger: No Place Like Home" from the web-tastic team of Mark Waid and Mario Alberti. If anyone in real life were to experience what Peter Parker is going through in this issue, he'd probably jump off the Brooklyn Bridge. But then, that's why New York City's friendly neighborhood Spider-Man remains so popular. There's also a bonus six-page story by Brian Michael Bendis and Joe Quesada where Peter and his old classmate Jessica Jones reflect on their life together in high school with Peter helping Jessica come to a major decision about her future with the New Avengers.

Prepare for the All-New, All-Deadly: DARK MARY-JANE!! Oops, sorry, that's the rest of Marvel's solicits... Actually, in this issue ""Red-Headed Stranger"" begins just after the surprising events of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #600 with Pete's love life taking a turn for the worse just as his old flame Mary Jane returns to New York City. (FINALLY!! Sheesh. What took us so long?!) COVER BY: J. Scott Campbell; WRITER: Mark Waid; PENCILS: Mario Alberti; INKS: Mario Alberti; COLORED BY: Mario Alberti; LETTERED BY: VC - Cory Petit --

Spider-Man first appeared in the comic book Amazing Fantasy #15 (Aug. 1962). The series was canceled with that issue, but response to the character was so positive that a solo title, , was launched with a March 1963 cover-date. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist and co-plotter Steve Ditko, and the pair produced 38 issues from 1963 to 1966. title is the character's flagship series. Most of the major characters and villains of the Spider-Man saga have been introduced here, and it is where key events occur. The title was published continuously until 1998 when Marvel Comics relaunched it with a new issue #1 (Jan. 1999), but on Spider-Man's 40th anniversary, this new title reverted to using the numbering of the original series, beginning again with issue #500 (Dec. 2003).


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