the amazing spider-man #252 (may 1984): spider-man s black costume debuts. cover art ron frenz , klaus janson.
the amazing spider-man #200 (jan. 1980) featured return , death of burglar killed spider-man s uncle ben. writer marv wolfman , penciler keith pollard both left title mid-year, succeeded dennis o neil, writer known groundbreaking 1970s work @ rival dc comics, , penciler john romita jr.. o neil wrote 2 issues of amazing spider-man annual both drawn frank miller. 1980 annual featured team-up doctor strange while 1981 annual showcased meeting punisher. roger stern, had written 20 issues of sister title spectacular spider-man, took on amazing issue #224 (january 1982). during 2 years on title, stern augmented backgrounds of long-established spider-man villains, , romita jr. created mysterious supervillain hobgoblin in #238-239 (march–april 1983). fans engaged mystery of hobgoblin s secret identity, continued throughout #244-245 , 249-251 (sept.-oct. 1983 , feb.-april 1984). 1 lasting change reintroduction of mary jane watson more serious, mature woman becomes peter s confidante after reveals knows secret identity. stern wrote kid collects spider-man in amazing spider-man #248 (january 1984), story ranks among popular.
by mid-1984, tom defalco , ron frenz took on scripting , penciling. defalco helped establish parker , watson s mature relationship, laying foundation characters wedding in 1987. notably, in #257 (oct. 1984), watson tells parker knows spider-man, , in #259 (dec. 1984), reveals parker extent of troubled childhood. other notable issues of defalco-frenz era include #252 (may 1984), first appearance of spider-man s black costume, hero wear exclusively next 4 years worth of comics; debut of criminal mastermind rose, in #253 (june 1984); revelation in #258 (nov. 1984) black costume living being, symbiote; , introduction of female mercenary silver sable in #265 (june 1985).
tom defalco , ron frenz both removed amazing spider-man in 1986 editor owsley under acrimonious circumstances. succession of artists including alan kupperberg, john romita jr., , alex saviuk penciled series 1987 1988; owsley wrote book first half of 1987, scripting five-part gang war story (#284-288) defalco plotted. former spectacular spider-man writer peter david scripted #289 (june 1987), revealed ned leeds being hobgoblin although retconned in 1996 roger stern leeds not being original hobgoblin after all.
david michelinie took on writer in next issue, story arc in #290-292 (july-sept. 1987) led marriage of peter parker , mary jane watson in amazing spider-man annual #21. kraven s last hunt storyline writer j.m. dematteis , artists mike zeck , bob mcleod crossed on amazing spider-man #293 , 294. issue #298 (march 1988) first spider-man comic drawn future industry star todd mcfarlane, first regular artist on amazing spider-man since frenz s departure. mcfarlane revolutionized spider-man s look. depiction – large-eyed, wiry, contorted limbs, , messy, knotted, convoluted webbing – influenced way virtually subsequent artists draw character. mcfarlane s other significant contribution spider-man canon design become 1 of spider-man s wildly popular antagonists, supervillain venom. issue #299 (april 1988) featured venom s first appearance (a last-page cameo) before first full appearance in #300 (may 1988). latter issue featured spider-man reverting original red-and-blue costume.
other notable issues of michelinie-mcfarlane era include #312 (feb. 1989), featuring green goblin vs. hobgoblin; , #315-317 (may–july 1989), return of venom. in july 2012, todd mcfarlane s original cover art amazing spider-man #328 sold bid of $657,250, making expensive american comic book art ever sold @ auction.
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