Spider-Man's Tangled Web


Spider-Man's Tangled Web is a comic book series starring Spider-Man and his supporting cast published by Marvel Comics for 22 issues from June 2001 to March 2003.

Overview

The title was conceived as an anthology series, where various creative teams not usually associated with Spider-Man could display their take on the character. Despite having his name in the title, Spider-Man was often an ancillary character in these stories, appearing on only a few pages or just making a cameo appearance.
Sales on the series lagged behind the other Spider-Man titles throughout its run, and it was finally cancelled in 2003 to make way for the new The Spectacular Spider-Man vol. 2 comic by Paul Jenkins and Humberto Ramos.
Issue #1 was the subject of a recall due to the incorrect paper stock being used for the cover. A second print run was ordered with the correct paper stock, thus making a collector's item of the rarer first print.

Issues

  1. "The Coming of the Thousand", Part 1 by Garth Ennis, John McCrea, and James Hodgkins
  2. "The Coming of the Thousand", Part 2 by Ennis, McCrea, and Hodgkins
  3. "The Coming of the Thousand", Part 3 by Ennis, McCrea, and Hodgkins
  4. "Severance Package" by Greg Rucka and Eduardo Risso
  5. *Featuring the Kingpin
  6. "Flowers for Rhino", Part 1 by Peter Milligan and Duncan Fegredo
  7. *Featuring the Rhino
  8. "Flowers for Rhino", Part 2 by Milligan and Fegredo
  9. *Featuring the Rhino
  10. "Gentleman's Agreement", Part 1 by Bruce Jones, Lee Weeks, and Josef Rubinstein
  11. "Gentleman's Agreement", Part 2 by Jones, Weeks, and Rubinstein
  12. "Gentleman's Agreement", Part 3 by Jones, Weeks, Rubinstein, and Jimmy Palmiotti
  13. "Ray of Light" by Kaare Andrews
  14. *Featuring Electro
  15. "Open All Night" by Darwyn Cooke and Jay Bone
  16. *Featuring the Vulture
  17. "I was a Teenage Frogman" by Zeb Wells and Duncan Fegredo
  18. *Featuring Frogman
  19. "Double Shots" by Ron Zimmerman and Sean Phillips
  20. *Featuring Alyosha Kravinoff, the Vulture, Tombstone, Norman Osborn
  21. "The Last Shoot" by Brian Azzarello, Scott Levy, and Giuseppe Camuncoli
  22. *Featuring Crusher Hogan
  23. "The Collaborators" by Paul Pope
  24. "Heartbreaker" Part 1 by Daniel Way and Leandro Fernandez
  25. *Featuring Tombstone, Kangaroo
  26. "Heartbreaker" Part 2 by Daniel Way and Leandro Fernandez
  27. *Featuring Tombstone, Kangaroo
  28. "Alphabet City" by Ted McKeever
  29. *Featuring Typeface, Spellcheck
  30. "Call of the Wild" by Robbie Morrison and Jim Mahfood
  31. "Behind the Mustache" by Zeb Wells and Dean Haspiel
  32. *Featuring J. Jonah Jameson
  33. "'Twas the Fight Before Christmas" by Darwyn Cooke and Jay Bone
  34. *Featuring Fantastic Four, Medusa
  35. "The System" by Brian Patrick Walsh and Alberto Dose

    Collected editions

Issues #4-6 and #10-11 were also included in Best of Spider-Man Vol. 1 and Best of Spider-Man Vol. 2, respectively.

Accolades

Issue #4's "Severance Package" by Greg Rucka and Eduardo Risso was nominated for an Eisner Award for "Best Single Issue of a Comic Book" in 2002.