Untold Tales of Spider-Man

Untold Tales of Spider-Man is an American comic book series starring Spider-Man published by Marvel Comics for 26 issues (#1–25, with a #-1 issue (July 1997) added between issues #22 (June 1997) and 23 (August 1997)) and two Annuals (Annual '96 and Annual '97) from September 1995 to October 1997. The series was preceded by three Spider-Man flashback stories in Amazing Fantasy #16-18 (December 1995-March 1996). In February 1999, a one-shot issue called Untold Tales of Spider-Man: Strange Encounter was published. Finally, The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #37 (2010) featured another connected story that ended the series.

Untold Tales of Spider-Man
Cover to Untold Tales of Spider-Man #1, art by Pat Olliffe.
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
ScheduleMonthly
FormatFormerly ongoing, now cancelled
GenreSuperhero
Publication dateSeptember 1995 – October 1997
No. of issues26 (#1-22, -1 and 23-25),
plus 2 Annuals,
1 one-shot issue
and stories in
Amazing Fantasy #16-18 and
The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #37
Main character(s)Spider-Man
Creative team
Created byStan Lee
Steve Ditko
Written byKurt Busiek
Penciller(s)Pat Olliffe
Inker(s)Al Vey
Al Williamson
Colorist(s)Steve Mattsson

The series was part of an experiment for Marvel, where they published a number of new titles for only 99 cents in the hopes that they would attract new, young readers who might have been put off by the then-U.S.$1.50/$1.95 standard prices for comic books at the time. Uniquely among those titles, Untold Tales of Spider-Man presented new stories set in the early days of Spider-Man's superhero career.

The series was primarily written by Kurt Busiek and penciled by Pat Olliffe, though Roger Stern, Tom DeFalco, and Ron Frenz also contributed.

Bibliography

(also see Collected editions below)

  • Amazing Fantasy #16-18 (December 1995-March 1996)
  • Untold Tales of Spider-Man #1-22, -1 and 23-25 (September 1995 - October 1997)
  • Untold Tales of Spider-Man Annual '96 and Annual '97 (1996-1997)
  • Untold Tales of Spider-Man: Strange Encounter (February 1999)
  • The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #37 (2010)

Collected editions
  • Untold Tales of Spider-Man (trade paperback, published February 1997, reprints Untold Tales of Spider-Man #1-8)
  • Spider-Man/Fantastic Four Classic (trade paperback, published May 2005, reprints various stories of encounters between Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four, including Untold Tales Of Spider-Man Annual '96)
  • Spider-Man Visionaries: Kurt Busiek (trade paperback, published August 2006, reprints Untold Tales of Spider-Man #1-8)
  • Spider-Man: Saga of the Sandman (trade paperback, published April 2007, reprints various stories featuring the Sandman, including Untold Tales Of Spider-Man #3)
  • Untold Tales of Spider-Man Omnibus (hardcover, published April 2012, reprints Amazing Fantasy #16-18, Untold Tales of Spider-Man #1-22, -1 and 23-25, Annual '96 and Annual '97, Untold Tales of Spider-Man: Strange Encounter and The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #37)
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