Backpack Marvels: Spider-Man #1

(November 2000)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Amazing Spider-Man Murder by Spider

Indexer Notes

Book Title over a Spidey Signal type image

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

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Let Fly These Aged Wings! (Table of Contents: 3)

Spider-Man / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Roger Stern (credited)

Pencils

John Romita Jr. (credited)

Inks

Pablo Marcos (credited)

Letters

Joe Rosen (credited)

Editing

Tom DeFalco (credited); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Vulture [Adrian Toomes]; Aunt May Parker; Nathan Lubensky

Synopsis

The Vulture, also known as Adrian Toomes, has been hospitalized but snaps out of his depression when he meets and becomes inspired by Nathan Lubensky, May Parker's boyfriend who is confined to a wheelchair. He resumes his criminal career and hides in May's and Nathan's nursing home. When Peter Parker visits his aunt, he identifies Toomes as the Vulture and changes to Spider-Man in order to stop him.

Reprints

• from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #224 (January 1982)

Fools...Like Us! (Table of Contents: 4)

Spider-Man / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script

Roger Stern (credited)

Pencils

John Romita Jr. (credited)

Inks

Bob Wiacek (credited)

Letters

Joe Rosen (credited)

Editing

Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Foolkiller [Greg Salinger]; Defenders [Man-Thing; Omega; Hellcat; Valkyrie] (cameo flashback); Debbie Whitman; Richard Rory (flashback)

Synopsis

The flamboyant but deadly villain Foolkiller has dedicated himself to eliminating all the "fools" of the world. Spider-Man tracks him down and discovers that he is really Greg Salinger, an acquaintance from university.

Reprints

• from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #225 (February 1982)

Indexer Notes

A flashback recaps Foolkiller's origin and his early conflicts with the Defenders.

But the Cat Came Back... (Table of Contents: 5)

Spider-Man / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Roger Stern (credited)

Pencils

John Romita Jr. (credited)

Inks

Jim Mooney (credited)

Letters

Joe Rosen (credited)

Editing

Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Black Cat [Felicia Hardy]; Phil Bradshaw (Maggia); Greg Salinger; Jean DeWolff

Synopsis

Felicia Hardy, the cat burglar known as the Black Cat, has faked insanity in order to be placed in a mental institution, which proves easier to escape from than prison. On the prowl again, she starts stealing from the mob. When Spider-Man tracks her down, the Black Cat says that she wants to help him fight crime, and after proving this with her actions, the new crime fighting partners unite in a kiss.

Reprints

• from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #226 (March 1982)

Goin' Straight! (Table of Contents: 6)

Spider-Man / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Roger Stern (credited)

Pencils

John Romita Jr. (credited)

Inks

Jim Mooney (credited)

Letters

Joe Rosen (credited); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Editing

Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Black Cat [Felicia Hardy]; Jean DeWolff; Marcy Kane; Debbie Whitman; Philip Chang; Mary Jane Watson (flashback); Gwen Stacy (flashback)

Synopsis

Both Spider-Man and the Black Cat have conflicting emotions about their new status as lovers. Spider-Man wants the Black Cat to go straight, even going so far as to ask Captain Jean DeWolff to get her a pardon. The Black Cat, on the other hand, has a hard time kicking old habits and wants the two of them to use their abilities to become thieves. Spider-Man tries to immobilize the Black Cat with his web, but rather than ending up in prison, she jumps in the river. Believing her dead, Spider-Man is even more sad to receive the news of a full pardon for the Black Cat.

Reprints

• from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #227 (April 1982)

Murder By Spider (Table of Contents: 7)

Spider-Man / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Jan Strnad (credited)

Pencils

Rick Leonardi (credited)

Inks

Dave Simons (credited)

Letters

Janice Chiang (credited)

Editing

Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Glory Grant; Debbie Whitman

Reprints

• from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #228 (May 1982)

Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut! (Table of Contents: 8)

Spider-Man / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Roger Stern (credited)

Pencils

John Romita Jr. (credited)

Inks

Jim Mooney (credited)

Letters

Joe Rosen (credited)

Editing

Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Madame Web; Robbie Robertson; Betty Leeds; Glory Grant; Wong; Juggernaut (villain); Black Tom Cassidy (villain); X-Men [Cyclops; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Nightcrawler] (cameo flashback); The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor; Wasp] (cameo flashback); Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing] (cameo flashback)

Synopsis

Madame Web foretells a prophecy of her doom by the hands of an unknown assailant and tasks Spider-Man with protecting her. The only problem is her assailant turns out to be the unstoppable Juggernaut.

Reprints

• from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #229 (June 1982)

To Fight the Unbeatable Foe! (Table of Contents: 9)

Spider-Man / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Roger Stern (credited)

Pencils

John Romita Jr. (credited)

Inks

Jim Mooney (credited)

Letters

Joe Rosen

Editing

Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Madame Web; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Betty Leeds; Lance Bannon; Glory Grant; Amy Powell; Juggernaut (villain); Black Tom Cassidy (villain)

Synopsis

Spider-Man stops the Juggernaut.

Reprints

• from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #230 (July 1982)

Backpack Profile: Black Cat (Table of Contents: 10)

Black Cat / character profile / 4 pages (report information)

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Genre

superhero

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Black Cat

Indexer Notes

Text profile and history of the Black Cat, with a couple of Black Cat illustrations

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Bitten by a Radioactive Spider (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Spider-Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)