Busiek, no stranger to continuity, used the series to tell new stories set in Spider-Man’s first few years in the costume, set in and around the classic Stan Lee/Steve Ditko issues of Amazing Spider-Man. The series was clearly a blast for creators Kurt Busiek and Pat Olliffe, a book which had a very timeless feel to it, while at the same time being deeply rooted in the Silver Age era of Spider-Man. The series was a rarity for the time, as it was an extremely well-written book set in Spider-Man’s past, long before clones were part of a Spider-Man fan’s lexicon.

Untold Tales of Spider-Man on SpiderFan.In the mid-nineties, shortly after Ben Reilly was revealed to be the “one and true Spider-Man”, Marvel published a relatively short-lived comic called Untold Tales of Spider-Man.

Untold Tales of Spider-Man at The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators.

Untold Tales of Spider-Man at The Grand Comics Database.

Untold Tales of Spider-Man #1-25, -1, Annual '96-'97, Untold Tales of Spider-Man: Strange Encounter, Amazing Fantasy #16-18 and material from The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #37 Untold Tales of Spider-Man #15-25, -1, Annual '96-'97, Untold Tales of Spider-Man: Strange Encounter, and material from Amazing Spider-Man Annual #37 Untold Tales of Spider-Man: The Complete Collection Vol.

Untold Tales of Spider-Man #1-14 and Amazing Fantasy #16-18

Lawrence'), and Ron Frenz also contributed. The series was primarily written by Kurt Busiek and penciled by Pat Olliffe, though Roger Stern, Tom DeFalco, Glenn Greenberg (writing under the pseudonym 'G.L. 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 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. Finally, The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #37 (2010) featured another interconnected story that ended the series. In February 1999, a one-shot issue called Untold Tales of Spider-Man: Strange Encounter was published.

The series was preceded by three Spider-Man flashback stories in Amazing Fantasy #16-18 (December 1995-March 1996). Untold Tales of Spider-Man is an American comic book series starring Spider-Man published by Marvel Comics for 26 issues (#1â€“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. Cover to Untold Tales of Spider-Man #1, art by Pat Olliffe.

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