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Following the success of Spider-Man's original series, The Amazing Spider-Man, Marvel felt the character could support more than one title. This led the company in 1968 to launch a short-lived magazine, the first to bear the Spectacular name. In 1972, Marvel more successfully launched a second Spider-Man ongoing series, Marvel Team-Up, in which he was paired with other Marvel heroes. A third monthly ongoing series, Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man, debuted in 1976.

He is the first, and greatest, super hero: an American legend. But when tragedy forces Savior 28 to question the very beliefs that have guided him for seventy years, his life begins to unravel and his nation turns against him. Join writer J.M. DeMatteis and artist Mike Cavallaro on S-28's dizzying journey through seven decades of politics, pop culture and spiritual search-in a miniseries that turns the super hero genre inside out.

Beginning the five-issue conclusion of this epic, all-ages fantasy! With a malevolent entity about to un-tell every story ever told, erase every character ever imagined (including you!), it’s up to Augusta Wind, Mr. Snabbit, the Omniphant and Upton Snuff to stop the Story Killer and save the Storiverse.  But weird worlds, bizarre creatures and terrible dangers await them—and victory is not assured!

What would have happened if the infant Superman had been found by the Waynes of Gotham City instead of the Kents of Kansas? That's the question this graphic novel examines, as the child from another planet witnesses the death of his parents at the hands of a Gotham mugger and grows up to become a bat-caped avenger of the night.

A few years later, he would introduce a new villain in his run on DC's The Spectre, Monsieur Stigmonius, who bore strong similarities to Man-Thing's villain Mr. Termineus, and likely allowed the author to further explore the concept.

Ben Reilly has just discovered that he is a clone of Peter Parker. Lost and alone, he begins to wander aimlessly in the hope that he will discover a new life and a new direction.

The Jackal is back, and Spider-Man is beside himself again! Where did the Spider-duplicate come from, and where has he been? Is he Peter Parker's dark side...or his better half? Everyone wants answers, and the cloaked killer Kaine is ready to rip them out of whoever has them! Plus: Venom and Vermin! Carnage and Chameleon!

While Kaine ponders his mortality over the corpse of a dead man in a funeral home, Spider-Man (Ben Reilly) silently observes the grave of "his" friend, Harry Osborn. Kaine decides that he should not die alone, and so he formulates a plan. He sends a stranger across the country in search of Ben, and in the meantime visits Ben, "firing the first volley in a war that, with luck would destroy us both." He leaves Ben's apartment in shambles, and so Ben goes to a bar to relieve himself of frustrations. In the bar he runs into Flash Thompson, who is drunk and philosophizing about his glory days. Ben gives him advice and leaves, and upon returning to his apartment finds the one person he never expected to see - Janine Godbe, whom he believed dead.

Writer J.M. DeMatteis and artist Mike Zeck craft the ultimate tale of revenge in this groundbreaking and legendary collection! Kraven the Hunter has stalked and killed every animal known to man. But there is one beast that has eluded him. One quarry that has mocked him at every turn: the wall-crawling web-slinger known as Spider-Man. And to prove that he is the hero's master, he will pull on his costume and become him...after he shoots and buries him six feet under!

The joking web head and the detective dark knight fight the two most phsycotic villains in Marvel Universe and DC Universe, CARNAGE and THE JOKER!! together tryin to kill our heroes.

The second series of Mister Miracle that ran for 28 issues from 1989 to 1991. Like many other members of the Giffen/DeMatteis era Justice League such as Captain Atom, Booster Gold, and Blue Beetle, Scott Free briefly received his own title which covers his life in the suburbs of the Northeast and New York City. As usual, Scott is accompanied by his loving wife, Barda, and his curmudgeonly and diminutive assistant, Oberon.

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Jonn sees the Martian race evolve from a species of bird. The Martians evolve into a pacifist society, creating wondrous architecture. However, a plague hits the Martian race, and J'onn's wife is one of the Martians that succumbs. In order to purge the plague, the Martians create huge funeral pyres to incinerate the contaminated bodies. J'onn watches the memory of his wife burning in the pyre.

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With the help of her trusted Tarot deck, the mysterious Madame Xanadu mystically appeared in her own book by legendary pair of Batman alumni, writer Steve Englehart and artist Marshall Rogers. Examining the life and adventures of the sorceress of Christy Street, this special delved into the dark side of magic, and was brought to life by Rogers' playful drawings and sound effects. Not content to simply feature a wrap around cover by artist Mike Kaluta, the issue also gave readers a pull out poster by the same artist, along with an unrelated back up sci-fi tale by writer J.M. Dematteis.

Once upon a time, in a faraway land called the Mojoverse, a magical being named Longshot set off on a journey in search of Something Important. The only problem was - he didn't know what that Something was. Accompanied by a three-inch tall ceature called Nutt, pursued by a Dark and Fiendish Thingee, Longshot embarked on a adventure that took him from the Door of Death to a Kansas cornfield, from the Gates of Heaven.... to the depths of the human heart.

Larfleeze, the creature known as Agent Orange, breaks out of the pages of THRESHOLD and into his own solo series--and he's not sharing it with anyone.

So much potential wasted. Instead of following through and developing these ideas to a full, rich, satisfying conclusion, we get this, a storyline whose sole purpose was only to set up the Next Big Thing. Disgraceful. I know we've discussed this before, and it's not the first time the New 52 has done this (notably we have the Third Army setup for the First Lantern over in the Green Lantern slice of the universe), but this is a very annoying example of this practice, more so by the very intriguin...

Prequel to the DC Universe Movie Justice League: Gods & Monsters! Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman: three powerful and dangerous loners drawn together by a man who claims he can bring humanity to the next level of evolution. But are Jackson Alpert and his immortal Forever People what they claim to be? Will they save the Earth—or conquer it?