Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut!

"Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut!"

Cover of The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1, 229 (Jun, 1982). Art by John Romita Jr.
Publisher Marvel Comics
Publication date June – July 1982
Genre
Title(s) The Amazing Spider-Man #229–230
Main character(s) Spider-Man
The Juggernaut
Madame Web
Black Tom Cassidy
Creative team
Writer(s) Roger Stern
Penciller(s) John Romita, Jr.
Inker(s) Jim Mooney
Letterer(s) Joe Rosen
Colorist(s) Glynis Wein
Editor(s) Tom DeFalco
Jim Shooter
Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut! ISBN 0-87135-572-8

"Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut!" is a two-issue Spider-Man story arc written by Roger Stern with art by John Romita, Jr. and published by Marvel Comics. The arc appears in The Amazing Spider-Man #229–230.[1]

Plot summary

Black Tom Cassidy dispatches the Juggernaut to kidnap Madame Web in the hope that her psychic powers would help them defeat the X-Men. She receives a vision of their plan, and calls Peter Parker to ask him to stop the Juggernaut. Spider-Man makes many attempts to stop the Juggernaut, all of which end in failure. When the Juggernaut reaches Madame Web, he separates her from her life-support system, almost killing her. As Madame Web is taken to a hospital, Spider-Man again tries to stop the Juggernaut, luring him to a construction site and finally trapping him in a pool of wet cement. However it is only a matter of time before the Juggernaut will break free.

Something Can Stop the Juggernaut

During The Gauntlet storyline in 2010, a sequel to "Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut" called "Something Can Stop the Juggernaut" is in Amazing Spider-Man #627–629, where Spider-Man fights the Juggernaut in a rematch. This story was also written by Roger Stern. It turns out that Captain Universe is the "Something" that can stop the Juggernaut.

Collected editions

The story is collected as The Sensational Spider-Man: Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut (ISBN 0871355728). It is also collected in the trade Amazing Spider-Man: The Gauntlet Vol. 4-The Juggernaut (ISBN 0785146148) with its sequel.

Wizard Magazine includes it in its collection Spider-Man: The 10 Greatest Spider-Man Stories Ever (ISBN 0974325368).

Reception

Comics Should Be Good featured the story in its series "Comics You Should Own",[1] and users voted it the second greatest Roger Stern story.[2]

SpiderFan.org gave both issues of the arc five webs, its highest rating.[3][4]

References

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