Spider-Man: Chapter One

Spider-Man: Chapter One
Cover to Spider-Man: Chapter One #1. Art by John Byrne. This image is a homage to Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko's August 1962 cover for Amazing Fantasy #15, which was the first appearance of Spider-Man.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Limited series
Genre	Superhero
Publication date	December 1998 – October 1999
Number of issues	13 (#0-12)
Main character(s)	Spider-Man
Creative team
Writer(s)	John Byrne
Artist(s)	John Byrne Al Milgrom (#10, 12)
Letterer(s)	John Byrne
Colorist(s)	John Kalisz (#1-2) Joe Andreani (#3) Steve Buccellato (#4-5) Christie Scheele (#6-7) Mark McNabb (#8-10) Mark Bernardo (#9-10) Joe Rosas (#11-12)
Editor(s)	Ralph Macchio

Spider-Man: Chapter One is a comic book limited series starring Spider-Man published by Marvel Comics for 13 issues (#1-12, with a #0 added between #6 and #7) from December 1998 to October 1999. The entire series was written and drawn by John Byrne.

Reception

The comic was a modest success. Some comics fans objected to Byrne's perceived tampering with the classic Spider-Man stories produced by his creators Stan Lee and Steve Ditko and complained that the original 1960s stories did not require any updating at all. The editorial intention of the series, however, was to be a retelling of the character's early stories designed to draw in new readers. Byrne was soon to be drawing the relaunch of The Amazing Spider-Man comics title with writer Howard Mackie.

Chapter One, though not a sales record-breaker (possibly because it was sold only through the direct market, which limited its exposure to potential new readers), finished out its run as planned, even adding a #0 in April 1999 between #6 and 7. Byrne was asked to, but declined the offer to do a "Chapter Two" follow-up mini.

Since Byrne left the Spider-Man titles, his successors have shied away from making any references to the series, and according to the Official Index to the Marvel Universe it is now Marvel's stance that the original stories have regained their canonical status. Chapter One also brought controversy over the former ongoing series Untold Tales of Spider-Man (1995-1997), where the stories presented were brand new stories set in Spider-Man's early super-hero career, set in-between the original stories by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Chapter One ignores the continuity of Untold Tales of Spider-Man.

Spider-Man's early adventures would be retold again in Ultimate Spider-Man, a series Marvel launched in 2000. This series sidestepped the canon/non-canon continuity question by setting its stories in an entirely new universe.

Yet another retelling of early Spider-Man stories came in 2004 with the launch of Marvel Age Spider-Man (later retitled Marvel Adventures Spider-Man). This title, which is aimed at younger readers, also retells many of Lee and Ditko's stories (as Chapter One did), though the contemporary-set series is clearly meant to be set outside mainstream Marvel continuity.

Collected editions

A trade paperback collecting the entire series was published in January 2012 (ISBN 0-7851-5848-0).

Legacy

The villains' costumes were later used for their mainstream counterparts in The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 2 and Peter Parker: Spider-Man vol. 2.

Hulk: Chapter One^[1]

In the Hulk 1999 Annual, writer John Byrne revised the Hulk's origin, much like Spider-Man: Chapter One. In the revised origin, the gamma bomb that was being tested is now a gamma laser, and a skrull was responsible for Rick Jones' presence on the base during the gamma test. The skrull also disguised himself as Igor Rasminsky (Drenkov in the original stories), a fellow scientist working on the project. The contemporary setting removes the Cold War context of the original story, and serves as a tie-in to the Marvel: The Lost Generation maxi-series created by Roger Stern and Byrne.^[2]

The storyline is currently designated as set on Earth-98121, and is not part of mainstream Marvel continuity (Earth-616).

References

↑ Hulk 1999 Annual.
↑ Marvel: The Lost Generation, issues 12-1; 2000-2001.

External links

'Spider-Man: Chapter One' at the Grand Comics Database
'Spider-Man: Chapter One' at the Comic Book DB

Spider-Man publications and storylines

Current series	The Amazing Spider-Man (Issues) Carnage Silk Spider-Gwen Spider-Man Spider-Man 2099 Spider-Man/Deadpool Spider-Woman Venom

Former series	Amazing Fantasy Avenging Spider-Man Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Marvel Team-Up/Spider-Man Team-Up Spider-Man/Peter Parker: Spider-Man The Sensational Spider-Man vol. 1 Marvel Knights Spider-Man/The Sensational Spider-Man vol. 2 The Spectacular Spider-Man Spider-Man Family/The Amazing Spider-Man Family Spider-Man's Tangled Web Spider-Man Unlimited The Superior Foes of Spider-Man The Superior Spider-Man Superior Spider-Man Team-Up Untold Tales of Spider-Man Web of Spider-Man Webspinners: Tales of Spider-Man

Limited series	Spider-Man: Chapter One (1998) Spider-Man: Blue (2002) Spider-Man/Black Cat: The Evil that Men Do (2002) Trouble (2003) Venom vs. Carnage (2004) Spider-Man: House of M (2005) Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four (2007) Spider-Man: With Great Power (2008) Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine (2010) Spider-Man and the X-Men (2014)

Outside continuity	Marvel Adventures Spider-Man Spider-Gwen Spider-Man 2099 Spider-Man Noir Spider-Man Noir: Eyes Without a Face Spider-Man: India Spider-Man: The Manga Spider-Man J Spidey Super Stories Spider-Girl Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane Spider-Man: Reign Spider-Man Unlimited (1999 series) Ultimate Spider-Man Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man

Crossovers	Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man (1976) Superman and Spider-Man (1981) Spider-Man 2099 Meets Spider-Man (1995) Spider-Man and Batman: Disordered Minds (1995) Batman & Spider-Man: New Age Dawning Spider-Men (2012) Spider-Verse (2014)

Storylines	"If This Be My Destiny...!" (1965) "Spider-Man No More!" (1967) "Green Goblin Reborn!" (1971) "The Six Arms Saga" (1971) "The Night Gwen Stacy Died" (1973) "Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut!" (1982) "The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man" (1984) "Secret Wars" (1984) "The Death of Jean DeWolff" (1985) "The Wedding!" (1987) "Kraven's Last Hunt" (1987) "Torment" (1990) "Invasion of the Spider-Slayers" (1992) "Maximum Carnage" (1993) "Clone Saga" (1994) "Planet of the Symbiotes" (1995) "Identity Crisis" (1998) "The Gathering of Five" and "The Final Chapter" (1998) "Flowers for Rhino" (2001) "The Other" (2005) "Back in Black" (2007) "One More Day" (2007) "Brand New Day" (2008) "New Ways to Die" (2008) "Spidey Meets the President!" (2009)" "The Gauntlet" and "Grim Hunt" (2009) "One Moment in Time" (2010) "Big Time" (2010) "Spider-Island" (2011) "Ends of the Earth" (2012) "Dying Wish" (2012) "Spider-Verse" (2014) "Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy" (2016)

Other	Ultimate Spider-Man story arcs Astonishing Spider-Man Spider-Man: The Darkest Hours Marvel Tales

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