The Sensational Spider-Man (vol. 2)
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Formerly known as Marvel Knights Spider-Man, Sensational Spider-Man is the name of an ongoing comic book, starring Spider-Man that is published monthly by Marvel Comics, formerly under the Marvel Knights imprint.
The underlying difference between this title and the other Spider-Man titles is that Marvel Knights Spider-Man is done with a more mature slant (in style if not content), thus the "Marvel Knights" prefix.
Intended to replace the cancelled Spider-Man's Tangled Web series, Marvel Knights Spider-Man was originally supposed to be written by Kevin Smith, but due to scheduling problems he was replaced by Mark Millar. When Millar completed his year-long story arc, he was followed by writer Reginald Hudlin.
With the consolidation of the Marvel Knights line1, Marvel Knights Spider-Man was renamed The Sensational Spider-Man as of issue 23. At this time, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa took over writing duties on the book.
[edit] Storylines
[edit] "Down Among the Dead Men" (issues 1-4)
- Writer: Mark Millar
- Penciler: Terry Dodson
- Inker: Rachel Dodson
When Spider-Man finally sends the Green Goblin to jail, an unknown enemy who knows that Peter Parker is Spider-Man kidnaps Aunt May. After an embarrassing trip to the Avengers, Spidey visits the Owl, who says that Electro and the Vulture kidnapped her. This turns out to be a ploy by the Owl, who is after the two villains for stealing from him. Spidey goes through a brutal fight with Electro and is hospitalized. He is photographed (without his mask) and is ambushed by the Vulture, only to be saved by the Black Cat. The photos are brought to J. Jonah Jameson, who says he thinks the face looks familiar...
[edit] "Venomous" (issues 5-8)
- Writer: Mark Millar
- Penciler: Terry Dodson and Frank Cho
- Inker: Rachel Dodson
The pictures of the unmasked Spider-Man are published by the Daily Bugle, but Parker's face is too mangled to be identified. Jameson issues a $5 million reward for Spidey's alias. Meanwhile Doctor Octopus goes on a rampage and Eddie Brock auctions off the Venom costume, which is bought by the Fortunato family for the baby of the family, Angelo. Spidey visits the X-Men, where Rachel Summers tells Spidey she thinks Aunt May is dead. Parker goes to his high school reunion and is attacked by Venom. During a grueling battle, the suit abandons Angelo, who falls to his death. Eddie Brock is discovered to have slit his own wrists. May's kidnapper then calls Parker and asks him to lunch.
[edit] "The Last Stand" (issues 9-12)
- Writer: Mark Millar
- Penciler: Terry Dodson
- Inker: Rachel Dodson
The kidnapper turns out to be the Scorpion, who is working for Norman Osborn. Spidey is blackmailed into breaking the Goblin out of jail. During the breakout, Spidey (along with the Black Cat) is attacked by the new Sinister 12, which includes the Scorpion as the new Venom. The 12, with the exclusion of the Goblin and Venom, battle the two heroes until many of the Marvel heroes come to save the day. Spidey chases after the Goblin, but is ambushed by Venom, whom he defeats. Spidey finds the Goblin on the Brooklyn Bridge with his wife, Mary Jane Watson. The two battle, but are interrupted by Doctor Octopus, who has been brainwashed to kill the Goblin by a shadowy organization. Spidey defeats them both, saves MJ, and rescues his Aunt, who is buried alive and unharmed in the grave of his Uncle Ben.
[edit] "Wild Blue Yonder" (issues 13-18)
- Writer: Reginald Hudlin
- Penciler: Billy Tan
- Inker: John Sibal
After all the trauma of finding Aunt May and once again defeating the Green Goblin, Spider-Man is now a full member of the Avengers, living in Stark Tower with Aunt May and Mary Jane Watson. His summer-school job falls through, so he looks to the Daily Bugle for work. The Owl has placed a bounty on Spider-Man and the Absorbing Man and his unnamed female consultant are looking to collect. After a fight the unnamed woman stole Peter's wallet and starts looking for him at Aunt May and Peter's houses which are destroyed, so they leave none-the-wiser.
At the Daily Bugle, Peter meets the new star reporter from Iowa, named Ethan Edwards. Ethan's fundamentalist parents raised him to believe that "with power there must also come great responsibility" in life. Ethan asks Peter to train him and Peter agrees.
Meanwhile, the Absorbing Man was critically wounded by the Punisher shortly after escaping from a robbery, and turns into steel to avoid bleeding to death. He absorbs the properties of [[cocaine] so the slug can be removed. The Owl's men use a high-powered electric fan to blow the Absorbing Man apart after he had turned into cocaine.
The cocaine remains of the Absorbing Man are sold on the streets, and the users soon find out they got more than they paid for.
[edit] "The Other" (issues 19-22)
- Writer: Peter David, Reginald Hudlin, J. Michael Straczynski
- Penciler: Pat Lee
- Inker: Dream Engine
These issues are part of the twelve-part crossover, "Spider-Man: The Other", one-third of which will be told in Marvel Knights Spider-Man (the other two-thirds told in Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man and Amazing Spider-Man).
The second chapter of The Other, "Denial," focuses on Mary Jane, who overhears that Spider-Man might be getting killed on television. She rushes to a bar to see the live coverage on TV, and she sees Spider-Man fighting Tracer, who is controlling Iron Man's armor and forcing him to attack Spider-Man. Later, at home, Mary Jane confronts Peter, telling him she thinks he has a death wish, but Peter interrupts her to tell her the news from the doctor.
The fifth chapter of The Other, "Retreat", Peter, Mary Jane and Aunt May go to Latveria to use Dr. Doom's Time Machine to see past scenes in his life, like the day Richard Parker and Mary Fitzpatrick-Parker left Peter in the care of his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. After returning to Stark Tower, Peter briefly considers a trip to Las Vegas with Mary Jane, namely in Tony Stark's penthouse suite. He ultimately rejects the idea, assuming even if he managed to win big at the blackjack tables, some super-villain or other would end up disrupting the whole vacation. Later, Morlun searches for Spider-man, in vain, as Peter and Mary-Jane are in one of Stark's space pods, looking down upon the earth.
[edit] "Feral" (Issues 23-27)
- Writer: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
- Penciller: Angel Medina, Clayon Crain
- Inker: Scott Hanna
Curt Connors takes a look at "The Rock of Life" which causes a mysterious disease and causes many characters to turn Feral, including Man-Wolf, Vermin, The Lizard, Black Cat, and others. It is soon discovered that the rock was brought to New York by the villain Stregon with the aim of regressing all of humanity, and of course, Spider-Man stops him. However, Madame Web says that his life is actually going to get much more complicated.
[edit] "My Science Teacher is Spider-Man!!" (Issue 28)
- Writer: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
- Penciller: Clayton Crain
- Inker: Scott Hanna
Due to the events in CIVIL WAR, Spider-Man has unmasked to the world. Jordan Harrison, one of Peter's students, is shocked to learn this. When Doctor Octopus discovers that Spider-Man was only fifteen when he first defeated him, he goes on a rampage through New York. Jordan Harrison distracts Ock so Spidey can knock him out.
[edit] "The Deadly Foes of Peter Parker"(Issue 29-31)
- Writer: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
- Penciller: Angel Medina
- Inker: Scott Hanna
Now that the world knows Spidey's identity, The Chameleon arranges his dealiest foes to go after his loved ones.
[edit] "The Husband Or The Spider?" (Issue 32)
- Writer: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
- Penciller: Sean Chen
A stand-alone issue dealing with how Mary Jane is affected by Spider-Man's unmasking. The first of three such stand-alone issues dealing with the women in Peter Parker's life.
[edit] Footnotes
- Note 1: Source: Marvel Knights Gets Redefined
[edit] External links
- Sensational Spider-Man at Marvel.com
- Spider-Man Crawl Space: All Spidey, All The Time
- Spiderfan Marvel Knights: Spider-Man Page
- Spiderfan Sensational Spider-Man (Vol. 2) Page
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