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  • First print: 1/19/05

    		•    Marvel Essentials: Peter Parker Vol. 1

    Reprints: Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #1-31

    ISBN: 0-7851-1682-6 • Original Release Date: 1/19/05
    List Price: $16.99 (US) • $27.25 (Canada)
    568 Pages

    Scripted by Gerry Conway, Jim Shooter, Archie Goodwin, Bill Mantlo, Chris Claremont and Elliot S! Maggin

    Pencilled by Sal Buscema, Jim Mooney, Mike Zeck, Frank Miller and Frank Springer

    Essentials cover by Sal Buscema

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    Oddities:

    Issue #6 contains a partial reprint of Marvel Team-Up #3

    PETER PARKER #1-31

    Peter Parker #1: "Twice Stings the Tarantula!"
    17 pages + cover • December 1976

    SCRIPT: Gerry Conway • PENCILS: Sal Buscema, Mike Esposito

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Tarantula, Abe Beame, Mary Jane Watson, Flash Thompson, Glory Grant

    * * *

    Peter Parker #2: "Kraven Is the Hunter! "
    17 pages + cover • January 1977

    SCRIPT: Gerry Conway • PENCILS: Sal Buscema, Mike Esposito

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Tarantula, Kraven, Curt Connors, Richard Gorman, Glory Grant, Robbie Robertson

    * * *

    Peter Parker #3: "...And There Was Lightmaster! "
    17 pages + cover • February 1977

    SCRIPT: Gerry Conway, Jim Shooter • PENCILS: Sal Buscema

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: The Lightmaster, Tarantula, Sha Shan, Richard Gorman, Flash Thompson, Glory Grant, Robbie Robertson

    * * *

    Peter Parker #4: "The Vulture Is a Bird of Prey!"
    17 pages + cover • March 1977

    SCRIPT: Archie Goodwin • PENCILS: Sal Buscema

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: The Vulture, the Hitman, Mr. Morgan, Sha Shan

    * * *

    Peter Parker #5: "Spider-Kill!"
    17 pages + cover • April 1977

    SCRIPT: Archie Goodwin • PENCILS: Sal Buscema, Mike Esposito

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: The Vulture, the Hitman, Mr. Morgan, Mary Jane Watson, Flash Thompson, Sha Shan

    * * *

    Peter Parker #6: "The Power to Purge!"
    17 pages + cover • May 1977

    SCRIPT: Gerry Conway • PENCILS: Ross Andru

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Morbius, Hans Jorgenson, Jacob Bolt

    * * *

    Peter Parker #7: "Cry Mayhem--Cry Morbius! "
    17 pages + cover • June 1977

    SCRIPT: Archie Goodwin • PENCILS: Sal Buscema, Jim Mooney

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: The Empathoid, Mr. Morgan, Glory Grant, Flash Thompson, Sha Shan, Aunt May, Anna May Watson, Mary Jane Watson

    * * *

    Peter Parker #8: "..And Only One Shall Survive!"
    17 pages + cover • July 1977

    SCRIPT: Archie Goodwin • PENCILS: Sal Buscema, Mike Esposito

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Morbius, Sha Shan, Achmed Korba, The Empathoid, Glory Grant, Flash Thompson

    * * *

    Peter Parker #9: "...Like a Tiger In the Night!"
    17 pages + cover • August 1977

    SCRIPT: Bill Mantlo • PENCILS: Sal Buscema, Mike Esposito

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: White Tiger, Blackbyrd, Sons of the Tiger, Prof. Vasquez

    * * *

    Peter Parker #10: "Tiger In a Web!"
    17 pages + cover • September 1977

    SCRIPT: Bill Mantlo • PENCILS: Sal Buscema, Mike Esposito, Frank Giacoia

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: White Tiger, Blackbyrd, Prof. Vasquez, Black Hand

    * * *

    Peter Parker #11: "A Life Too Far"
    17 pages + cover • October 1977

    SCRIPT: Chris Claremont • PENCILS: Jim Mooney

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Inhumans: Medusa, Black Bolt, Gorgon, Triton, Karnak, Lockjaw; Falzon

    * * *

    Peter Parker #12: "Brother Power, Sister Sun!"
    17 pages + cover • November 1977

    SCRIPT: Archie Goodwin, Bill Mantlo • PENCILS: Sal Buscema, Mike Esposito

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Brother Power, Sister Sun, Flash Thompson

    * * *

    Peter Parker #13: "...The Coming of Razorback! "
    17 pages + cover • December 1977

    SCRIPT: Bill Mantlo • PENCILS: Sal Buscema, Mike Esposito

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Razorback, Bobby Sue Hollis, Sister Sun, Man-Beast (as Hate-Monger), Brother Power

    * * *

    Peter Parker #14: "Killing Me Softly... ...With His Hate!"
    17 pages + cover • January 1978

    SCRIPT: Bill Mantlo • PENCILS: Sal Buscema, Mike Esposito, John Tartaglione

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Razorback, Sister Sun, Man-Beast (as Hate-Monger), Brother Power, Flash Thompson

    * * *

    Peter Parker #15: "The Final Rage! "
    17 pages + cover • February 1978

    SCRIPT: Bill Mantlo • PENCILS: Sal Buscema, Ernie Chan

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Razorback, Sister Sun, Man-Beast, Brother Power, Flash Thompson

    * * *

    Peter Parker #16: "The Beetle and the Badge!"
    17 pages + cover • March 1978

    SCRIPT: Elliot S! Maggin • PENCILS: Sal Buscema, Mike Esposito

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: The Beetle, Robbie Robertson

    * * *

    Peter Parker #17: "Whatever Happened To the Iceman?"
    17 pages + cover • April 1978

    SCRIPT: Bill Mantlo • PENCILS: Sal Buscema, Dave Hunt

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Champions: Angel, Iceman, Hercules, Black Widow, Ghost Rider, Darkstar; Stuart Clarke

    * * *

    Peter Parker #18: "My Friend, My Foe!"
    17 pages + cover • May 1978

    SCRIPT: Bill Mantlo • PENCILS: Sal Buscema, Dave Hunt

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Iceman, Angel, Sha Shan, Hector Ayala/White Tiger, Holly Gillis, Rampage, Flash Thompson

    * * *

    Peter Parker #19: "Again, the Enforcers! "
    17 pages + cover • June 1978

    SCRIPT: Bill Mantlo • PENCILS: Sal Buscema, Mike Esposito

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Hector Ayala, The Enforcers: Ox II (I), Montana, Fancy Dan; Lightmaster, J. Jonah Jameson, Glory Grant, Robbie Robertson, Flash Thompson, Sha Shan, Holly Gillis, Razorback

    * * *

    Peter Parker #20: "Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?"
    17 pages + cover • July 1978

    SCRIPT: Bill Mantlo • PENCILS: Sal Buscema, Mike Esposito

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: White Tiger, Sha Shan, Enforcers: Ox, Fancy Dan, Montana, Lightmaster; Flash Thompson, Sha Shan, Mrs. Muggins, Holly Gillis

    * * *

    Peter Parker #21: "Still Crazy After All These Years"
    17 pages + cover • August 1978

    SCRIPT: Bill Mantlo • PENCILS: Jim Mooney, Mike Esposito

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Hector Ayala, Scorpion, Mary Jane Watson, Holly Gillis, Flash Thompson, Sha Shan, J. Jonah Jameson, Robbie Robertson

    * * *

    Peter Parker #22: "By the Light of the Silvery Moon Knight! "
    17 pages + cover • September 1978

    SCRIPT: Bill Mantlo • PENCILS: Mike Zeck

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: White Tiger, Moon Knight, Sha Shan, Frenchy, Gena, Crawley, Cyclone, Maggia, Betty Brant, Mrs. Muggins, Flash Thompson

    * * *

    Peter Parker #23: "Guess Who's Buried In Grant's Tomb! "
    17 pages + cover • October 1978

    SCRIPT: Bill Mantlo • PENCILS: Jim Mooney

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Moon Knight, Hector Ayala, Cyclone, Maggia, Awilda Ayala, Holly Gillis, Mary Jane Watson, Betty Brant, Marlene Alraune

    * * *

    Peter Parker #24: "Spider-Man Night Fever"
    17 pages + cover • November 1978

    SCRIPT: Bill Mantlo • PENCILS: Frank Springer

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Sha Shan, The Hypno-Hustler and the Mercy Killers, Harry Osborn, Flash Thompson, Liz Allen, Sha Shan, Betty Brant, Holly Gillis, Mary Jane Watson

    * * *

    Peter Parker #25: "Carrion, My Wayward Son!"
    17 pages + cover • December 1978

    SCRIPT: Bill Mantlo • PENCILS: Jim Mooney

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: White Tiger, Carrion, Masked Marauder, Tri-Man, Maggia

    * * *

    Peter Parker #26: "Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory "
    17 pages + cover • January 1979

    SCRIPT: Bill Mantlo • PENCILS: Jim Mooney

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Daredevil, White Tiger, Masked Marauder, Tri-Man, Maggia, Betty Brant, Mary Jane Watson, Mrs. Muggins, Awilda Ayala, Holly Gillis, Sha Shan, Flash Thompson

    * * *

    Peter Parker #27: "The Blind Leading the Blind"
    17 pages + cover • February 1979

    SCRIPT: Bill Mantlo • PENCILS: Frank Miller

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Daredevil, Carrion, Masked Marauder, Tri-Man, Maggia, Dr. Orlock, Mrs. Muggins, Mary Jane Watson, Betty Brant

    * * *

    Peter Parker #28: "Ashes To Ashes!"
    18 pages + cover • March 1979

    SCRIPT: Bill Mantlo • PENCILS: Frank Miller, Frank Springer

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: Daredevil, Hector Ayala, Carrion, Masked Marauder, Maggia, Jimmy D'Angelo, Flash Thompson, Mary Jane Watson, Mrs. Muggins, Holly Gillis

    * * *

    Peter Parker #29: "Dust To Dust!"
    17 pages + cover • April 1979

    SCRIPT: Bill Mantlo • PENCILS: Jim Mooney

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: White Tiger, Carrion, Darter, Holly Gillis, Flash Thompson, Sha Shan, Mrs. Muggins, Mary Jane Watson, Liz Allen, Betty Brant

    * * *

    Peter Parker #30: "Secret As the Grave!"
    17 pages + cover • May 1979

    SCRIPT: Bill Mantlo • PENCILS: Jim Mooney

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: White Tiger, Carrion, Darter, Awilda Ayala

    * * *

    Peter Parker #31: "Dust To Dust!"
    17 pages + cover • June 1979

    SCRIPT: Bill Mantlo • PENCILS: Jim Mooney

    FEATURED CHARACTERS: White Tiger, Carrion, Darter

     

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