Sensational Spider-Man (1996 1st Series) comic books 1997

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"Here There Be Monsters!" Script by Todd Dezago. Pencils by Mike Wieringo. Inks by Richard Case. Cover by Mike Wieringo and Richard Case. Narration by Stan Lee. Before Peter Parker was bitten by the radioactive spider, he went on a fishing trip with his Uncle Ben to Westchester County! It was a quiet and relaxing day on the water...until the monsters attacked! Gigantus! Groot! Blip! Vandoom's Monster! And X -- the Thing that Lives! Wow, how will young Peter escape from this quintet of golden age monsters? Maybe he won't have to if his fishing trip is all a dream! Or perhaps all a nightmare! Cameo appearances by Aunt May and Nightmare. (Notes: This one-shot issue was part of Marvel's company-wide "Flashback" event. This issue was published in July 1997 between Sensational Spider-Man 17 and 18.) 40 pages. Cover price $1.95.

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"A Matter of Respect" Script by Todd Dezago. Pencils by Josh Hood. Inks by John Lowe. Cover by Yancey Labat. The Spider-Clone saga is over! And Peter Parker is the Sensational Spider-Man once again! And it doesn't take long for the web-slinger to come into conflict with a past foe! After theDaily Bugle mistakenly credits Spider-Man for the Trapster's recent crime, the former member of the Frightful Four develops a plan to get even! The crafty Trapster lures the wall-crawler into a construction site and encases him in a huge vat of paste! Talk about a sticky situation! How will Spidey worm his way out of this one? Cameo appearances by Anna Watson, Mary Jane Watson, Ben Urich, and J. Jonah Jameson. (Notes: Elements of the plot from Silver Sable & the Wild Pack 26 continue in this issue. The Trapster appears next in Spider-Man 86.) 32 pages. Cover price $1.95.

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"A Savage Land" Deluge Part 1 of 3. Guest-starring Ka-Zar and Shanna. Script by Todd Dezago. Pencils by Mike Wieringo. Inks by Richard Case. Cover by Mike Wieringo and Richard Case. The Daily Bugle sends its ace photographer to the Savage Land to investigate the impacts of global warming on the tropical paradise! And when Peter Parker arrives at the South Pole, the situation is dire indeed for Ka-Zar's kingdom! The glaciers that rise above the Savage Land are melting and threatening to flood the entire landscape! The amazing one will do everything he can to save the hidden paradise... and so will the Roxxon Corporation! Wait a minute... what is Roxxon doing in Antarctica? The web-slinger better keep a close eye on those guys! Cameo appearances by J. Jonah Jameson, Chtylok, and Stegron. (Notes: Spider-Man has visited the Savage Land many times. Most notably in Amazing Spider-Man 103 & 104 and Marvel Fanfare 1 & 2. This issue includes a 3-page preview of the new Thunderbolts (1997) series with art by Mark Bagley and Vince Russell. This three-part story was reprinted in 1997 in the trade paperback: Amazing Spider-Man The Savage Land Saga.) 40 pages. Cover price $1.95.

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"Higher Ground" Deluge Part 2 of 3. Guest-starring Ka-Zar, Shanna, and the Hulk. Script by Todd Dezago. Pencils by Mike Wieringo. Inks by Richard Case. Cover by Mike Wieringo and Dan Green. Ka-Zar and the wall-crawler zero in on the cause of the flooding in the Savage Land! And it's not global warming! It's Roxxon Oil's so-called refrigeration units! They're actually microwave energy transmitters! So now what? How does the web-slinger stop millions of gallons of water from flowing into the prehistoric paradise? Meanwhile, a strange battle rages underground between the Green Goliath and a mystical creature called Chtylok! Are these behemoths going to rumble all the way to the bottom of the world? Cameo appearance by Stegron. (Notes: This three-part story was reprinted in 1997 in the trade paperback: Amazing Spider-Man The Savage Land Saga.) 40 pages. Cover price $1.95.

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"Inundated!" Deluge Part 3 of 3. Guest-starring Ka-Zar, Shanna, and the Hulk. Script by Todd Dezago. Pencils by Mike Wieringo. Inks by Richard Case. Cover by Mike Wieringo and Richard Case. The Savage Land is on the brink of destruction as Ka-Zar, Shanna, Stegron, and Spider-Man race against time to shut down Roxxon's machinery! But despite the heroes' valiant efforts, the flood waters begin roaring into the tropical paradise! Ka-Zar needs a miracle to save his homeland! Will a green gamma-radiated one suffice? In a divine stroke of luck, the Hulk and Chtylok burst through the Earth's surface and open up a gigantic cavern! Is salvation now at hand for the Savage Land? (Note: This three-part story was reprinted in 1997 in the trade paperback: Amazing Spider-Man The Savage Land Saga.) 40 pages. Cover price $1.95.

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"Paralyzed!" Part 1 of 3. Script by Todd Dezago. Pencils by Mike Wieringo. Inks by Richard Case. Cover by Mike Wieringo and Richard Case. The Prowler is back on the streets! But who is he? The original Prowler, Hobie Brown, is out of commission following his near-fatal accident (in Spider-Man Unlimited 14). Inauspiciously, the new Prowler soon discovers that the old Prowler has a few enemies around town! Most notably... the vindictive Vulture! Is it too late to give the costume back? Cameo appearances by Mary Jane Watson, Anna Watson, Billy Walters, J. Jonah Jameson, and Mindy Brown. Second story: "Brother's Keeper 2" Script by Todd Dezago. Art by Richard Case. Dr. Kafka summons the web-slinger to Ravencroft Institute to calm down D.K.! But Ben Reilly was the man underneath the mask when B.K. first appeared (in Spectacular Spider-Man 230). Does the original web-slinger know what to do? (Note: The Vulture and Hobie Brown previously crossed paths in the Prowler (1994) Limited Series.) 40 pages. Cover price $1.95.

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"Helpless!" Part 2 of 3. Script by Todd Dezago. Pencils by Mike Wieringo. Inks by Richard Case. Cover by Mike Wieringo and Richard Case. The web-slinger tracks the new Prowler to his secret apartment! But so does the Vulture! Inside the cramped quarters, the three costumed adversaries battle for the upper hand! Who will come out on top? Cameo appearances by Billy Walters and Hobie Brown. Second story: "Brother's Keeper, Too" Script by Todd Dezago. Art by Richard Case. The wall-crawler calms D.K. down, but not before he kills two security guards! What is Dr. Kafka going to do now? (Notes: The Sensational Spider-Man title takes a one-month hiatus for Marvel's company-wide "Flashback" event. See the special one-shot issue: Sensational Spider-Man Minus1 (1997) #1.) 40 pages. Cover price $1.95.

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"Powerless and Responsibility" Part 3 of 3. Script by Todd Dezago. Pencils by Jason Armstrong. Inks by Ron Boyd. Cover by Mike Wieringo. The vindictive Vulture emerges victorious from the three-way tussle inside the phony Prowler's apartment! The second place finisher, the Sensational Spider-Man, heads home to rest after taking the Prowler to the local hospital. The next day in Central Park, the Vulture tries to finish off the web-slinger; but falls into the clutches of the despondent D.K.! Will the Vulture emerge triumphant again? Or will he emerge as a defeated old man? Final appearance of D.K. Cameo appearances by Mary Jane Watson, Anna Watson, Billy Walters, J. Jonah Jameson, Dr. Kafka, John Jameson, Mindy Brown, Hobie Brown, and the Living Monolith. (Note: This issue features a gatefold cover detailing the current storyline.) 40 pages. Cover price $1.99.

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"The Return" Part 1 of 2. Plot by Richard Case. Script by Todd Dezago. Art by Richard Case. Cover by Richard Case. In the Southern Utah desert, a teenage girl named Akasha happens upon a glowing rock fragment! And after she picks it up a strange and subtle metamorphosis begins to take place! Several days later when Akasha and her father visit the Egyptian exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, she reaches for the powerful Staff of Horus! And in spectacular fashion Akasha is transformed into the Living Pharaoh! Fortunately for the museum's curators, Peter and Mary Jane are touring the exhibit hall at the same time! And in very short order, the Sensational Spider-Man and the Living Pharaoh wage battle once again! Flashback cameos by Angel, Beast, Spider-Man, and Thor. (Notes: The Living Monolith previously appeared in the Revenge of the Living Monolith graphic novel (1985 Marvel). Spider-Man also fought the Living Monolith in Marvel Team-Up 69 & 70. This issue features a gatefold cover recapping the events of last issue.) 32 pages. Cover price $1.99.

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"Akasha Triumphant" Part 2 of 2. Plot by Richard Case. Script by Todd Dezago. Art by Richard Case. Cover by Richard Case. The Living Pharaoh roams the streets of New York City! And the wondrous wall-crawler frantically searches for the new pharaoh (aka Akasha) before she can do anymore damage with the Staff of Horus! Eventually Spider-Man and Akasha's father locate her in Greenwich Village! Can they break the Living Monolith's control over her? Or will Akasha restore the glory of ancient Egypt in the modern day? Cameo appearances by Mary Jane Watson and Betty Brant. (Note: This issue features a gatefold cover detailing the current storyline.) 32 pages. Cover price $1.99.

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"Opening Doors" Part 1 of 3. Script by Todd Dezago. Pencils by Mike Wieringo. Inks by Rob Stull. Cover by Mike Wieringo and Richard Case. As Peter Parker goes about his normal day in Manhattan, a shadowy conglomerate known as the Technomancer Corporation dabbles in the mystic arts! This secretive financial institution with its eclectic leadership likes to mix modern technology and arcane magic! But this time the Brotherhood of Technomancer has gone too far! When the Babylon portal (inside the Technomancer Tower) is breached, Buel -- the Gremlyn-Lord -- walks the Earth! The Sensational Spider-Man is not involved in the Technomancer's affair yet, but he will be very soon! Cameo appearances by Mary Jane Watson, Anna Watson, Jill Stacy, Joe Robertson, Billy Walters, Ellen Hibbert, and Hope Hibbert. (Note: This issue features a gatefold cover detailing the events of last issue.) 32 pages. Cover price $1.99.

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"The Politics of Magic" Part 2 of 3. Guest-starring Doctor Strange. Plot by Todd Dezago and Mike Wieringo. Script by Todd Dezago. Pencils by Mike Wieringo. Inks by Richard Case and Scott Hanna. Cover by Mike Wieringo and Richard Case. In Greenwich Village the Master of the Mystic Arts senses the dimensional rift caused by the Gremlyn-Lord's entrance into Earth's reality! Dr. Strange rushes to the Technomancers' building and finds the web-slinger outside... wondering what's happening inside! The Sorcerer Supreme tells the wall-crawler that the powerful Sphere of Sara-Kath paved the way for Buel and his gremlins to reach Earth's dimension! And the only way to defeat Buel is to invade the building, grab the sphere, and close the portal! Oh my, can the amazing one do that all by himself? The Big Apple is counting on your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man! Cameo appearances by Anna Watson, Hope Hibbert, Ellen Hibbert, Billy Walters, J. Jonah Jameson, and Wong. (Note: This issue features a gatefold cover.) 32 pages. Cover price $1.99.