Untold Tales of Spider-Man

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Untold Tales of Spider-Man
Cover to Untold Tales of Spider-Man #1, art by Pat Olliffe.
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
ScheduleMonthly
FormatOngoing
GenreSuperhero
Publication dateSeptember 1995 â€“ October 1997
No. of issues26 (#1-22, -1 and 23-25),
plus 2 Annuals,
1 one-shot issue
and stories in
Amazing Fantasy #16-18 and
The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #37
Main character(s)Spider-Man
Creative team
Created byStan Lee
Steve Ditko
Written byKurt Busiek
Penciller(s)Pat Olliffe
Inker(s)Al Vey
Al Williamson
Colorist(s)Steve Mattsson

Untold Tales of Spider-Man is an American comic book series starring Spider-Man published by Marvel Comics for 26 issues (#1–25, with a #-1 issue (July 1997) added between issues #22 (June 1997) and 23 (August 1997)) and two Annuals (Annual '96 and Annual '97) from September 1995 to October 1997. The series was preceded by three Spider-Man flashback stories in Amazing Fantasy #16-18 (December 1995-March 1996). In February 1999, a one-shot issue called Untold Tales of Spider-Man: Strange Encounter was published. Finally, The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #37 (2010) featured another interconnected story that ended the series.

The series was part of an experiment for Marvel, where they published a number of new titles for only 99 cents in the hopes that they would attract new, young readers who might have been put off by the then-U.S.$1.50/$1.95 standard prices for comic books at the time.[citation needed] Uniquely among those titles, Untold Tales of Spider-Man presented new stories set in the early days of Spider-Man's superhero career.

The series was primarily written by Kurt Busiek and penciled by Pat Olliffe, though Roger Stern, Tom DeFalco, Glenn Greenberg (writing under the pseudonym "G.L. Lawrence"), and Ron Frenz also contributed.

Collected editions[edit]

Title Material collected Published date ISBN
Untold Tales of Spider-Man Untold Tales of Spider-Man #1-8 February 1997 978-0785102632
Spider-Man Visionaries: Kurt Busiek Untold Tales of Spider-Man #1-8 August 2006 978-0785122043
Untold Tales of Spider-Man: The Complete Collection Vol. 1 Untold Tales of Spider-Man #1-14 and Amazing Fantasy #16-18 November 2021 978-1302931773
Untold Tales of Spider-Man: The Complete Collection Vol. 2 Untold Tales of Spider-Man #15-25, -1, Annual '96-'97, Untold Tales of Spider-Man: Strange Encounter, and material from Amazing Spider-Man Annual #37 January 2024 978-1302933654
Untold Tales of Spider-Man Omnibus Untold Tales of Spider-Man #1-25, -1, Annual '96-'97, Untold Tales of Spider-Man: Strange Encounter, Amazing Fantasy #16-18 and material from The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #37 August 2012 978-0785162476

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