NOTE

Marvel released the SPIDER-MAN BY ROGER STERN OMNIBUS in March of 2014, and -- Stern being my favorite Spider-writer after Stan Lee -- I promptly dug right in, then spent the rest of the year on an in-depth project dedicated to the review of every single issue, plus some bonus material:

"I think I was about the eighth or ninth person to write Spider-Man, and there were differences in the way we all approached the series. I did my best not to ignore any stories that had come before mine -- I’d collected and read them all -– but I tried to steer a course that was as close to the spirit of the Lee/Ditko/Romita stories as I could get."

Westfield Comics Blog, 2013

SPIDER-MAN BY ROGER STERN
PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #43
PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #44
PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #45
PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #46
PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #47
PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #48
PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #49
PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #50
PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #51
SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN: THE WHITE TIGER BACK-UP SERIAL
PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #52
PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #54
PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #55
PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #56
PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #57
PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #58
PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #59
PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #60, Part 1
PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #60, Part 2
PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #61
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #224
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #225
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #226
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #227
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #229
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #230
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #231
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #232
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #233
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #234
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #235
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #236
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #237
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #16
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #238
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #239
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #240
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #241
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #242
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #243
AVENGERS #235
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #244
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #245
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #246
AVENGERS #236
AVENGERS #237
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #247
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #248
PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #85
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #17
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #249
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #250
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #251
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #252
SPIDER-MAN BY ROGER STERN OMNIBUS - BONUS MATERIAL
SPIDER-MAN BY ROGER STERN - TIME PASSES...
SPIDER-MAN: HOBGOBLIN LIVES #1
SPIDER-MAN: HOBGOBLIN LIVES #2
SPIDER-MAN: HOBGOBLIN LIVES #3
SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #259
SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #260
SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #261
SPIDER-MAN BY ROGER STERN: LOOSE ENDS
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN FAMILY #7
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #627
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #628
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #629
SPIDER-MAN BY ROGER STERN: AFTERWORD

SPIDER-MAN BY ROGER STERN OMNIBUS
(My original post from when the book was first announced back in 2013.)
SPIDER-MAN: BELLADONNA LIVES
(a gag post based on an offhand comment in my review of SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #48.)
HOBGOBLIN LIVES, REVISITED
(Further ruminations and wishful thinking about the 1996-97 mini-series.)
THE HOBGOBLIN LIVES CHIN-STROKING EXTRAVAGANZA
(I'd say the title of this one pretty much speaks for itself.)
HOBGOBLIN LIVES: THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY

Purchase the books used for this review series on Amazon.com:
Much of Stern's Spider-Man work can also be found in the following smaller volumes: And nearly the entire run across both SPECTACULAR and AMAZING is available as well in black & white, via the following ESSENTIAL SPIDER-MAN editions:

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