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Spider-Man's Tangled Web is the name of a comic book series starring Spider-Man and his supporting cast published by Marvel Comics for 22 issues from June 2001 to March 2003.

The title was conceived as an anthology series, where various creative teams not usually associated with Spider-Man (usually creators who had previously worked for alternative or Vertigo comics) could display their take on the character.

Creators who contributed to the title included Peter Milligan, Duncan Fegredo, Kaare Andrews, Darwyn Cooke, Zeb Wells, Sean Phillips, Brian Azzarello, Paul Pope, Jim Mahfood, Ted McKeever and even professional wrestler Scott 'Raven' Levy. The series was edited by Axel Alonso for the first 17 issues and afterwards by John Miesegaes.

Despite having his name in the title, Spider-Man was often an ancillary character in these stories, appearing on only a few pages or just making a cameo appearance.

Issue #4's "Severance Package" by Greg Rucka and Eduardo Risso was nominated for an Eisner Award for "Best Single Issue of a Comic Book" in 2002.

The lengths of the storyline depended on each team. The shortest were just one issue ("Severance Package" etc.) and the longest ran for 3 issues (#1-3's "The Coming of the Thousand" by Garth Ennis and John McCrea and "Gentlemen's Agreement" by Bruce Jones and Lee Weeks in #7-9).

The first six issues were collected into a trade paperback titled "Spider-Man's Tangled Web, Vol. 1" (ISBN 0-7851-0803-3) published in 2002.

Sales on the series lagged behind the other Spider-Man titles throughout its run and it was finally cancelled in 2003 to make way for the new The Spectacular Spider-Man Vol. 2 comic by Paul Jenkins and Humberto Ramos.

In order to give the creators more creative freedom on the book, much of what occurred in the series was considered out of regular Spider-Man continuity.

1. "The Coming of the Thousand", Part 1 by Garth Ennis, John McCrea, and James Hodgkins
2. "The Coming of the Thousand", Part 2 by Ennis, McCrea, and Hodgkins
3. "The Coming of the Thousand", Part 3 by Ennis, McCrea, and Hodgkins
4. "Severance Package" by Greg Rucka and Eduardo Risso
   • Featuring the Kingpin
5. "Flowers for Rhino", Part 1 by Peter Milligan and Duncan Fegredo
   • Featuring the Rhino
6. "Flowers for Rhino", Part 2 by Milligan and Fegredo
   • Featuring the Rhino
7. "Gentleman's Agreement", Part 1 by Bruce Jones, Lee Weeks, and Josef Rubinstein
8. "Gentleman's Agreement", Part 2 by Jones, Weeks, and Rubinstein
9. "Gentleman's Agreement", Part 3 by Jones, Weeks, Rubinstein, and Jimmy Palmiotti
10. "Ray of Light" by Kaare Andrews
    • Featuring Electro
11. "Open All Night" by Darwyn Cooke and Jay Bone
    • Featuring the Vulture
12. "I was a Teenage Frogman" by Zeb Wells and Duncan Fegredo
    • Featuring Frogman
13. "Double Shots" by Ron Zimmerman and Sean Phillips
    • Featuring Kraven the Hunter, the Vulture, Tombstone
14. "The Last Shoot" by Brian Azzarello, Scott Levy, and Giuseppe Camuncoli
    • Featuring Crusher Hogan
      

      

      Tangled Web #20. Art by Dean Haspiel.
15. "The Collaborators" by Paul Pope
16. "Heartbreaker" Part 1 by Daniel Way and Leandro Fernandez
    • Featuring Tombstone, Kangaroo
17. "Heartbreaker" Part 2 by Daniel Way and Leandro Fernandez
    • Featuring Tombstone, Kangaroo
18. "Alphabet City" by Ted McKeever
    • Featuring Typeface, Spellcheck
19. "Call of the Wild" by Robbie Morrison and Jim Mahfood
20. "Behind the Mustache" by Zeb Wells and Dean Haspiel
    • Featuring J. Jonah Jameson
21. "Twas the Fright Before Christmas" by Darwyn Cooke and Jay Bone
    • Featuring Fantastic Four, Medusa
22. "The System" by Brian Patrick Walsh and Alberto Dose

• Vol 1: collects Tangled Web # 1-6
• Vol 2: collects Tangled Web # 7-11
• Vol 3: collects Tangled Web # 12-17
• Vol 4: collects Tangled Web # 18-22; Peter Parker: Spider-Man (Vol. 2) # 42-43

• The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
• Tangled Web page at SpiderFan.org

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