{"title":"Spider-Man Chapter One (1998)","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"4g38-spider-man-chapter-one-4","title":"Spider-Man: Chapter One #4 [VF\/NM]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrade: VF\/NM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body-note\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote: STOCK IMAGE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body-note\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote: STOCK IMAGE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIssue Number: 4\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 1999-02-18\u003cbr\u003eWriter: \u003cbr\u003eArtist: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter Parker has just got his amazing powers as Spiderman. But he is not pleased at all. Facing his recent defeat at the hands of Dr. Octopus, he just wants to quit.The next day, Peter Parker tells Flash Thompson that spiderman is a coward. This remark hits Thompson right where he lives. Flash is Spiderman's biggest fan. He can't take an insult of his hero lightly. So he gets into a fight with Peter. Peter shoves him but some of his Spider-strength comes into play. Peter is afraid of the consequences of his great strength and leaves quickly. On the way home, he disposes of his glasses because his eye muscles have benifitted from the spider powers.Meanwhile, J.J. Jameson is watching the tape of Spiderman's defeat against Dr. Octopus with great interest. He tells Robbie that he will take every measure to disgrace Spiderman.Flash Thompson wants to teach Parker a lesson about insulting Spiderman. He dresses up as Spiderman and hides behind a wall to grab Peter, who is coming around the corner. But a crueler fate awaits him. Dr. Doom is sitting in his Spaceship when he detects Spiderman's biochemical emenations. He has a visual on Spiderman soon. He renders the ship invisible and grabs Spiderman (Flash Thompson) in a tractor beam. Peter Parker senses danger but cannot make anything out. Peter comes to school and hears that The Fantastic Four have declined an invitation to catch Dr. Octopus but promises to do soon afterwards. He also hears that the Human torch has come to school to have a talk with the students.Torch voices his true feelings about being a hero. He says that though he had been defeated in the past and come close to quitting, he remembered his responsibility as a hero and stayed in the business. Peter Parker is amazed at the confession and makes up his mind to trash Dr. Octopus.He rigs up a chemical kit and invades Octopus' den. Octopus detects him soon enough. He tries to kill him with heavy metal parts but Spiderman evades them. He jumps over the arc of the cameras which makes Dr. Octopus come out himself. He attacks spiderman with all his effort. Spiderman manages to break the chemical vials on the tentacles, which fuses them together. But Dr. Octopus holds him against his chest plate. Spiderman punches him in his face and knocks him out. He trusses him up and hands him over to the police.Later he visits the Baxter building and thanks the Human Torch, saying that it is because of him that Spiderman is still alive. Parker returns home and turns on the tv, only to find that Dr. doom has captured Flash Thompson and threatens to kill him if the Fantastic Four do not surrender. Parker dresses up as Spiderman and goes in search of Dr. Doom.Meanwhile, the Fantastic Four have also seen the broadcast and move out to find Dr. Doom.Spiderman gets atop the World Trade Center and tries to use his instincts to find out Doom. He fells something above him and throws webbing into a cloud, only to find that it is a cloak around Dr. Doom's ship. He comes inside the ship and gets caught on an electrified plate. Dr. Doom sits in front of him and tells that Spiderman has only two choices: help Doom defeat the Fantastic Four, or die!","brand":"Marvel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43890350489679,"sku":"CV-CXM9-BOX564","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1064\/5512\/files\/marvel-comics-spider-man-chapter-one-4-vf-nm-1209296553.jpg?v=1764372840"},{"product_id":"zgap-spider-man-chapter-one-5","title":"Spider-Man: Chapter One #5 [VF\/NM]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrade: VF\/NM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body-note\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote: STOCK IMAGE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body-note\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote: STOCK IMAGE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIssue Number: 5\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 1999-03-18\u003cbr\u003eWriter: \u003cbr\u003eArtist: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the previous issue, Spiderman was up against Dr. Doom in an effort to save Flash Thompson from his evil. He managed to get into Doom's ship but doom was prepared for him.Now, Spiderman is hanging on to life on an electrified plate, completely at Doom's mercy. Doom says that Spiderman has only moments to make his choice. Flash distracts Doom and Spidey takes his only chance to web Doom's armor and make him conductive to electricity. Doom cuts the current to free himself and Spiderman is free. Next, doom uses a variety of other weapons to subdue Spiderman. But Spiderman manages to evade them and webs up Doom's control systems. He manages to capture Doom but discovers that he has been fighting a robot. Doom's face appears on a screen, telling Spiderman that he is defeated.But suddenly Dr. Doom sees the Fantasticar speeding towards his ship. He weighs his options and makes his getaway. Reed Richards sees that Doom's ship is going to crash into Manhattan. He tells Johnny to prepare a thermal cushion to hold the ship in air, while he tries to free Spiderman. Reed gets inside the ship to find Spiderman and Flash and frees both of them. Johnny drops his cushion and Thing throws a mighty punch that hurls the ship into the river. Spiderman swings off the Fantasticar, saying that he can take care of himself.Peter walks to class next day, and is disappointed to see Flash bragging about all his recent (exaggerated) adventures with Spiderman. Parker comes into Jameson's office and is askes to submit Spiderman's pictures. Jameson then shows him a video tape, which shows a lizard-like creature threatening innocents in Florida. Peter isn't convinced that it is real.The next day, Peter sees that the Daily Bugle is challenging Spiderman to fight the Lizard. Spiderman visits Jameson that night and asks him to take Peter Parker to Florida because he will want to embarrass him.Peter goes to Florida by flight. He is accompanied by Jameson, who reminds Peter that he is here because, Spiderman insisted on bringing him. Peter reads some papers about Dr. Curtis Connors, who is doing Genetic Research in Florida. Peter ditches Jonah at the airport and dresses up as Spiderman to go into the Everglades.He stops for a second inside the deep jungle, but is immediately attacked by the Lizard. The Lizard can talk and warns him about invading his kingdom. Spiderman tries to grab him, but the Lizard uses his tail to toss him far away. Spiderman manages to stop upon a tree and sees the Connors' house. He comes inside to find Mrs. Connors.But a sudden child's voice alerts him. He comes out to see the Lizard trying to get away with Billy Connors, the family's only child. Spiderman tries to stop the Lizard but fails. Mrs. Connors insists upon accompanying Spiderman to track down the Lizard. Thay come to an abandoned fortress. Spiderman takes Mrs. Connors atop the fortress, only to find the Lizard and Billy together.Spiderman tries to attack the Lizard once again, but the Lizard makes his getaway, rebuking Mrs. Connors for betraying him. Spiderman comforts Billy and asks Mrs. Connors about the \"betrayal\". Mrs. Connors breaks into tears and tells him that Curtis Connors, her husband is the Lizard. Backup StorySix months ago, Dr. Curtis Connors had invented a formula which could be used to regenerate lost limbs. He tested it upon his lab iguana and was amazed by the results. But fate had something crueler in store for Connors.A few weeks later, the Iguana died of a self-sustained injury. Dr. Connors studied its brain, only to find that it was developing towards a mammallian level. Mrs. Connors asked him to postpone the idea of injecting himself with the formula, but it was too late. He had already injected himself, and his right hand had begun to grow. That night for the first time, Connors had strange, alien nightmares, which would continue to re-occur for many days.The next day, Connors turned into the Lizard and managed to escape his wife and child. He came back normal, but he changed again. Martha Connors was horrified to find him like that, but Curtis Connors ran away from the house. He had already fully changed into the Lizard and there was no turning back.","brand":"Marvel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43890350784591,"sku":"CV-STLE-BOX564","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1064\/5512\/files\/marvel-comics-spider-man-chapter-one-5-vf-nm-1209296552.jpg?v=1764372823"},{"product_id":"rc8i-spider-man-chapter-one-9","title":"Spider-Man: Chapter One #9 [VF\/NM]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrade: VF\/NM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body-note\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote: STOCK IMAGE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body-note\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote: STOCK IMAGE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIssue Number: 9\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 1999-07-18\u003cbr\u003eWriter: \u003cbr\u003eArtist: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpider-man has come to give a charity show in a circus. But it seems that he has been hypnotized by the Ringmaster. So is the rest of the audience. Except one man. Matt Murdock wonders what has happened to the crowd. He slips behind the arena and changes into Daredevil. He sees the Ringmaster and Spider-man. The Ringmaster tries to hypnotize him but fails. He orders Spider-man to kill Daredevil. Spider-man obeys Ringmaster's commands with jerky movements, long enough for Daredevil to separate Ringmaster from his hat. He uses the hat to bring Spider-man back to normal. He and Spider-man together tackle the other circus actors and bring them down. Daredevil slips away. Spider-man survives an attack from Ringmaster and knocks him out. Then he uses the hat to bring the audience back to normal.Kraven the Hunter watches all of this from behind. He releases a giant gorilla and steps into the arena to tackle it. He speaks before the crowd that he is here to hunt Spider man.Kraven speaks to Chameleon about Spider-man and hatches plans to bring him down.J.Jonah Jameson tells Peter to get pictures of Kraven capturing Spider-man. That night, Spider-man runs into Kraven after taking down a bunch of goons. Kraven proves too much for Spider-man. Spider-man cannot defend himself and Kraven strikes him with a nerve venom. Then he leaves the scene.The next day, Peter finds his hands shaking uncontrollably. He sees a picture of Kraven in the newspaper, then hunts for him on the internet. May Parker comes in and asks him to go out with Mary Jane someday.Spider-man comes to Central Park and finds Kraven jogging. He chases him but falls into a net. A second Kraven comes out and puts two magnetic bands on his limbs. Spider-man struggles to keep them from bonding together. He attacks Kraven but finds that it is Chameleon wearing Kraven's mask. Spider-man renews his search and traps the real Kraven in a web. He delivers a mighty punch which shatters the magnetic bands. He leaves Kraven trussed up for the police to find him.","brand":"Marvel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43890350948431,"sku":"CV-DU4U-BOX564","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1064\/5512\/files\/marvel-comics-spider-man-chapter-one-9-vf-nm-1209296551.jpg?v=1764372828"},{"product_id":"hzi-spider-man-chapter-one-10","title":"Spider-Man: Chapter One #10 [VF\/NM]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrade: VF\/NM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body-note\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote: STOCK IMAGE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body-note\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote: STOCK IMAGE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIssue Number: 10\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 1999-08-18\u003cbr\u003eWriter: \u003cbr\u003eArtist: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe've seen connections made between Norman Osborn and several Spidey villains, including the Vulture and Sandman. What other mysteries of Norman will we delve into for the first time? And as we climb inside the bewitched brain of the Green Goblin, we also get to watch Spider-Man foul up his big chance to make a positive impact on the public! Hey, it could only happen to our wonky web-head!","brand":"Marvel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43890351276111,"sku":"CV-YG8K-BOX564","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1064\/5512\/files\/marvel-comics-spider-man-chapter-one-10-vf-nm-1209296550.jpg?v=1764372825"},{"product_id":"wqo-spider-man-chapter-one-11","title":"Spider-Man: Chapter One #11 [VF\/NM]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrade: VF\/NM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body-note\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote: STOCK IMAGE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body-note\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote: STOCK IMAGE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIssue Number: 11\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 1999-09-18\u003cbr\u003eWriter: \u003cbr\u003eArtist: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's a big, and we mean big, as guest-star Giant-Man stops in to tangle with the wondrous web-head! And even if the wall-crawler survives his encounter with high- pockets, Spider-Man still has to deal with the ghoulish Green Goblin!","brand":"Marvel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43890351538255,"sku":"CV-PRVA-BOX564","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1064\/5512\/files\/marvel-comics-spider-man-chapter-one-11-vf-nm-1209296549.jpg?v=1764372832"},{"product_id":"fc3-spider-man-chapter-one-12","title":"Spider-Man: Chapter One #12 [VF\/NM]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrade: VF\/NM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body-note\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote: STOCK IMAGE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body-note\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote: STOCK IMAGE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIssue Number: 12\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 1999-10-18\u003cbr\u003eWriter: \u003cbr\u003eArtist: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWord has spread around that Spiderman is a weakling who runs from a fight. This has happened just after Spiderman decided to duck out of a fight with the Green Goblin, when the Human Torch showed up.  J.J.Jameson is very happy that the menace, Spiderman is at last being publicly disgraced. He goes over to Ms. Betty Brant to express his joy, but finds her in tears. She informs him about Peter Parker's aunt's sickness and tells him that she is upset. Then she goes away and is secretly angry with Peter because of his recent nuiscance at a party.  Here, Peter is desparately trying to find some quick money. He tries to make his name at a comics department but is ignored. Then he tries to sell his web formula at a chemical factory, but is scorned due to its non-permanent nature. On the way back, he runs into Sandman. Sandman gives him a tough fight. Spiderman ends up exposing his face while trying to save the people from falling debris. He runs away to protect his identity and people scorn him once again.  Flash Thompson desparately tries to clear Spiderman's name. He dresses up as Spiderman once again. This time he comes across a bunch of carjackers. He finds himself in serious trouble when they attack him together. The police arrive in time to save him, but he ends up with minor injuries.   Peter Parker dumps his Spiderman suit out of frustation. Even Betty Brant ignores him. But Aunt May's words move him. She is sick, yet she still wants to be independent. Peter understands his responsibility and digs up his Spiderman suit once again. Spiderman lives!  Spiderman runs into Sandman outside a building. The fight gets inside the building, where confined spaces prove to be a disadvantage for Spiderman. Yet still he manages to hold out his own against Sandman. He picks up a big vacuum cleaner and sucks Sandman inside. Next he shoots some photos to sell and lugs away the vacuum cleaner to the police station.","brand":"Marvel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43890351702095,"sku":"CV-JPUF-BOX564","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1064\/5512\/files\/marvel-comics-spider-man-chapter-one-12-vf-nm-1209296548.jpg?v=1764372837"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.packratcomics.com\/collections\/spider-man-chapter-one-1998.oembed","provider":"Packrat Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}