Spider Man in literature

Comics

The main form of literature which in Spider-man has appeared in is Comic Books.

Spider-Man: Mayhem in Manhattan (1978)

Nr 1 of the Marvel Pocket Novels. Written by Len Wein and Marv Wolfman. Doc Ock is blackmailing the top eight CEO's of U.S. oil companies in order to get a strangle-hold on U.S. oil. He also tries to convince those same CEO's that he has rendered their oil radioactive and thereby hence useless. For one year, they must secretly agree to buy oil from Ock instead, and at the end of that time, they can go back to business.

The Amazing Spider-Man: Crime Campaign (1979)

Nr 8 of the Marvel Pocket Novels. Written by Paul Kupperberg. The plot concerns a TV anchorman whose daughter has been kidnapped by the Kingpin, who has forced the popular media frontsman to stand as Mayor. Kingpin has taken millions of dollars from his the other gang-lords in order to cut them into his plan, which is to push his candidate into becoming Mayor. Peter Parker manages to convince Jonah Jameson into standing for Mayor too. Secondly, Parker gets sent to cover a mayoral rally, and thirdly, Silvermane's plan to secretly undermine Kingpin's authority has him using a fake Spider-Man to threaten the Kingpin's candidate, and to lead the read Spider-Man into conflict with Kingpin. Meanwhile this is all happening Jameson has hired a private investigator named Cindy Sayers to pretend to be his niece to find out how Peter Parker can get so many pictures of Spider-Man.

The Hulk and Spider-Man: Murdermoon (1979)

Nr 11 of the Marvel Pocket Novels and a sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man: Crime Campaign also written by Paul Kupperberg. The book begins with the Hulk fighting the US military in a desert but then cuts to Spider-Man intervening in a raid on a company doing research for NASA. The wall-crawler doesn't quite save the day, but returning to the Bugle he immediately gets dropped into a story to cover the latest StarLab spy-in-the-sky satellite which is due to drop back out of the sky. That story takes Parker out to a U.S. aircraft carrier. But when the satellite vanishes from the radar, trubble arises. Meanwhile, Bruce Banner is reading a newspaper advertisement offering a potential treatment for his condition. He follows up on the ad, but finds himself kidnapped by the villain and gets brainwashed to fight Spider-Man.

The Ultimate Spider-Man (1994)

A short story collection. Edited by Stan Lee. It features a short story named "An Evening in the Bronx with Venom" by Keith R.A. DeCandido.

Spider-Man: Carnage in New York (1995)

Written by David Michelinie and Dean Wesley Smith. A man named Catrall is on the run from the FBI because he has a serum that will drive anyone who comes into contact with it into a killer rage. He created the serum as a byproduct of studies designed to eliminate violent behavior. Meanwhile, an experiment is being run to try and kill the Carnage symbiote without killing Casady, it's host. Catrall shows up because he thinks that he can destroy the serum in the firewall that is holding Casady. Catrall accidentally frees Carnage without destroying the serum. Carnage fights with Spider-Man, but escapes before he can be defeated. Spider-Man looks all over New York, finds Catrall, and finds out about the experiments that led to the serum and that Carnage found Catrall first, and took the serum. Carnage is planning to put the serum in a meal being made for some homeless people during a fundraiser being put together by Jonah Jameson. Spider-Man finds Carnage, fights in front of the audience, and then defeats Carnage. He takes the serum to Reed Richards to be kept out of the wrong hands.

Spider-Man: Goblin's Revenge (1996)

A sequel to Spider-Man: Carnage in New York also written by Dean Wesley Smith. After Spider-Man leaves the serum with Reed Richards, the Green Goblin steals the unsecured serum from Richards. The identity of the Goblin is in question for most of the book, although there are clues early on. After the serum is stolen, Peter begins to have nightmares; he dreams that New York is covered with blood. Peter is about to go insane, in part because of the serum, partly because of sightings of the supposedly dead Norman Osborn, and partly because the Goblin is about to push Mary Jane off of the Brooklyn Bridge, in a scene that is designed to draw him back into the death of Gwen neurosis. The book ends with Spider-Man deafeating both Carnage and The Goblin at the bridge and finding out the indentity of the Goblin.

Untold Tales of Spider-Man (1997)

A short story collection which was inspired by the Untold Tales of Spider-Man comic book series from 1995 to 1997 which was also written by Kurt Busiek. Edited by Stan Lee.

Spider-Man: Valley of the Lizard (1998)

Written by John Vornholt.

Spider-Man: Wanted: Dead or Alive (1998)

Written by Craig Shaw Gardner.

Spider-Man: Venom's Wrath (1998)

Written by Keith R.A. DeCandido and Jose R. Nieto.

Spider-Man: Goblin Moon (1999)

Written by Kurt Busiek and Nathan Archer.

Spider-Man: Emerald Mystery (2000)

Written by Dean Wesley Smith.

Spider-Man: Enter Doctor Octopus (2004)

Written by Louise A Gikow.

Spider-Man: Down These Mean Streets (2005)

Written by Keith R.A. DeCandido.

Spider-Man: The Darkest Hours (2006)

Written by Jim Butcher.

Spider-Man: Drowned in Thunder (2007)

Written by Christopher L. Bennett.

Spider-Man: Requiem (2008)

Written by Jeff Mariotte.

Duane trilogy

Written by Diane Duane. The trilogy consists of the books, Spider-Man: The Venom Factor (1994), Spider-Man: The Lizard Sanction (1995) and Spider-Man: The Octopus Agenda (1996).

Spider-Man Super Thriller

A young adult novel series consisting of five books. Spider-Man: Midnight Justice (1996), Spider-Man: Deadly Cure (1996), Spider-Man: Global War (1997), Spider-Man: Lizard's Rage (1997) and Spider-Man: Warrior's Revenge (1997).

Doom's Day trilogy

Consists of the books Spider-Man and the Incredible Hulk: Doom's Day Book One: Rampage (1996), Spider-Man and Iron Man: Doom's Day Book Two: Sabotage (1997) and Spider-Man and Fantastic Four: Doom's Day Book Three: Wreckage (1997).

X-Men and Spider-Man: Time's Arrow

Consists of the books X-Men and Spider-Man: Time's Arrow Book 1: The Past (1998), X-Men and Spider-Man: Time's Arrow Book 2: The Present (1998) and X-Men and Spider-Man: Time's Arrow Book 3: The Future (1998).

Sinister Six trilogy

Written by Adam-Troy Castro. Consists of the books Spider-Man: The Gathering of the Sinister Six (1999), Spider-Man: Revenge of the Sinister Six (2001) and Spider-Man: The Secret of the Sinister Six (2002).

Spider-Man (2002)

Written by Peter David.

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Written by Peter David.

Spider-Man 3 (2007)

Written by Peter David.

Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt (2014)

Written by Neil Kleid.

Mary Jane (2003)

A young adult novel written by Judith O'Brien.

Mary Jane 2 (2004)

A sequel to the first Mary Jane book, also written by Judith O'Brien.

Appearances in other novels

Textbooks

About the character

About the films

About other

Storybooks

Several Spider-Man children's books have been published, from early readers and to short novels.

Coloring and activity books

Spider-Man has been the subject of several coloring and activity books, from many companies such as Giddy-Up!, Kappa, Parragon/Scholastic, Peter Haddock, Alligator, Bendon, Funtastic, Golden Books, HarperCollins, Hunter Leisure, Meredith, Modern Publishing, Tri-Coastal and Parragon.

Other

Video game manuals