List of Ultimate Spider-Man story arcs

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Featured here is a comprehensive timeline of the comic book series "Ultimate Spider-Man" created by Brian Michael Bendis and Bill Jemas, and drawn by Mark Bagley. Ultimate Spider-Man is a teenage drama, in contrast the married Spider-Man in the normal Marvel continuity.

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Power and Responsibility (#1-7)

Published between: October 2000 - April 2001
Artists: Brian Michael Bendis (writer) / Mark Bagley (drawing)
Plot outline: In a modernised retelling of the classic Amazing Fantasy #15 story (1961), Peter gets bitten by genetically altered spider and gets super powers; fights as a wrestler to pay off family debts; refuses to stop burglar who later kills Uncle Ben; becomes Spider-Man out of guilt; fights Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
First appearances: Peter Parker, Mary Jane Watson, Uncle Ben, Aunt May, Flash Thompson, Kenny McFarlane, Liz Allen, Norman Osborn, Harry Osborn, Doctor Octopus
Deaths: Uncle Ben
Notes: First comic of the entire Ultimate Marvel line; first Bendis / Bagley collaboration. Originally, Bagley was only going to illustrate the first six issues; since then, he and Bendis have broken the record for longest continual run by a creative team in Marvel history.

Learning Curve (#8-13)

Published between: May 2001 - November 2001
Artists: Bendis / Bagley
Plot outline: Peter gets a job at the “Daily Bugle”; learns Uncle Ben's murderer had ties to the Kingpin; Peter fights his henchmen and manages to steal incriminating discs; reveals his identity to Mary Jane and becomes her boyfriend
First appearances: The Kingpin, The Enforcers, Patsy Walker, Daily Bugle staff (J. Jonah Jameson, Joseph "Robbie" Robertson, Ben Urich, Betty Brant), Electro, The Shocker
Deaths: Mr. Big / Frederick Foswell

Double Trouble (#14-21)

Published between: December 2001- June 2002
Artists: Bendis / Bagley
Plot outline: Dr. Octopus swears to kill his superior Justin Hammer; Kraven the Hunter wants to kill Spider-Man; Peter saves Hammer from Doc Ock and himself from Kraven
First appearances: Gwen Stacy, Kraven the Hunter, Justin Hammer, Sharon Carter
Deaths: Justin Hammer
Notes: The Spider-Man movie came out during this arc (May 2002), starting a comics resurgence among children.

Legacy (#22-27)

Published between: July 2002 - November 2002
Artists: Bendis / Bagley
Plot outline: Norman Osborn tries to blackmail Peter into working for him; Nick Fury helps Peter; Osborn (as Green Goblin) abducts Mary Jane and throws her off a bridge; Fury and Peter take down Osborn; Fury intends to draft Peter into S.H.I.E.L.D. by force when he is 18, shocking Peter
First appearances: Miles Warren
Notes: Ever since Gwen Stacy's death in Amazing Spider-Man #121 (1973), it is fairly common to see Peter's love interests hurled off a bridge.

Public Scrutiny (#28-32)

Published between: December 2002 - February 2003
Trade paperback appeared: January 1, 2003
Plot outline: Peter is framed by a Spider-Man impostor; gets shot by the police and gets help by the Wasp; impostor kills John Stacy, and his daughter Gwen blames Spider-Man; Peter takes out the impostor; Mary Jane breaks up with Peter
First appearances: Rhino, Jean DeWolff
Deaths: John Stacy
Notes: In the original Amazing Spider-Man series, Gwen's father was also killed saving a child (issue 90).

Venom (#33-39)

Published between: February 2003 - June 2003
Artists: Bendis / Bagley
Plot outline: Peter meets Eddie Brock Jr., who reveals their late fathers worked on a healing balm called Venom; on skin contact, Peter is transformed into a black, psychotic, near-invincible Super-Spider-Man and just breaks free; when Eddie irresponsibly takes Venom himself, he makes the same transformation; Eddie goes on a rampage, gets gunned down by the police and dissolves
First appearances: Eddie Brock Jr. / Venom
Notes: This storyline started in issue #39 is continued in the Ultimate Spider-Man video game, finishing in Ultimate Spider-Man #46.

Irresponsible (#40-45)

Published between: July 2003 - November 2003
Artists: Bendis / Bagley
Plot outline: A pyrokinetic called Geldoff psionically destroys cars; Peter is attacked by him, but then the X-Men step in; Aunt May visits a psychiatrist to come to terms with her life; Peter and Mary Jane re-bond
First appearances: Geldoff, Ultimate X-Men

Ultimate Six (USM #46 & Ultimate Six #1-7)

Main article: Ultimate Six

Cats & Kings (#47-53)

Published between: January 2004 - April 2004
Artists: Bendis / Bagley
Plot outline I: J. Jonah Jameson endorses a candidate for District Attorney with obvious ties to the Kingpin, but then gets second thoughts; Peter wants to "visit" JJJ, saves him from the Enforcers
Plot outline II: The Black Cat steals an artifact from Kingpin and starts flirting with Spider-Man; they are attacked by Elektra; Peter discovers Black Cat's identity and sees Kingpin and Elektra threatening her; Elektra impales the Black Cat with her sai, but no corpse is found; revealed that Kingpin wanted to use "magic" tablet on his comatose wife Vanessa
First appearances: Elektra Natchios, Black Cat, Venessa Fisk
Notes: In the original Amazing Spider-Man series, the stone tablet was a source of eternal youth; in the original Amazing Spider-Man series, the corrupt politician Sam Bullitt appeared in issue 91.

Hollywood (#54-59)

Published between: May 2004 - July 2004
Artists: Bendis / Bagley
Plot outline: Hollywood plans to screen a Spider-Man movie; an angry Spider-Man appears on set; Dr. Octopus breaks free, defeats Spider-Man and abducts him to Brazil; Peter defeats him and flees back to Queens; Gwen Stacy finds out Peter's secret identity; the movie becomes a smash hit.
First appearances: Mysterio (But just an actor)
Notes: Arc obviously written as an appetizer for the upcoming film “Spider-Man 2” (July 2004) which featured Dr. Octopus as the main villain. The comic featured male lead Tobey Maguire, Director Sam Raimi and Marvel-movie head Avi Arad in cameo roles.

Carnage (#60-65)

Published between: August 2004 - November 2004
Artists: Bendis / Bagley
Plot outline: Spider-Man is wounded defeating the Gladiator and seeks the medical aid of Dr. Curt Conners in return for a blood sample; Conners experiments in it and is unaware that it is growing into a humanoid “Carnage” monster; Carnage murders Gwen Stacy; Peter defeats the creature and is ready to give up being Spider-Man for good, but decides to continue after stopping a mugging.
Deaths:Gwen Stacy
First appearances: Carnage, Gladiator (Melvin Potter), The Punisher, Boomerang
Notes: In the regular Marvel Comics universe, Carnage was the offspring of Venom; Gwen Stacy also dies in the regular comics, but in a completely different way.

Superstars (#66-71)

Published between: December 2004 - March 2005
Artists: Bendis / Bagley
Plot outline: Three short stories; 1) Wolverine and Peter mysteriously wake up in each other's bodies; 2) Johnny Storm from the Ultimate Fantastic Four enters Peter's school; 3) Peter has an encounter with Doctor Strange in which he gets mixed up in a spell and is plunged into a horrific world based on his nightmares.
First appearances: Johnny Storm, Dr. Strange

Hobgoblin (#72-78)

Published between: April 2005 - July 2005
Artists: Bendis / Bagley
Plot outline: Harry Osborn is back from S.H.I.E.L.D. custody, knows that Peter is Spider-Man and his vital role in defeating his father Norman (see Ultimate Six); Harry hallucinates about Shaw, his father's hitman, who goads him to unleash his “hidden abilities”; Harry transforms into the Hobgoblin; Peter fights Harry and is emotionally drained; Peter breaks up with Mary Jane because he realizes his superhero life will always endanger her.
First appearances: Killer Shrike
Notes: In the regular Marvel Comics universe, Harry Osborn became the Green Goblin, not the Hobgoblin.

Warriors (#79-85)

Published between: August 2005 - January 2006
Artists: Bendis / Bagley
Plot outline: The mutant criminal lord known as Hammerhead tries to overthrow the Kingpin; Spider-Man suddenly is offered incriminating evidence about Hammerhead by Elektra and Kingpin; Black Cat shows up and pairs up with Spider-Man; after a gigantic fight, many characters are incapacitated; Black Cat breaks up with Spider-Man after discovering his age; it is revealed that every move has been subtly controlled by Kingpin's trusty pawn, the corrupt Jean De Wolfe.
First appearances: Moon Knight, Hammerhead, Shang-Chi, Iron Fist
Notes: According to the letters section of Ultimate Spider-Man #83, this story arc occurs before Ultimate Spider-Man Annual #1; the video game was published in this time (September 2005)

Ultimate Spider-Man Annual #1

Published in: October 2005
Artists: Bendis / Mark Brooks / Isanove
Plot outline: Peter and Kitty Pryde from the X-Men become a couple.
Notes: In both Ultimate Spider-Man and Ultimate X-Men, Kitty's crush on Peter was well-documented.

Silver Sable (#86-90)

Published between: February 2006 - April 2006
Artists: Bendis / Bagley
Plot outline: Flash Thompson gets kidnapped by Silver Sable, who think he is Spider-Man, who is wanted by the Roxxon Corporation for questioning; Spider-Man confronts Silver, but he is captured and brought to the Roxxon Corporation; the the Vulture swoops in and is subdued by Spider-Man and Silver; the Tinkerer (Tinker-er) is revealed as the culprit
First appearances: Silver Sable, Wild Pack, Vulture, Tinkerer, Spider-Slayers, Omega Red, Wrecking Crew, Damage Control

Deadpool (#91-94)

Published between: May 2006 - July 2006
Artists: Bendis / Bagley
Plot outline: Deadpool and his Reavers abduct Spider-Man and the X-Men to Genosha to Krakoa for a reality TV show in which they hunt down heroes; the X-Men and Spider-Man defeat them; back in New York, Aunt May has a good date with Miles Warren
First appearances: Deadpool, Reavers, the Ringer

Morbius (#95-96)

Published between: July 2006 - August 2006
Artists: Bendis / Bagley
Plot outline: In the past, Spider-Man has encountered Blade; Ben Urich does research on vampires after a woman called Jennifer Grünwald was bitten; Grünwald then bites Urich; Morbius jumps in and saves the day
First appearances: Blade, Morbius, Jennifer Grünwald

Ultimate Spider-Man Annual #2

Published in: October 2006
Artists: Bendis / Mark Brooks
Plot outline: Jean DeWolfe wants Spider-Man to fight a thug called the Kangaroo; suddenly Daredevil, the Punisher and Moon Knight appear and fight each other; Punisher kills Jean DeWolfe, and it revealed she was indeed a corrupt pawn of the Kingpin
First appearances: Kangaroo

The Clone Saga (#97-105)

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Main article: Clone Saga § Ultimate_Clone_Saga

Published between: August 2006 - February 2007
Artists: Bendis / Bagley
Plot outline: Peter's immediate family is caught in a strange conspircay involving the Fantastic Four, the Ultimates, The X-Men, Nick Fury, Otto Octavius, a resurrected Gwen Stacy, and several newly introduced or ressurected individuals who turn out to be Clones made from Peter's DNA. The story is ongoing; for more plot detail, see The Clone Saga.
First appearances: Scorpion, Spider-Woman, Spider-Girl, Tarantula, 'Mystery Figure'
Notes: Retelling of the controversial Clone Saga; Gwen Stacy mysteriously reappears alive and amnesiac, which also happened in the regular comics (Amazing Spider-Man #144, 1975); OZ is the drug Norman Osborn used to turn himself into the Green Goblin. As with Amazing Spider-Man 100, the Hundredth issue features a Spider-Man with six arms. As of October 2006, Ultimate Spider-Man was the top selling Marvel comic.

Ultimate Knights (106-110)