Spider-Man #70

Name: Spider-Man #70
Brand: Marvel
Availability: InStock

Jul 1996 · Marvel · 1.95 USD; 2.75 CAD

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“Above it All”

★ 1st appearance — Don Fortunato

About this Issue

Spider-Man (vol. 1) #70 — titled 'Above it All' — serves as a connective-tissue issue within the sprawling Clone Saga era, doing genuine character-building work during a period when Ben Reilly carried the Spider-Man mantle and Peter Parker had lost his powers. Its most durable contribution to the Marvel universe is the first appearance of Don Fortunato and his son Giacomo Fortunato (Jimmy-6), a mob family who would resurface in later storylines including Marvel Knights Spider-Man. The issue also quietly plants the seed of Arthur Stacy's return to the Spider-Man cast, a subplot that would pay off across subsequent years, and depicts Peter Parker navigating the Daily Bugle world as an ordinary, powerless man — a humanizing portrait rarely explored at such length.

writer Howard Mackie · artist John Romita Jr. · inker Al Williamson · colorist Kevin Tinsley · colorist Malibu's Hues · letterer Richard Starkings · letterer Comicraft · cover John Romita Jr., Al Williamson

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History

The issue lands squarely in the heart of the Clone Saga, the extended 1994–1996 multi-title event that Marvel's editorial staff originally intended as a short-arc but prolonged after strong early sales. Howard Mackie, who carried the heaviest crossover load among Clone Saga writers, scripted the issue, while John Romita Jr. — who had been penciling the adjectiveless Spider-Man title continuously since issue #64 — provided the art, inked by Al Williamson. Editors Ralph Macchio and Mark Bernardo oversaw the title during this period, shepherding a web of interconnected storylines across four monthly Spider-Man books simultaneously. The issue was released on May 22, 1996, with a July 1996 cover date.

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First appearance of Don Fortunato (the elderly mob boss moving to fill the power vacuum left by the Kingpin's fall) and his son Giacomo Fortunato, aka Jimmy-6 — characters created by Howard Mackie and John Romita Jr.
First appearance of Angel, Don Fortunato's pet wolf, who accompanies the Don throughout the issue.
Story titled 'Above it All'; written by Howard Mackie, penciled by John Romita Jr., inked by Al Williamson; editors Ralph Macchio and Mark Bernardo; cover date July 1996, on-sale May 22, 1996.
Ben Reilly (the clone) is the operating Spider-Man in this issue; Peter Parker appears depowered — his spider-powers had been removed in the Spider-Man: The Final Adventure miniseries and would not return until Spectacular Spider-Man #237.
Arthur Stacy appears in a scene set in Hong Kong, brooding over his family's painful history with Spider-Man — an early reintroduction of the character ahead of his larger role in the Spider-Man titles later in the 1990s.
The central crime-world plot involves Hammerhead asserting territorial dominance over New York's underworld following the Kingpin's removal from power (an event that took place in Daredevil #300), with Don Fortunato as the challenger.
The story continues directly into Spectacular Spider-Man #236, making this issue part of a loosely interconnected set of standalone arcs running parallel to the main Clone Saga climax.
The issue is part of a run where John Romita Jr. served as the primary penciler on the adjectiveless Spider-Man vol. 1 title from #64 onward through the end of that volume — one of the most sustained artistic tenures on any Spider-Man series of the era.