Spider-Man by Michelinie & Bagley Omnibus #1
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis omnibus collects the stretch of Amazing Spider-Man where David Michelinie's record-setting tenure as writer — second in length only to Stan Lee's — reached one of its creative peaks alongside an artist who would become one of the character's most recognized visual interpreters. The volume's centrepiece is Amazing Spider-Man #361 (April 1992), the first full appearance of Carnage, a character created by Michelinie and Bagley whose cultural footprint has extended across video games, animated series, and major theatrical films. The collection also preserves the oversized 30th-anniversary issue #365, which featured the debut preview of Spider-Man 2099, a hologram cover homaging Amazing Fantasy #15, and the cliffhanger return of Peter Parker's presumed-dead parents — a status-quo upheaval that played out across years of subsequent stories. For collectors of the omnibus era, this volume fills the long-standing gap in oversized hardcover coverage between the McFarlane/Michelinie and Clone Saga omnibuses, gathering two dozen issues and a cluster of annuals that had never before been collected at this format and scale.
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Mark Bagley came to Amazing Spider-Man after winning first place in Marvel's 1983 Try-Out Book penciling contest — a talent search created by then-editor-in-chief Jim Shooter — beating out thousands of entrants before landing early assignments on New Universe titles and New Warriors. Spider-Man line editor Danny Fingeroth made the unconventional call to hand Marvel's flagship book to the relatively untested Bagley when Erik Larsen departed in 1991, and the partnership with writer David Michelinie — who had already co-created Venom with Todd McFarlane — proved durable enough to define the visual identity of the character throughout the early 1990s. The omnibus itself was published by Marvel on July 9, 2024, as part of the publisher's ongoing effort to provide oversized hardcover continuity for the Peter Parker Amazing Spider-Man run; it spans 1,040 pages and was announced with two cover variants, both using Bagley art, including a direct-market-only edition.
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- Collects Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #351–375 and Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964) #25–26, plus material from Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #11–12, Web of Spider-Man Annual #7–8, and New Warriors Annual #2.
- Includes Amazing Spider-Man #361 (April 1992): the first full appearance of Carnage (Cletus Kasady bonding with a Venom-spawned symbiote), written by David Michelinie with art by Mark Bagley and Randy Emberlin.
- Includes Amazing Spider-Man #365 (August 1992): the 30th-anniversary 80-page giant with a hologram cover homaging Amazing Fantasy #15, a five-page preview of Spider-Man 2099, a gatefold Venom/Carnage poster by Bagley, and contributions from Stan Lee, Tom DeFalco, and Peter David.
- Issue #365 contains the story establishing the mysterious return of Peter Parker's long-dead parents — a plot thread that remained unresolved for nearly two years of subsequent stories.
- Issue #375 was released with a gold foil cover and closes the omnibus with a climactic Spider-Man vs. Venom fight drawn by Bagley.
- Mark Bagley entered the book after winning first place in Marvel's 1983 Try-Out Book penciling contest, succeeding Erik Larsen on the title beginning with issue #351 in 1991; he would remain on Amazing Spider-Man through 1996.
- David Michelinie's overall run on Amazing Spider-Man (1987–1994) was the second-longest in the title's history at that time, behind Stan Lee's original tenure.
- Bagley co-created the Thunderbolts (1997) and later partnered with Brian Michael Bendis on Ultimate Spider-Man for 111 consecutive issues — the longest continuous run by a Marvel creative team, surpassing Stan Lee and Jack Kirby on Fantastic Four.
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