IDW continues the first-ever chronological collection of the Spider-Man newspaper comics this Wednesday with the release of The Amazing Spider-Man: The Ultimate Newspaper Comics Collection, Vol. 5; check out a preview here…
The woebegone web-slinger encounters problems that make Dar Harat seem like a sewing circle—if he can escape from their clutches, that is! Daily Bugle writer Jenny Sue Saxton arrives and falls for Peter Parker while trying to become Spider-Man’s biographer, even as Aunt May faces financial ruin in a very modern kind of bank heist. Mary Jane returns just in time to learn an important secret—and to introduce Peter to her Uncle Spencer Watson. Spidey’s reputation is under fire when he’s accused of pushing drugs. And in a story that rivals the classic “drug issues” of Spider-Man’s comic book, Stan Lee addresses one of the most heart-rending problems of modern times: child abuse.
The Amazing Spider-Man: The Ultimate Newspaper Comics Collection, Vol. 5 is out on Wednesday, May 15th, priced $49.99.