

I saw my job as trying to write the best Spider-Man stories I could, to do it every month, and to do it well enough that readers would want to pick up the next issue. Stern, who still writes the occasional Webslinger tale every now and then, recently recalled that when he took over the flagship series, his goal was “first, to do no harm. His run during the 1980s was overshadowed by the subsequent artistic renaissance the character experienced under Todd McFarlane’s pencils but that slight is finally being corrected.Ĭoming in at a whopping 1296 pages is Spider-Man by Roger Stern Omnibus and while that sounds pretty spiffy, it’s even better when you realize the artists who collaborated with him on those memorable stories: John Romita, Jr., Marie Severin, Jim Mooney, Ron Frenz, Mike Zeck, John Byrne, Steve Leialoha, Rick Leonardi, Denys Cowan, Luke McDonnell, Ed Hannigan, Al Milgrom, and Bob Hall. A while back, Comic Book Resources identified the top 10 Spidey writers and coming in at #3, after Stan Lee and Steve Ditko naturally, was Roger Stern. Spider-Man debuted in 1962 and since then he has had some of the most creative people in the comics field chronicle his escapades.
