''Spider-Man Family'' (later retitled ''The Amazing Spider-Man Family'') is a

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series published by

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. It began as a series of one-shots written and penciled by various writers and artists before becoming a bi-monthly ongoing series with the first issue cover-dated February 2007. Its initial writer was

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. Each issue of ''Spider-Man Family'' contained brand new stories featuring

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and his supporting cast, reprints of classic

tales, and an English translation of the original Japanese manga, ''

Spider-Man J is a manga by Yamanaka Akira. It ran in the Children's manga, children's magazine, ''Comic BomBom'', from November 9, 2004 to May 11, 2005. The manga is not connected to Ryoichi Ikegami's ''Spider-Man: The Manga''. Plot In the year 200X, a sup ...

''. In June 2008, ''Spider-Man Family'' was relaunched as ''The Amazing Spider-Man Family'', and became a showcase title for many of the divergent timelines that were present at this point in the franchise. In addition to strips set in the ''Brand New Day'' timeline, a strip exploring the early days of Peter Parker's life as Spider-Man was also included. Another feature,

Mr. and Mrs. Spider-Man ''Mr. and Mrs. Spider-Man'' is a short comic strip series published in the pages of ''The Amazing Spider-Man Family'', in August 2008. It was written by Tom DeFalco, and illustrated by Ron Frenz and several other artists. Premise The series took ...

, written by

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, took place within Marvel's MC2 continuity. In November 2008,

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confirmed on his blog that cult favourite Spider-Girl would be moving to ''Amazing Spider-Man Family'' in April 2009. On July 13, 2009, Marvel announced a new monthly anthology title, ''

Web of Spider-Man ''Web of Spider-Man'' is the name of two different monthly comic book series starring Spider-Man that have been published by Marvel Comics since 1985, the first volume of which ran for 129 issues between 1985 and 1995, and the second of which ran f ...

'', to replace ''The Amazing Spider-Man Family''. Unlike ''The Amazing Spider-Man Family'', it featured only new stories, with backup stories initially starring Spider-Girl, then switching to

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Amazing Spider-Man Family Spider-Man titles

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