Since the characters inception in the 1960s

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has appeared in multiple forms of media, including several

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and

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Comics

The main form of literature which in Spider-man has appeared in is

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Serialized

There have been over 200 separate Spider-Man comic book series, both

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and

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ranging from two to 500 issues.

Singles

There have been several published

with the character in the main role, including ''The Amazing Spider-Man: Hooky'' from 1986, ''The Amazing Spider-Man: Parallel Lives'' from 1989, ''The Amazing Spider-Man: Spirits of the Earth'' from 1990, ''Spider-Man: Fear Itself'' from 1992, ''Spider-Man: Season One'' from 2012 and ''Amazing Spider-Man: Family Business'' from 2014. There have also been many Spider-Man

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s, specials and

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Strips

There have been two Spider-Man

, ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Prose

Short stories

In 1994 Marvel published '' The Ultimate Spider-Man'', a short story collection edited by

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. It features a short story named " An Evening in the Bronx with Venom" by

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, among others. The ''

Untold Tales of Spider-Man ''Untold Tales of Spider-Man'' is an American comic book series starring Spider-Man published by Marvel Comics for 26 issues (#1–25, with a #-1 issue (July 1997) added between issues #22 (June 1997) and 23 (August 1997)) and two ''Annual''s (''A ...

'' from 1997 is another short story collection, it was inspired by the ''Untold Tales of Spider-Man'' comic book series from 1995 to 1997, which was also written by Kurt Busiek. This book was also edited by Stan Lee.

Single works

There have been more than 20 Spider-Man novels, ranging from original works to adaptions of unused comic scripts to

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s of his films. The character has also appeared in several other novels not about him specifically, such as novelizations of well-known comic book events like "

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Series

There are six major book series with the character of Spider-Man as the main focus. The "Duane trilogy" is a trilogy of Spider-Man books by Diane Duane, ''Spider-Man Super Thriller'' is a young adult novel series by several writers, the ''Doom's Day'' trilogy is a series of books by several authors, ''X-Men and Spider-Man: Time's Arrow'' is another trilogy by Tom DeFalco with a co-writer on each book and the latest Spider-Man book series is the ''Sinister Six'' trilogy, which was written by Adam-Troy Castro.

Children's books

Storybooks

Several Spider-Man children's books have been published, from early readers to light novels.

Coloring and activity books

Spider-Man has been the subject of several coloring and activity books, from many companies such as Giddy-Up!,

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