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==Plot summary==
==Plot summary==
The [[Thunderbolts (comics)|Thunderbolts]] led by [[Green Goblin|Norman Osborn]] come to [[New York City]] to hunt down the fugitive Spider-Man, who has been framed for a series of murders. Meanwhile, at the F.E.A.S.T. shelter run by [[Mister Negative]] the [[cancer]]-ridden [[Eddie Brock]] miraculously becomes healthy. When the Thunderbolts track Spider-Man to the F.E.A.S.T. shelter, Brock reacts to the [[Venom (comics)|Venom]] [[Symbiote (comics)|symbiote]] transforming him into [[Eddie Brock#Anti-Venom|Anti-Venom]] who begins to attack both [[Mac Gargan|Venom]] and Spider-Man to remove all traces of the Venom symbiote from both. Spider-Man and Anti-Venom team up to take down the Thunderbolts and after a battle which results in a building collapse. Songbird tells Spider-Man to lie low for the next few days. Osborn then holds a press conference to say that Spider-Man has died in the collapse.
The [[Thunderbolts (comics)|Thunderbolts]] led by [[Green Goblin|Norman Osborn]] come to [[New York City]] to hunt down the fugitive Spider-Man, who has been framed for a series of murders. Meanwhile, at the F.E.A.S.T. shelter run by [[Mister Negative]] the [[cancer]]-ridden [[Eddie Brock]] miraculously becomes healthy. When the Thunderbolts track Spider-Man to the F.E.A.S.T. shelter, Brock reacts to the [[Venom (comics)|Venom]] [[Symbiote (comics)|symbiote]] transforming him into [[Eddie Brock#Anti-Venom|Anti-Venom]] (in Amazing Spider-Man #569) who begins to attack both [[Mac Gargan|Venom]] and Spider-Man to remove all traces of the Venom symbiote from both. Spider-Man and Anti-Venom team up to take down the Thunderbolts and after a battle which results in a building collapse. Songbird tells Spider-Man to lie low for the next few days. Osborn then holds a press conference to say that Spider-Man has died in the collapse.


==Collected editions==
==Collected editions==

Revision as of 15:07, 12 February 2012

"New Ways to Die"
PublisherMarvel Comics
Publication dateAugust – October 2008
Genre
Title(s)The Amazing Spider-Man #568-#573
Main character(s)Spider-Man
Anti-Venom
Thunderbolts
Norman Osborn
Venom (Mac Gargan)
Mister Negative
Harry Osborn
Creative team
Writer(s)Dan Slott
Penciller(s)John Romita, Jr.
Inker(s)Klaus Janson
Letterer(s)Cory Petit
Colorist(s)Dean White
Editor(s)Tom Brevoort
Joe Quesada
Stephen Wacker
Thomas Brennan
HardcoverISBN 0-7851-3217-1

New Ways to Die is a six-issue Spider-Man story arc written by Dan Slott[1][2][3] with art by John Romita, Jr. and published by Marvel Comics.[4] The arc first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #568-#573.

Plot summary

The Thunderbolts led by Norman Osborn come to New York City to hunt down the fugitive Spider-Man, who has been framed for a series of murders. Meanwhile, at the F.E.A.S.T. shelter run by Mister Negative the cancer-ridden Eddie Brock miraculously becomes healthy. When the Thunderbolts track Spider-Man to the F.E.A.S.T. shelter, Brock reacts to the Venom symbiote transforming him into Anti-Venom (in Amazing Spider-Man #569) who begins to attack both Venom and Spider-Man to remove all traces of the Venom symbiote from both. Spider-Man and Anti-Venom team up to take down the Thunderbolts and after a battle which results in a building collapse. Songbird tells Spider-Man to lie low for the next few days. Osborn then holds a press conference to say that Spider-Man has died in the collapse.

Collected editions

The story arc is collected in a hardcover edition entitled Spider-Man: New Ways to Die (ISBN 0-7851-3217-1).

Reception

Amazing Spider-Man #568 sold 82,540 copies, the 7th best selling comics of August 2008.[5] Amazing Spider-Man #573 sold 93,346 copies or 8th for October 2008.[6] IGN gave the first issue of the arc an 8.0 out of 10[7] and the last issue 6.4.[8]

See also

References