Ed McGuinness

Joe Kelly's Amazing Spider-Man run is one of the most emotionally varied of the modern era. He moves effortlessly from the hilarious Deadpool team-ups — still considered among the best Deadpool stories ever written — to the devastating Rhino story that became one of fandom's most discussed single issues, to the brutal Grim Hunt arc where Kraven's family hunts down every spider-hero. Kelly understands Peter Parker's voice perfectly. Art by Ed McGuinness and Chris Bachalo at their most dynamic.

Joe Kelly's Deadpool run is the creative moment that transformed a 90s mercenary character into something genuinely literary — Kelly introduced the fourth-wall awareness as a systematic device, gave Deadpool his signature voice, and wrote the first truly great Deadpool story in issue #11's time-travel team-up with the Golden Age hero, which remains one of the most moving single issues in the character's history. Kelly balanced comedy and tragedy in a way that no subsequent writer has fully replicated, and his Deadpool is the template against which every later run is measured.

Zeb Wells and John Romita Jr. launch a new Amazing Spider-Man era with Peter Parker carrying a mysterious secret that has shattered his relationships with Mary Jane, the Avengers, and everyone he loves. The run deliberately withholds the reveal to build maximum tension — a storytelling choice that divided readers but kept discussion alive for months. John Romita Jr. returns to the character that made him famous, delivering his most energetic work in years. 896 pages of divisive, impossible-to-ignore Spider-Man.