11 Essential Storylines To Read If You Love Spider-Man
1. The Night Gwen Stacy Died
Much like Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut!, The Night Gwen Stacy Died is a storyline that only spans two issues of The Amazing Spider-Man, but has still managed to endure as one of the single most essential Spider-Man arcs of all time.
Apart from his superpowers, Spider-Man's most important characteristic is his guilt complex. It's not only that bad things happen to Peter and the people he cares for, but that he is in some way responsible. And the death of his beloved Gwen Stacy was the single biggest turning point in Peter Parker's life since losing his Uncle Ben and becoming Spider-Man in the first place.
That said, it should come as no surprise that The Night Gwen Stacy Died is arguably the single most pivotal Spider-Man story in terms of the way it altered his life path, rivaled in that regard only by One More Day.
After this storyline unfolded, nothing for Spider-Man was ever the same. (It came out during a time when death in comic books still meant something, after all.) And if you fancy yourself a fan of the webhead, you owe it to yourself to experience it firsthand.