The first (and best) series starring
Peter Parker, the Amazing
Spider-man. Issue
1 appeared in June of
1963. In October
1998, at issue
441, the folks at
Marvel Entertainment Group (formerly
Marvel Comics) decided that the numbers were getting too big and rolled 'em over for vol. 2. Other series starring same include
Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man,
Web of Spider-Man, and simply
Spiderman.