Spider-Man: The Manga

Spider-Man
The cover of the first volume of the 2002 Bunkoban re-release, published by Media Factory.
スパイダーマン
GenreSuperhero
Manga
Written byKōsei Ono
Kazumasa Hirai
Illustrated byRyoichi Ikegami
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintSun Comics (Asahi Sonorama)
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runJanuary 1970September 1971
Volumes8

Spider-Man: The Manga, published simply as Spider-Man in Japan, is a Japanese superhero manga series written by Kōsei Ono and Kazumasa Hirai and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami which retold the story of Spider-Man in a Japanese setting. It was originally published in Japan from January 1970 to September 1971 in Monthly Shōnen Magazine. The comic began by loosely adapting American Marvel stories, but over time, Ikegami introduced more original material. The manga features Yu Komori as Spider-Man's teen alter ego, and takes place in a Japanese setting. Within the Marvel Comics multiverse, its reality is designated as Earth-70019.