[5] Writer Don McGregor and artist Marshall Rogers crafted a two-part story in issues #27–28 dealing with gun violence.

[6] After that came a quick procession of different contributors, including writers Tom DeFalco, Ann Nocenti, David Michelinie, J. M. DeMatteis, and Terry Kavanagh, and pencillers Ron Frenz, Klaus Janson, and Jae Lee.

Intended as a permanent change, Reilly's status as the new Spider-Man was cut short when Bob Harras was named new Editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics in February 1996, and ordered the reinstatement of the character's Peter Parker identity.

[10] The series then continued uninterrupted until the arrival of John Byrne to the Spider-Man titles heralded a relaunch of the entire line.

The series was cancelled with #98 (Nov. 1998) featuring part of "The Gathering of Five and The Final Chapter" storyline and relaunched as (vol.

[11] In June 2001, Marvel began a dual numbering system on all its titles that had been relaunched and renumbered.

The comic's legal indicia, printed on the title page, still listed the series as (vol.

Mackie and Romita Jr. remained through issue #20 (August 2000) when writer Paul Jenkins and artist Mark Buckingham became the new creative team.