Claim: Spider-Man appears in a superhero franchise.

The Amazing Spider-Man is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics , featuring the adventures of the fictional superhero Spider-Man . Being the mainstream continuity of the franchise , it began publication in 1963 as a monthly periodical and was published continuously , with a brief interruption in 1995 , until its relaunch with a new numbering order in 1999 . In 2003 the series reverted to the numbering order of the first volume . The title has occasionally been published biweekly , and was published three times a month from 2008 to 2010 . A film named after the comic was released July 3 , 2012 .   After DC Comics ' relaunch of Action Comics and Detective Comics with new # 1 issues in 2011 , it had been the highest-numbered American comic still in circulation until it was cancelled . The title ended its 50-year run as a continuously published comic with issue # 700 in December 2012 . It was replaced by The Superior Spider-Man as part of the Marvel NOW ! relaunch of Marvel 's comic lines .   The title was relaunched in April 2014 , starting fresh from issue # 1 , after the `` Goblin Nation '' story arc published in The Superior Spider-Man and Superior Spider-Man Team-Up . In late 2015 , The Amazing Spider-Man was relaunched again with a new volume with issue # 1 following the 2015 Secret Wars event .