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When Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider, he gained the proportional speed, strength, and agility of a spider. Learning that with great power there must also come great responsibility, he became the crime-fighting super hero, Spider- Man! With his wife, Mary Jane, and their daughter, Annie May, the Parker family has become a force to be reckoned with! MARY JANE! THE RETURN OF RECENTLY, SPIDER-MAN, MJ, AND ANNIE DEFEATED THE VILLAIN REGENT, WHO RULED THE WORLD WITH THE STOLEN POWERS OF EARTH’S SUPER HEROES. DESPITE PETER AND MARY JANE’S RELUCTANCE TO ALLOW ANNIE TO FOLLOW IN THEIR CRIME-FIGHTING FOOTSTEPS, THEY EVENTUALLY RELENTED AFTER HER ABILITIES PLAYED AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN DEFEATING MOLE MAN. ARMED WITH A SENSE OF GREAT RESPONSIBILITY AND HER PARENT’S BLESSING, ANNIE OFFICIALLY JOINS THEIR SUPER HERO TEAM AS SPIDERLING! BRAWL IN THE FAMILY: PART 5 THE NEW GERRY NATHAN JESUS VCʼS CLAYTON IRON CONWAY STOCKMAN ABURTOV COWLES SPIDER?! WRITER ARTIST COLORIST LETTERER RYAN STEGMAN HUMBERTO RAMOS & TAMRA BONVILLAIN & EDGAR DELGADO COVER ARTISTS VARIANT COVER ARTISTS ALLISON DARREN AXEL JOE DA N ALAN STOCK SHAN ALONSO QUESADA BUCKLEY FINE ASSISTANT EDITOR EDITOR CHIEF CREATIVE PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE EDITOR IN CHIEF OFFICER PRODUCER SPIDER-MAN created by STAN LEE & STEVE DITKO AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: RENEW YOUR VOWS No. 5, May 2017. Published Monthly by MARVEL WORLDWIDE, INC., a subsidiary of MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT, LLC. OFFICE OF PUBLICATION: 135 West 50th Street, New York, NY 10020. BULK MAIL POSTAGE PAID AT NEW YORK, NY AND AT ADDITIONAL MAILING OFFICES. © 2017 MARVEL No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons, and/or institutions in this magazine with those of any living or dead person or institution is intended, and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental. $3.99 per copy in the U.S. (GST #R127032852) in the direct market; Canadi- an Agreement #40668537. Printed in the USA. Subscription rate (U.S. dollars) for 12 issues: U.S. $26.99; Canada $42.99; Foreign $42.99. POSTMASTER: SEND ALL ADDRESS CHANGES TO AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: RE- NEW YOUR VOWS, C/O MARVEL SUBSCRIPTIONS P.O. BOX 727 NEW HYDE PARK, NY 11040. TELEPHONE # (888) 511-5480. FAX # (347) 537-2649. [email protected]. DAN BUCKLEY, President, Marvel Enter- tainment; JOE QUESADA, Chief Creative Ofﬁ cer; TOM BREVOORT, SVP of Publishing; DAVID BOGART, SVP of Business Affairs & Operations, Publishing & Partnership; C.B. CEBULSKI, VP of Brand Management & Development, Asia; DAVID GABRIEL, SVP of Sales & Marketing, Publishing; JEFF YOUNGQUIST, VP of Production & Special Projects; DAN CARR, Executive Director of Publishing Technology; ALEX MORALES, Di- rector of Publishing Operations; SUSAN CRESPI, Production Manager; STAN LEE, Chairman Emeritus. For information regarding advertising in Marvel Comics or on Marvel.com, please contact Vit DeBellis, Integrat- ed Sales Manager, at [email protected]. For Marvel subscription inquiries, please call 888-511-5480. Manufactured between 02/24/2017 and 03/06/2017 by QUAD/GRAPHICS WASECA, WASECA, MN, USA. .

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