Two of the greatest creators in Spider-Man's history, David Michelinie and Mark Bagley, put Spidey through the wringer in some of his most exciting 90s tales, from Maximum Carnage to the shocking truth about Peter Parker’s parents! Symbiotes clash — with Spidey in the middle! Carnage, the spawn of Venom, has assembled an army of the web-slinger's criminally insane adversaries to spread his message of hostility, chaos and wholesale slaughter! Outmanned and overpowered, the wall-crawler must recruit his own band of super-beings to combat the rising tide of evil: Black Cat, Cloak & Dagger, Firestar, Captain America, Iron Fist, Deathlok and...Venom?! Meanwhile, Mary and Richard Parker, long presumed dead, are back in Peter’s life — but Aunt May still has suspicions, and when the Vulture gains a new lease on life at Spidey’s expense, it sets in motion a chain of events that will rock the wall-crawler's world! COLLECTING: Amazing Spider-Man (1963) 376-393; Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964) 27-28; Web of Spider-Man (1985) 101-103, 112; Spider-Man (1990) 35-37, 45; Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) 201-203, 211; Amazing Spider-Man Ashcan Edition (1994) 1; Venom: Lethal Protector (1993) 1-6; material from Spider-Man Unlimited (1993) 1-2