<P> 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 . Spider - Man was the title in which this was to and in #75 (December 1996), by Mackie and John Romita Jr., Ben Reilly was killed by the resurrected original Green Goblin--who had seemingly died in The Amazing Spider - Man #122 (July 1973)--and Peter Parker returned to the role of Spider - Man . That same issue, the title of the series was changed to Peter Parker: Spider - Man to concretely establish that the original Spider - Man was being depicted . </P> <P> The series had a brief interlude in July 1997 with Marvel's one - month "Flashback" event, when all Marvel titles were numbered − 1 and each was set before the events of Fantastic Four #1 . This #- 1 was published between issues #81 and 82 . The series then continued uninterrupted until the arrival of John Byrne to the Spider - Man titles heralded a relaunch of the entire line . The book was cancelled with #98 (Dec. 1998) and relaunched as Vol. 2 almost immediately afterward . </P> <P> Peter Parker: Spider - Man vol. 2 was a monthly comic book series published by Marvel Comics that ran for 57 issues between 1999 and 2003 . </P> <P> This series was a continuance of volume 1, with the creative team of Howard Mackie and John Romita Jr. having migrated to the new series . In June 2001, Marvel began a dual numbering system on all its titles that had been relaunched and renumbered . The first issue of Peter Parker: Spider - Man to be dual - numbered was listed as both #30 and #128 on the cover--the second figure achieved by adding the total of issues of the new volume (30) to the first volume's 98 . The comic's legal indicia, printed on the title page, still listed the series as vol. 2 #30 . </P>

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