The Amazing Spider-Man 2’s Shock Ending: A Comics to Screen Comparison

Those who have been reading comic books decided pretty early on that we knew how The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was going to play out.Back in 1973, writer Gerry Conway, artist Gil Kane and inkers John Romita Sr. and Tony Mortellaro wrote a two-part story arc in which they teased a “turning point” for Spider-Man. “Someone close to me is going to DIE!” Spider-Man helpfully narrated on the cover to the first issue (The Amazing Spider-Man #121). As it turned out, they delivered…and that story serves as the inspiration for the most-discussed aspect of the new movie.