Spidey and Doc Ock have a good old-fashioned showdown in PETER PARKER: SPIDER-MAN #41.
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Paul Jenkins in Spidey mix

Even though J. Michael Straczynski and Kevin Smith have exclusive agreements with Marvel and will be writing monthly Spider-Man titles, PETER PARKER: SPIDER-MAN writer Paul Jenkins remains in the mix.

"Paul's going to continue doing Spider-Man," Marvel editor-in-chief Joe Quesada says. "We have some special stuff up our sleeves and we just can't let the cats out of the bag, so to speak."

"It's going to be big news, what we have planned," says Spider-Man editor Axel Alonso. "hat I do want to do is address the question on everybody's mind: Why do three Spider-Man books? We tend to have really good reasons - obviously, having JMS out there and Kevin Smith out there with their visions of Spider-Man is one thing, but why would we want the third vision? We have good reasons for this, and will be unveiling them, and we also have exciting announcements about the creative team."

Straczynski and AMAZING SPIDER-MAN artist John Romita Jr. will move over to a new monthly Spidey title; Smith becomes the new writer of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN.

"I think that, unfortunately, because of the Straczynski and Smith announcement, Paul's really the forgotten man," Quesada says. "Let's really not forget what an incredibly talented writer we have on that other Spider-Man book. You're talking about a guy who brought you THE INHUMANS, who's bringing you ORIGIN - he's one of the top guys in the business. I don't want to see Paul get overshadowed here, but rest assured, Paul is involved with Spider-Man."