during this time, marvel made "the amazing spider-man" the company's sole spider-man title, upping its frequency of publication to three issues monthly and cancelling the other then-current spider-man titles "the sensational spider-man" and "friendly neighborhood spider-man", and inaugurated the series with a sequence of "back to basics" story arcs. this marks the first time since december 1976 (when "peter parker, the spectacular spider-man" #1 was published) that only one regularly published title featured spider-man in its title.