Having most recently gone by the title Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, seeking to capitalise on the popularity of the cartoon of that name, Marvel UK's longest running title renamed itself simply Spider-Man as of #579, released 11th April 1984. Spider-Man #595 saw the comic absorb failing sister title The Thing is Big Ben, briefly acknowledging this merger on the cover. Spider-Man #607 to #610 featured a new, non-reprint Spider-Man story.
However, a few months later, with sales dropping, the decision was made to refocus the Spider-Man title towards younger readers, and with #634 the series was rebranded as The Spider-Man Comic.
