In the series Spider-Man: Chapter One, Byrne sought to retell
some of Spider-Man’s earliest adventures, changing some key
aspects. In late 1998, Byrne also took over as writer of the
flagship series, The Amazing Spider-Man, at the end of the
series with issue #440, by which time Marvel had decided to
relaunch the book. The "last" issue of The Amazing Spider-Man was
#441 (Nov. 1998), with Marvel re-initiating the series with a
new issue #1 (Jan. 1999) with Howard Mackie as writer and Byrne
as penciler. Byrne penciled issues #1–18 (from 1999–2000) and
wrote #13–14.
