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| schedule            = Monthly
| format              = Limited series
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| genre               = Superhero
| publisher           =  [[Marvel Comics]]
|date                = December 2014 – April 2015
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| issues              = 6
| main_char_team      = [[X-Men]]<br>[[Spider-Man]]
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| writers             = [[Elliott Kalan]]
| artists             = [[Marco Failla]]
| pencillers          = [[Stacy Lee (artist)|Stacy Lee]]
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| creators            = [[Elliott Kalan]]
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'''''Spider-Man and the X-Men''''' is a six-issue superhero [[Limited series (comics)|limited series]] of comic books written by [[Elliott Kalan]], drawn by [[Marco Failla]], and published by [[Marvel Comics]] between December 2014 and April 2015.

==Publication history==
Marvel began publishing a comic series titled ''[[Wolverine and the X-Men (comics)|Wolverine and the X-Men]]'' in 2011, but the series ended when the lead character [[Death of Wolverine|died]] in 2014. Writer Elliott Kalan and artist [[Marco Failla]] continued the storyline, replacing [[Wolverine (character)|Wolverine]] with [[Spider-Man]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=55544 |title=Kalan Heads Back to School with "Spider-Man & the X-Men" |publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]] |access-date=2016-02-28}}</ref> This volume lasted six issues from December 2014 to April 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://marvel.com/comics/issue/52542/spider-man_the_x-men_2014_1 |title=Spider-Man & the X-Men (2014) #1 &#124; Comics |publisher=Marvel.com |access-date=2016-02-28}}</ref>

A [[trade paperback (comics)|trade paperback]] collecting all six issues was released August 4, 2015.

==Synopsis==
Following the [[death of Wolverine]], Spider-Man honors a request in his will to become a faculty member at the [[Jean Grey School for Higher Learning]] and tries to teach ethics to troubled students. At the same time, he secretly investigates the students because Wolverine asked him to locate a traitor. After a number of unrelated fights and adventures, one of his students, [[Ernst (comics)|Ernst]], reveals that she made a deal with the evil [[Mister Sinister]] in an effort to help [[No-Girl]]. Sinister betrays Ernst, who then works with her classmates and Spider-Man to defeat Sinister and save nearby civilians. Because of their teamwork, no one is expelled from the school and the students are allowed to go on weekly patrols with Spider-Man.

==Critical reception==
''Spider-Man and the X-Men'' #1 sold 61,952 copies the month of release, making it the 14th best selling issue in December 2014.<ref>{{cite web|author=John Jackson Miller |url=http://www.comichron.com/monthlycomicssales/2014/2014-12.html |title=Comic Book Sales Figures for December 2014 |publisher=Comichron.com |access-date=2016-02-28}}</ref> It received an average score of 6.9/10 based on 20 reviews according to [[review aggregator]] [[Comic Book Roundup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comicbookroundup.com/comic-books/reviews/marvel-comics/spider-man--the-x-men/1 |title=Spider-Man & The X-Men #1 Reviews at |publisher=Comic Book Roundup|access-date=2016-02-28}}</ref> ''[[Newsarama]]'' writer Pierce Lydon said, "''[[Daily Show]]'' head writer Elliott Kalan is at the helm, but a throwaway cast and a concept borrowed in part from the last few years of ''[[Young Avengers]]'' titles doesn't help this one."<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.newsarama.com/22966-best-shots-rapid-reviews-uncanny-x-men-annual-1-batman-eternal-36-bitch-planet-1-more.html | title= Best Shots Rapid Reviews > ''Spider-Man & the X-Men'' #1| first= Pierce |last=Lydon|date= December 11, 2014 |publisher= [[Newsarama]] | access-date= May 26, 2016| archive-date= December 28, 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141228200401/http://www.newsarama.com/22966-best-shots-rapid-reviews-uncanny-x-men-annual-1-batman-eternal-36-bitch-planet-1-more.html | url-status=live}}</ref>

==Animated Series==
There was no actual animated series of ''Spider-Man and the X-Men,'' although there were two episodes of the animated TV show ''[[Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends]]'' that starred X-Men characters: "A Fire-Star Is Born" in the second season, and "The X-Men Adventure" in the third and last season. Also there was a two-part story built with episodes "The Mutant Agenda" and "Mutants' Revenge" that was a part of the ''[[Spider-Man (1994 TV series)|Spider-Man: The Animated Series]].''

==Video games ==
There were two games that starred Spider-Man and the X-Men. In the 1990s, there was a game for [[Sega Genesis]], [[Game Gear]], [[Game Boy]], and [[Super NES]] called ''[[Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge]]''. In 2001, Spider-Man joined the list of X-Men characters in the [[PlayStation]] game ''[[X-Men: Mutant Academy 2]]''.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{comicbookdb|type=title|id=46429|title=Spider-Man and the X-Men}}
* {{Marveldatabase}}

{{Spider-Man publications}}
{{X-Men comics}}

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