 In the series "", Byrne retold some of Spider-Man's earliest adventures, changing some key aspects.<ref></ref> In late 1998, Byrne became 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 (November 1998), with Marvel re-initiating the series with a new issue #1 (Jan. 1999) with Howard Mackie as writer and Byrne on pencils.<ref>Cowsill "1990s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 246