false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171560777m/105920.jpg 105920 10 The comic book publishing event of 2000 is coming to your bookstore.<P> <P>Ultimate Spider-Man received extensive press coverage and was the highest selling comics launch of the year. It is the reinterpretation of Spider-Man's origin, updated for today's tweens and teens. Starting over at the beginning, the story of how a tortured teen is imbued with startling powers, has been completely re-imagined to appeal to the hi-tech, media savvy youth of today.<P> <P>In the process, great steps were taken to make the unfolding saga reader-friendly to the non-comics reader. "Our characters have been around for almost 40 years," explained Bill Jemas, Marvel`s President of Publishing and New Media, explaining the reasoning behind Ultimate Spider-Man. "It's great that our comics are so rich that storylines run forever, but we want the Ultimate books to be accessible to the first-time reader. Someone will be able to pick up an issue of Ultimate Spider-Man and have enough information to understand and appreciate it." <P>An outsider even amongst his own peers, high school student Peter Parker is a young man at the crossroads of destiny. Orphaned as a youth and raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May, Peter finds himself the target of a constant barrage of pranks perpetrated by school jock Flash Thompson and his burly bud, nicknamed Kong. After Peter is bitten by an experimental spider from the laboratory of Osborn Industries, industrialist Norman Osborn takes a deadly interest in this development. Will Peter be able to avoid a violent case of corporate downsizing? When backed into a corner, will our hero learn that with great power there must come great responsibility? 102101 2001 Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 1: Power and Responsibility total:574|5:211|4:196|3:122|2:38|1:7| 574 2288 646 40 2 0 false false Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 18:17:34 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 16:14:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Nov 29 06:18:04 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 06:18:04 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 09:39:52 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 09:51:18 -0800 2009 Peter wasn't quite as snarky and funny as he usually is at first, but by the end some of the old humor was...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 11:35:03 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 14:33:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 07 11:22:20 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 07 12:12:25 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 21:25:11 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 17:33:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 15:53:54 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 15:55:07 -0700 2009
The art is really wonderful...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 14 18:09:23 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 18:09:50 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Sep 06 19:11:37 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 19:12:55 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Dec 11 06:25:32 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 06:27:17 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Wed Nov 11 20:06:42 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 20:08:42 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 02:26:31 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 02:52:36 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Sep 25 09:25:53 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 25 19:01:40 -0800 2008
And what's up with the cheezy dialog, anyway? Is that like having to put up with the bad jokes at bluegra...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 27 07:35:13 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 07:37:45 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Mar 06 13:17:14 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 13:18:00 -0800 2009 1 4 0 false false Sun Mar 15 05:37:57 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 05:37:57 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 05:15:34 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 05:16:05 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Tue Mar 31 10:40:24 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 10:41:28 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 23:08:59 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 23:10:00 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Sep 23 08:49:14 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 08:51:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=105920