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Essential Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 2 (Essential Amazing Spider-Man #2)
The bite of an irradiated spider granted high-school student Peter Parker incredible, arachnid-like powers. When a burglar killed his beloved Uncle Ben, a grief-stricken Peter vowed to use his amazing abilities to protect his fellow man. He had learned an invaluable lesson: With great power, there must also come great responsibility! Through all his trials, Spider-Man r...more
Paperback, 536 pages
Published
September 14th 2011
by Marvel Comics
(first published 1998)
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Wow.
About half of this volume is plotted by the penciler, Steve Ditko - and those issues were fantastic. Things really kicked up a few notches, and even Stan Lee took on a much more serious tone with his scripting. We got the first of the long, dramatic action sagas that Spidey is known for (in this case, the Green Goblin's first discovery of Spidey's true identity) and some really shocking twists and turns.
And then Steve Ditko wasn't involved at all anymore, mid-story. The a...more
About half of this volume is plotted by the penciler, Steve Ditko - and those issues were fantastic. Things really kicked up a few notches, and even Stan Lee took on a much more serious tone with his scripting. We got the first of the long, dramatic action sagas that Spidey is known for (in this case, the Green Goblin's first discovery of Spidey's true identity) and some really shocking twists and turns.
And then Steve Ditko wasn't involved at all anymore, mid-story. The a...more
Couldn't concentrate much on the Washington biography while suffering from a bad cold (flu?) so I read way too many Spider-Man comics.
Crazy cool if you love comic books!
There were actually moments in here so well done that they got me misty-eyed, so I guess I can literally say that it made me laugh and made me cry. Not something I say about many things.
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Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber) is an American writer, editor, creator of comic book superheroes, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics.
With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Captain America, and many other cha...more
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With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Captain America, and many other cha...more
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