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The Amazing Spider-Man (1963-1998) #1
Fantastic Four/Spider-Man Classic
Marvel movie stars past and present unite in a series of senses-shattering slugfests for the ages! At the dawn of the Marvel Age, Spider-Man meets the Fantastic Four and battles the Chameleon! Also featuring a battle royal with the Frightful Four, the first appearance of the future New Mutant known as Karma, and more! When comics' first family and everybody's friendly neighborhood wall-crawler get together, chaos is sure to ensue! Collects Amazing Spider-Man #1; Spectacular Spider-Man #42; Fantastic Four #218; Marvel Team-Up #100, 132-133; and Untold Tales of Spider-Man '96.
152 pages, Paperback
First published May 4, 2005
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Stan Lee
7,599 books2,415 followersStan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber) was 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, Thor as a superhero, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Scarlet Witch, The Inhumans, and many other characters, introducing complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books. He subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation.
With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Thor as a superhero, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Scarlet Witch, The Inhumans, and many other characters, introducing complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books. He subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation.
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August 29, 2021
A collection of FF and Spider Man team up stories.
April 19, 2013
The Fantastic Four and Spider-man: They were the two most popular comics in the Marvel Age of the 1960s. This book collects stories of Spider-man and the Fantastic Four together in stories from the 1960s, 80s, and 90s (well sort of.) The trade paperback draws from Amazing Spider-man #1, Spectacular Spider-man #42, Fantastic Four #218, Marvel Team Up #100, #132, and #133, and the 1996 Untold Tales of Spider-man Annual.
Amazing Spider-man #1 includes the Fantastic Four and Spider-man's first meeting as Spidey attempts to join the Fantastic Four to support his family and decides to give himself a tryout. It's a classic and puts the relationship between the two Marvel icons to a rocky start. Still, it's a classic must-read. Though the version that appeared in Fantastic Four Annual #1 may have been a better choice as it had an expanded battle scene without the extraneous story of Spider-man chasing down the Chameleon. Grade: B+
Spectacular Spider-man #42/Fantastic Four #218 is a 1980 story that shows the Frightful Four trying to destroy Spider-man and the FF in one fell swoop. Again, that's the type of epic battle you're looking for. Grade: A
Marvel Team Up #100 features Spider-man and the Fantastic Four is written by Chris Claremont of X-Men fame wrote this issue from December 1980 which features the FF and Spidey facing dangerous mutants who can take control of Spidey and members of the Fantastic Five. Superb writing on this one. Grade: A+
Marvel Team up #132 and #133 is a 1983 featuring a two party story that has Mr. Fantastic and Spidey having to battle the almost undefeatable Everyman, the son of a friend of Reed's and then Reed moves on to face Dr. Faustus, the master of the mind in Issue #133 in a story that has a lot of twists and turns. Big downside is Reed and Spidey's constant emphasis on the rightness of Everyman's general point, but otherwise a strong story. Grade: A-
Untold Tales of Spider-man Annual: The Spidey-Torch relationship has been one of the most interesting non-romantic stories in Marveldom. This tale takes place in the 1960s before Reed and Sue had tied the knot. Torch intentionally steals the spotlight from Spider-man on patrol. Spider-man decides to try and get under Torch's skin by inviting Sue on a date. However, when the neglected Sue accepts, the hot headed torch heads to Atlantis and gets Namor to go after Spider-man by telling him Spidey actually kidnapped Sue. A lighter story with a great payoff. Grade: A
Overall, these are some great stories. We could have used at least one story where the Thing figured prominently. And it has to be said that at $17, it was originally over-priced for a 152-page paperback book. However, if you can pick it up cheap on Amazon, this actually a great read.
Amazing Spider-man #1 includes the Fantastic Four and Spider-man's first meeting as Spidey attempts to join the Fantastic Four to support his family and decides to give himself a tryout. It's a classic and puts the relationship between the two Marvel icons to a rocky start. Still, it's a classic must-read. Though the version that appeared in Fantastic Four Annual #1 may have been a better choice as it had an expanded battle scene without the extraneous story of Spider-man chasing down the Chameleon. Grade: B+
Spectacular Spider-man #42/Fantastic Four #218 is a 1980 story that shows the Frightful Four trying to destroy Spider-man and the FF in one fell swoop. Again, that's the type of epic battle you're looking for. Grade: A
Marvel Team Up #100 features Spider-man and the Fantastic Four is written by Chris Claremont of X-Men fame wrote this issue from December 1980 which features the FF and Spidey facing dangerous mutants who can take control of Spidey and members of the Fantastic Five. Superb writing on this one. Grade: A+
Marvel Team up #132 and #133 is a 1983 featuring a two party story that has Mr. Fantastic and Spidey having to battle the almost undefeatable Everyman, the son of a friend of Reed's and then Reed moves on to face Dr. Faustus, the master of the mind in Issue #133 in a story that has a lot of twists and turns. Big downside is Reed and Spidey's constant emphasis on the rightness of Everyman's general point, but otherwise a strong story. Grade: A-
Untold Tales of Spider-man Annual: The Spidey-Torch relationship has been one of the most interesting non-romantic stories in Marveldom. This tale takes place in the 1960s before Reed and Sue had tied the knot. Torch intentionally steals the spotlight from Spider-man on patrol. Spider-man decides to try and get under Torch's skin by inviting Sue on a date. However, when the neglected Sue accepts, the hot headed torch heads to Atlantis and gets Namor to go after Spider-man by telling him Spidey actually kidnapped Sue. A lighter story with a great payoff. Grade: A
Overall, these are some great stories. We could have used at least one story where the Thing figured prominently. And it has to be said that at $17, it was originally over-priced for a 152-page paperback book. However, if you can pick it up cheap on Amazon, this actually a great read.
February 19, 2014
It's not that the stories here are 1 stars, but the collection itself doesn't hold together at all. I don't know that anyone was really clamoring for a compilation of FF/Spidey team-ups, and in fact the back cover copy refers to the movies that came out at the time, which amuses me because the rights aren't even held by the same stuiods, and therefore the movies will never have crossovers!
Also the DeMatteis story is pretty wack, as usual.
Also the DeMatteis story is pretty wack, as usual.
April 26, 2014
Nothing like good old classics. Spider-man adventure alongside with the Fantastic Four.
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