The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 11: The Night Gwen Stacy Died

The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel Pocketbook) #11

by Stan Lee, John Romita Sr., Gil Kane

Reprints/Collects:
The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #121-128
Marvel Team-Up (1972) #15

Genres: Comics, Spider Man, Marvel, Graphic Novels Comics, Graphic Novels, Fantasy, Fiction

194 pages, Paperback

Published September 1, 2009

About the author

Stan 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.

Reviews

[Aryan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Small story arc,but had the greatest impact as people realised that comics could be dark by killing off the main characters,tasm2 end scene

[Miguel Salinas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Imprescindible entre los imprescindibles. Desde que era niño y vi Spiderman 1 me llamó la atención que Peter Parker es un tipo que siempre está llevando, sus villanos son muchísimos, no tiene dinero, sus amigos problemáticos, su familia ausente, además de que todas sus decisiones siempre le hacen backfire. Aún así siempre está de buen humor y nunca se rinde, creo que por eso es el héroe más popular del mundo.

Pero en esta historia no, aquí no hay final feliz, Gwen es su pizca de estabilidad y falla en salvarla (de hecho es muy probable que él mismo la matara al intentar atraparla en el aire). Si el tío Ben le dejó el "Un gran poder conlleva una gran responsabilidad", Gwen y su muerte le hacen cuestionarse su frase icónica, junto con todos los ideales que hacen a Spiderman. ¿Realmente vale la pena ser un superhéroe y atraer tanta desgracia? ¿Realmente vale la pena ser una buena persona siempre?

Este Peter Parker cansado de su vida y en busca de venganza, se enfrenta a todos, incluidos los que protegía, al final termina en la muerte/suicidio del Green Goblin en una demostración arquetípica de justicia poética que finalmente se adaptó a las películas (más o menos).

Si bien sieeeeempre hay en Marvel ese "eterno retorno", en este caso Peter está realmente jodido y jamás regresa, por lo que esta historia es un antes y un después para Spiderman.

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

I won’t hate as it’s pretty standard Spider-Man.

I don’t like comic book Mary Jane (at least in these issues). Also, Harry looks about 40 in these issues. It feels so random but okay.

The Marvel Team-Up issue didn’t feel relevant at all to me.

[Gabriel Tamaș · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked how by-the-book didactic these issues were. Like reading cautionary tales but with flashy colours and campy action. Quite interesting how, in full Comics Code Authority era Marvel managed to show an actual murder and a not-so-friendly neighbourhood Spiderman.

[swaggynerd · Rating 4 out of 5]

Phenomenal. One of the greatest and most pivotal moments in comic book history. This edition, along with its compilation of other issues following the tragic event, allowed me the chance and opportunity as a kid to experience what readers must've felt back then. Excelsior!

[Ushnav Shroff · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love love love the artwork. This one's got good dialogues too!

[layal · Rating 2 out of 5]

the night mary jane watson died

[Dan Iacono · Rating 3 out of 5]

quite tame. would’ve been more grisly had it not come out in the 60s

[Frances · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5/5

[Bradan Jae · Rating 5 out of 5]

does it genuinely get better than this?

[Leo · Rating 4 out of 5]

A pretty good storyline, although I don't appreciate the 'fridging' of Gwen Stacy for character development.

[Aidan Vaughan · Rating 5 out of 5]

A tragic story of love and loss, this laid the groundwork for one of my favourite fictional romances: Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson.

[Fathya · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hands down! The comic ver hits way harder it’s sadder and more tragic since Gwen only finds out Peter is Spider-Man and thinks he killed her dad right up until she dies. But vibe-wise TASM2 ver sticks more, it was told in a pretty dark tone.

[Dan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow. I'm a relatively new Spider-Man fan and was drawn to this having been introduced to Gwen Stacy in the latest film version. It's see the Green Goblin cause the death of Gwen Stacy and deals with Spider-Man/Peter Parker trying to cope with it. It's an incredible story which defines Spider-Man even to this day. It's really emotional as Spider-Man deals with one crazed villain to the next still trying to cope with his loss.

The artwork is fantastic and despite all the emotion Spider-Man's quips are as good as ever. I quite like the fact it has narration in the form of captions for many parts of the story, I kind of wish they still existed.

My version of this was the Marvel Pocketbooks version which goes from Issue #121-#128 and also includes the one shot "Marvel Team-up with Spider-Man and the Ghost Rider" for some unexplained reason (it's more of a Ghost Rider story and doesn't feel right here). Spider-Man faces the Green Goblin, Luke Cage, the Man-Wolf, the Kangaroo and the Vulture (sort-of) though I feel I've missed out on the return of the Green Goblin in the form of the now mad Harry Osborn.

Probably the greatest comic story of all time. All Spider-Man fans have to read this.

[Ruben · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book, starts right with Gwen's death and it shows the struggle and pain Peter Parker is going through while he keeps fighting bad guys as Spider-Man and with the police and media againts him. The first two chapters and the last two are great, the rest are also good but kind of cheesy, but still the characters are great and well written. This is why I love Spider-Man comics, don't need for big world domination conspiracies, just bad guys with a especific motivation, simple, good neighbourhood adventures.

[Lewis · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favourite classic stories with a good plot the artwork is nice and classical. Which the first part is shocking with the death of gwen Stacy and leaves a question on how she dies but it also changes spiderman into a darker version which I thought was brilliant idea after what happened in the second part the fight with the green goblin was good.
If you ask me this book is a must read.