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The Amazing Spider-Man

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The Amazing Spider-Man Synopsis

It is impossible to imagine American popular culture without Marvel Comics. For decades, Marvel has published groundbreaking visual narratives that sustain attention on multiple levels: as metaphors for the experience of difference and otherness; as meditations on the fluid nature of identity; and as high-water marks in the artistic tradition of American cartooning, to name a few.

This anthology contains twelve key stories from the first two years of Spider-Man's publication history (from 1962 to 1964). These influential adventures not only transformed the super hero fantasy into an allegory for the pain of adolescence but also brought a new ethical complexity to the genre-by insisting that with great power there must also come great responsibility.

A foreword by Jason Reynolds and scholarly introductions and apparatus by Ben Saunders offer further insight into the enduring significance of The Amazing Spider-Man and classic Marvel comics.

The Penguin Classics black spine paperback features full-colour art throughout.

About This Edition

ISBN: 9780143135739
Publication date: 14th June 2022
Author: Stan Lee
Illustrator: Steve Ditko
Publisher: Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 384 pages
Series: Penguin Classics Marvel Collection
Genres: Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Superheroes and super-villains
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
American style / tradition comic books
Anthologies: general