Not only would I be entertained for hours on end, but I imagine the book would be a very effective instrument for clubbing small to moderate-sized animals over the head. That was nearly sixty years ago at the time of this writing, and Spider-Man has never once succumbed to the type of obscurity which ideas lacking in originality and innovation are wont to suffer through the passage of time. Completing the entire Stan Lee/Steve Ditko Spider-Man run in one massive volume -including every page, every pinup and every letters column.

Howard (2) Robert Thompson (1) Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (2) Rocke Mastroserio (1) Roger Cruz (3) Roger Langridge (2) Ron Garney (2) Roy Thomas (2) Ryan Parrott (1) Sabretooth (1) Sal Velluto (1) Scott Lobdell (4) Scott Snyder (2) Sean Chen (2) Sean Howe (1) Sean Phillips (1) Sgt. This amount includes seller specified domestic postage charges as well as applicable international postage, dispatch, and other fees. Today, you will either find most comics to be bland and colorless to the point of losing all personality, or too stylized and out of touch with the characters of the comic (or just plain ugly).With a massive, double-length story and a number of stunning splash pages sprinkled throughout, the story is one of the high points of the Lee/Ditko partnership. Taky v druhé půli ubylo případů, kdy se Spider-mana pokusil někdo přechytračit nebo nějak obejít jeho pavoučí instinkt. That means, among other things, the reprinting of original letters pages for the first time, many of which contain letters from future comic book creators.

Not every single issue is a knockout, but the truth is that there’s rarely a dud to be found here – there are only a few toward the end, when Ditko is clearly beginning to lose some of his steam. Steve Ditko's art never infringed on either precept, which is something I cannot say for newer comics.It’s also the first Empire State University story, but Gwen and Harry are kind of jerks in their first appearances. So, this is essentially a continuation and expansion of the elements from the Chameleon story in issue 1. In fact it is really hard to compare the two since Romita's art is much different though very beautiful in its own right. My dear Dad, who didn't understand, made me get rid of them when I was around 17, saying I was too old for them.