Amazing Spider-Man

<b>The Penguin Classics Marvel Collection presents the origin stories seminal tales and characters of the Marvel Universe to explore Marvel's transformative and timeless influence on an entire genre of fantasy.</b> <p/> <b>A Penguin Classics Marvel Collection Edition</b> <p/> Collects Spider-Man! from <i>Amazing Fantasy</i> #15 (1962); <i>The Amazing Spider-Man</i> #1-4 #9 #10 #13 #14 #17-19 (1963-1964); Goodbye to Linda Brown from <i>Strange Tales</i> #97 (1962); How Stan Lee and Steve Ditko Create Spider-Man! from <i>The Amazing Spider-Man Annual</i> #1 (1964). 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. <p/> 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. <p/> 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. <p/> The Deluxe Hardcover edition features gold foil stamping gold top stain edges special endpapers with artwork spotlighting series villains and full-color art throughout.