Stan Lee Presents: Spider-Woman contains Marvel Spotlight #32 (Spider-Woman's first appearance) and Spider-Woman #1-8. In the original story, writer Archie Goodwin and illustrators Sal Buscema and Jim Mooney introduce the character, here named Arachne and working for HYDRA against the forces of SHIELD. She learns the secret of her origin and rethinks her alliegences. Though a brief origin, Marvel primarily created her to pre-empt Filmation's plan to create an animated Spider-Woman who would capitalize on Spider-Man's fame. Despite these motives, the character was a hit and writer Marv Wolfman and illustrator Carmine Infantino developed a stand-alone series. This reprints all of Wolfman's stories as he added details to Spider-Woman's origin and tried for a tone between action and horror to define the character. This Pocket Book serves as an early collected edition prior to Marvel's Essential or Masterworks Editions and also works as a comics digest. Those looking to read Spider-Woman's early adventures will enjoy this, though the format does shrink the lettering a bit so that it may be more difficult for some readers. ( )