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Loading... Essential Spider-Man Vol. 5 (edition 2002)by Stan Lee
Work InformationEssential Spider-Man, Volume 5 by Stan Lee
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Volume 5 collects issues 90-113 and opens in the midst of a fight with Doc Ock. If you're only familiar with the Spider-Man movies, you'll find the jumble of half a dozen story lines as originally written by Stan Lee with their original characters (yes, there was a whole love life prior to Mary Jane - more than one even!). Stan Lee's writing is featured throughout with a few runs from Roy Thomas (Morbius) and a shift at the end towards Gerry Conway where we see a tired, ulcer-ridden Spider-man questioning his own motives begin to take over. Issues 90-113 feature a mix of super-villains, Marvel crossovers and back-stories. Only a few items of fashion and some throwaway lines about Nixon's honesty date the comic (well, and the arc involving Flash's return from Vietnam), but otherwise it's still very readable today. no reviews | add a review
Granted amazing, arachnid-like abilities by the bite of an irradiated spider, Peter Parker has vowed to protect his fellow man! In this volume: the return of the diabolical Doctor Octopus! A side trip to theSavageLand that time forgot! The first appearance of Morbius the Living Vampire! The death of Captain Stacy! Plus: the wall-crawler's climactic confrontation with the grinning Green Goblin! Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #90-113. No library descriptions found. |
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I've discovered that Stan Lee's Silver Age work from 1961 onwards definitely deserves the praise it's been given over the years.
'The Essential Spider-man' is full of simple, exciting, dynamic, satisfying adventure stories. That's it, but that's all I needed. ( )