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Loading... Marvel Masterworks, Volume 022: The Amazing Spider-Man Volume 5 [#41-50 + Annual #3]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. The second volume of Marvel's collected Spider-Man books, this one introducing the Green Goblin, Kraven the Hunter, Mysterio and the Scorpion. Spider-Man was the cream of the early Marvel crop, combining excellent artwork, memorable characters and villains, and the light touch of humor and irony that the other Marvel comics were all too lacking in. It took Steve Ditko 2 years to peak as Spider-Man's artist. John Romita seems to hit a peak immediately. Put simply these classic issues offer Marvel Age perfection. Where do I start? Mary Jane Watson's onscreen debut in issue 42? The return of long-gone Ditko villains like The Lizard and The Vulture? The return of Jonah's astronaut son as a supervillain (sort of). The debut of The Rhino? The Shocker? Peter Parker's motor cycle? His moving into an apartment with Harry Osborne as he moves out of his unpopular nerd phase and becomes one of the gang? Gwen Stacy's first overt interest in Peter as she feels the competition with MJ? The classic sequence where Peter dumps his Spidey suit in a trash can? Simply perfection, and the standard would continue for some years after this. no reviews | add a review
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Collects Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #41-50 & Amazing Spider-Man Annual #3. After months of hints and failed setups, Mary Jane Watson jumps into Peter Parker's life with a bang - leaving him unsure who he likes more, MJ or Gwen Stacy! And while Peter gets a motorcycle and his fi rst apartment with friend Harry Osborn, Spider-Man faces villains deadlier than ever! The Lizard! Kraven the Hunter! A new Vulture! The Kingpin! And introducing the Rhino and Shocker!. No library descriptions found. |
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Personally, I like John Romita's art better than Ditko's. This is the first Masterworks volume to contain all Romita art and finds the artist carving out his own style (Romita has said that initially he tried to copy Ditko's style as closely as possible so the changeup wouldn't seem so drastic). While some of the issues contained are not as memorable as others, by the end Stan Lee and John Romita are swinging for the bleachers. Recommended! ( )