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Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include

Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

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347, [5] pages. Illustrations. Biographies. Bottom corners of several back

347, [5] pages. Illustrations. Biographies. Bottom corners of several back pages creased. An action-packed anthology of original short stories chronicles the adventures and exploits of the popular superhero, from an account of the origins of Spider-Man through the events of his spectacular career. Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber December 28, 1922 – November 12, 2018) was an American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer. He rose through the ranks of a family-run business called Timely Comics, which later became Marvel Comics. He was Marvel's primary creative leader for two decades, expanding it from a small publishing house division to a multimedia corporation that dominated the comics and film industries. Derived from a Kirkus review: A novella from Marvel Comics co-founder Lee and writer Peter David packaged with 12 new stories (from other writers) that follow the amazing web-slinger from his humble high-school beginnings to his contemporary crises of purpose. Threats from within matched the danger outside. This anthology seems determined to paint a portrait of the wall-crawler. Ann Nocenti's twisted tale of organ thieves and genetic horrors (``Blindspot'') successfully conveys the dark side of Spider-Man as she enters the area between classical ethics and ambiguities that shows the web-slinger at his most complex. Other tales are: Spidey teaches a young boy a lesson about responsibility (Lawrence Watt-Evans's ``Cool''); Spidey races to keep Dr. Curt Conners, a Jekyll-and-Hyde character whose bad side is the Lizard, from snuffing out his family (Christopher Golden's ``Radically Both''); Spidey swings to Brooklyn, carrying a liver transplant for a little girl (Robert L. Washington III's ``Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Courier''). Other tales provide the supporting cast: Peter Parker's angelic Aunt May; his suffering girlfriends (Gwen, Mary Jane); his grouchy Daily Bugle editor, J. Jonah Jameson; and some of the more notable villains, including Doctor Octopus, Vulture, Mysterio, and Venom.