MARVEL COMICS LIBRARY Spider-Man Volume 2 1965-1966 XXL

Introduction by Jonathan Ross. Spider-Man tangles with Doc Ock, Kraven, and the Green Goblin, while Peter Parker navigates the perils of teen romance in the second half of Stan Lee's and Steve Ditko’s Amazing Spider-Man magnum opus. This volume in the Eisner-Award winning series sources the highest quality comic books to reproduce meticulous facsimile editions that would make Aunt May proud. Magnificent reproduction, oversized so as not to miss any detail. The inside pages of each issue are printed on quality paper that best imitates the original newsprint pages, while the covers are all on separate, glossy stock, bright and well reproduced. Letters pages, house ads, pin-up pages and inside and back cover ads are all included. Marvel Comics Library 2023 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for Best Archival Collection/Project – Comic Books Storylines and credits are detailed for every issue. The 40-age introduction features lots of full page, original artwork; rare Spidey merchandise, magazine appearances and promotional art, and more. Ross discusses the ups and downs of every one of the issues here. Cloth bookmark. Their collaboration on Spider-Man couldn’t last forever -- but the five-years of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko’s remarkable partnership lasted long enough for their character to evolve into a timeless icon and create a fandom that would last generations. Taschen’s second volume of Amazing Spider-Man stories collects the latter half of the duo’s magnum opus, featuring brand new arch-villains the Scorpion, Molten Man, and the Crime-Master, return engagements with Kraven the Hunter and the Green Goblin, and the three-part “Master Planner Saga” that reignited a feud with an iconic mystery villain, leaving behind what many comics critics declare to be the greatest super hero story of all time. Beyond the action that faced Spider-Man -- all choreographed with aplomb by the master stylist Ditko -- there was also the matter of Peter Parker’s maturation during a decade of social upheaval and change. With Stan Lee’s blend of soap opera melodramatics and finger-on-the-pulse social sensitivities, Peter graduated from high school to college and started to deal with a myriad of adult struggles, mirroring the life experiences of the book’s readership. A scrawny teenager no more, Lee and Ditko would widen his network of friends and frenemies, debuting Gwen Stacy, Harry Osborn, and, in a series of hilarious cameos, Mary Jane Watson, all characters that would develop into one of the deepest and most substantive supporting casts in all of comics. Also introduced is Harry’s father, Norman Osborn, the short-tempered industrialist who would later be revealed as Spider-Man’s most dreaded foe. Meanwhile, Peter’s up-and-down romance with Betty Brant would reach its culmination with both changed forever. Collected in an XXL-size volume that closely simulates the size and proportions of the original comic art boards. All individual issues have been sourced from the collection of Bob Bretall, holder of the Guinness World Record for largest comics collection. Bretall’s pedigreed collection has been photographed using Taschen’s sterling reproduction methods, resembling the way these comics first looked when initially published in 1965 and 1966, while also being digitally remastered using modern retouching techniques to correct problems with the era’s inexpensive, imperfect printing. A custom paper stock was exclusively developed for this series to simulate the newsprint feel and color holding of the original comics. The Marvel Comics Library has earned well-deserved raves from comic collecting diehards for combining an old school comic book reading experience with a luxurious oversized book format, winning the industry’s coveted Eisner Award for Best Publication Design. Complementing the comics is an incisive and often side-splitting essay by British TV and radio host Jonathan Ross. Accompanying his essay is a gallery of original art, photographs, rarities, and other ephemera of the era. Note: This is packed in a cardboard mailing container, essentially a clamshell box, meant to protect the book in transit. Occasionally these boxes will not be perfect and might have a minor bump or scuffs. Please bear in mind these are merely mailing containers to protect the book inside from damage...they are not meant to be "mint." Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge.