Reviews

Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection Vol. 1: Great Power by Stan Lee

makothebookdragon's review

adventurous

4.0

mtdmali's review against another edition

3.0

Picked this up on a whim at a local comic book store as I had started going back to read up on some older key issues, and this collected edition contains so many of them! It’s debut after debut of Spidey’s most iconic foes, capped off with the really fun double-length Annual featuring the first appearance of the Sinister Six. Well worth the $50. I’m excited to move on to newer material though.

nectarinepran's review against another edition

3.0

Incredibly dated but not without charm. Ditko and Lee' work on this character is seminal but the writing for Peter and the cast left me wondering why? At a lot points, I'm not one to require a pure faultless protagonist but Jesus it's hard to really sympathise with Peter when he goes so out of his way to be a unsociable brat. Mainly introduces tons of foes spidey will be facing and the epic annual #1 that has him show off against the sinister six for the first of many times to come. The beefier arcs and stories are reserved for the second volume which I'll get to soon enough.

godlizza's review against another edition

4.0

Amazing Fantasy #15 is the greatest comic ever. In 15 pages they told the greatest hero origin story ever and set up Peter's character perfectly. Even in these early issues it's clear Lee and Ditko had a firm grasp on who Peter was and what his foils are. Were there issues here I didn't care for? Yes. Do I care? No. I love it.

Also I think we can all now agree that the OG Spider-Man love triangle wasn't Liz/Peter/Betty or even Peter/Liz/Flash, it was Johnny/Spider-Man/Flash.

Cool? Cool.

samtherat17's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

theav99's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0