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A review by nomadtla
Essential The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 by Stan Lee
4.0
While I have been a Spider-Man fan off and on since the 90's I had never read how it all began. Sure we all know the origin but I wanted to kind of go back in time and see how Spidey/Peter was characterized back then.
This is a fantastic way to get those early stories that would be way to pricey to buy in their original form. There is also a lot of content here. My one complaint is that they were totally in black and white but still not bad to get the first 21 Spider-Man stories for $10-15.
The stories themselves are obviously dated with cultural touchstones that are lost on anyone without some sense of history. There is a ton of exposition and description used in these early days of comics. So much so that you kind of get tired of reading Spidey's thoughts on why he is shooting webs at a villains arms. It ties them up. We get it. Overall though this book is a lot of fun and a neat little time capsule into the character, the world he inhabits, and even the world of the readers of the 1960's. Definitely worth a read if you're interested in the character or pop culture of the time.
This is a fantastic way to get those early stories that would be way to pricey to buy in their original form. There is also a lot of content here. My one complaint is that they were totally in black and white but still not bad to get the first 21 Spider-Man stories for $10-15.
The stories themselves are obviously dated with cultural touchstones that are lost on anyone without some sense of history. There is a ton of exposition and description used in these early days of comics. So much so that you kind of get tired of reading Spidey's thoughts on why he is shooting webs at a villains arms. It ties them up. We get it. Overall though this book is a lot of fun and a neat little time capsule into the character, the world he inhabits, and even the world of the readers of the 1960's. Definitely worth a read if you're interested in the character or pop culture of the time.