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A review by dantastic
Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2: The Sinister Six by Steve Ditko, Stan Lee
5.0
Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1: With Great Power collects Amazing Spider-Man 11-19 and Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1.
I had such a great time with Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Volume 1 that I had to grab this. The Michael Cho cover didn't hurt.
In this volume, Spidey takes on Doctor Octopus, Mysterio, The Enforcers, The Green Goblin, The Sandman, the Sinister Six, the Ringmaster, Kraven the Hunter, and his own self-doubt. He's also like Archie in that he's got the hot for Betty Brant but Liz Allan is driving for the goal line pretty hard and Aunt May is trying to get him to go out with that Watson girl.
Peter Parker progresses as a character quite a bit in this volume, more confident in both his personal life and as Spider-Man. Graduation looms and Peter juggles Spider-Man with girls and Aunt May's never ending series of health problems. Seriously, she's probably on a first name basis with the grim reaper. She also has the hots for Doctor Octopus, something that will bear fruit years down the road.
Lee and Ditko are in top form on this one. I wonder if Ditko has taken on more of the plotting at this point. As a life long Fantastic Four fan, I hate to admit that the early years of Spider-Man are a lot more readable. Lee's dialogue is a lot more suited to stories of this kind. Ditko's art is top notch, although I prefer the more psychedelic work on Doctor Strange.
Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2: The Sinister Six is Silver Age Spidey at his finest. Five out of five stars.
I had such a great time with Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Volume 1 that I had to grab this. The Michael Cho cover didn't hurt.
In this volume, Spidey takes on Doctor Octopus, Mysterio, The Enforcers, The Green Goblin, The Sandman, the Sinister Six, the Ringmaster, Kraven the Hunter, and his own self-doubt. He's also like Archie in that he's got the hot for Betty Brant but Liz Allan is driving for the goal line pretty hard and Aunt May is trying to get him to go out with that Watson girl.
Peter Parker progresses as a character quite a bit in this volume, more confident in both his personal life and as Spider-Man. Graduation looms and Peter juggles Spider-Man with girls and Aunt May's never ending series of health problems. Seriously, she's probably on a first name basis with the grim reaper. She also has the hots for Doctor Octopus, something that will bear fruit years down the road.
Lee and Ditko are in top form on this one. I wonder if Ditko has taken on more of the plotting at this point. As a life long Fantastic Four fan, I hate to admit that the early years of Spider-Man are a lot more readable. Lee's dialogue is a lot more suited to stories of this kind. Ditko's art is top notch, although I prefer the more psychedelic work on Doctor Strange.
Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2: The Sinister Six is Silver Age Spidey at his finest. Five out of five stars.