Marvel Comics Library. Spider-Man. Vol. 2. 1965-1966

Marvel Comics Library. Spider-Man. Vol. 2. 1965-1966Their collaboration on Spider Man couldn_Tt last forever_"but the five years of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko_Ts remarkable partnership lasted long enough for their character to evolve into a timeless icon and create a fandom that would last generations. TASCHEN_Ts second volume of Amazing Spider Man stories collects the latter half of the duo_Ts magnum opus, featuring brand new arch villains the Scorpion, Molten Man, and the Crime Master, return

Their collaboration on Spider-Man couldn�_Tt last forever�_"but the five-years of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko�_Ts remarkable partnership lasted long enough for their character to evolve into a timeless icon and create a fandom that would last generations. TASCHEN�_Ts second volume of Amazing Spider-Man stories collects the latter half of the duo�_Ts 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 �_oMaster Planner Saga�__ that reignited a feud with an iconic mystery villain, and left behind what many comics critics declare to be the greatest super hero story of all time.A�Beyond the action that faced Spider-Man�_"all choreographed with aplomb by the master stylist Ditko�_"there was also the matter of Peter Parker�_Ts maturation during a decade of social upheaval and change. With Stan Lee�_Ts 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�_Ts 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�_Ts father, Norman Osborn, the short-tempered industrialist who would later be revealed as Spider-Man�_Ts most dreaded foe. Meanwhile, Peter�_Ts up-and-down romance with Betty Brant would reach its culmination with both changed forever.A�Collected in an XXL-size volume that closely simulates the size and proportions of the original comic artboards, all individual issues have been sourced from the collection of Bob Bretall, holder of the Guinness World Record for largest comics collection. Bretall�_Ts pedigreed collection has been photographed using TASCHEN�_Ts 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�_Ts 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�_Ts coveted Eisner Award for Best Publication Design.A�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. Ac 2023 MARVEL