{"product_id":"the-amazing-spider-man-by-stan-lee-9780143135739","title":"The Amazing Spider-Man","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is impossible to imagine American popular culture without Marvel Comics. For decades, Marvel has published groundbreaking visual narratives that sustain attention on multiple levels—explorations of the relationship between power and responsibility, metaphors for the experience of difference and otherness, meditations on the pain of adolescence and the fluid nature of identity, examinations of the meaning, and limits, of patriotism. Marvel provides ironic juxtapositions of the cosmic and the quotidian, resources for the understanding of political and social history, and high-water marks in the artistic tradition of American cartooning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the first time, these classic stories of some of the most iconic superheroes in the history of American comics are available as Penguin Classics. This anthology goes back to the original source material for \u003cem\u003eThe Amazing Spider-Man\u003c\/em\u003e, with key stories from the first two years, from 1962 to 1964. These allegories of adolescence permanently transformed the conventions of the superhero genre by insisting that great power is never just a means to an end, but also a burdensome responsibility. The introduction offers fresh insights into character development and the personalities of the creators. Also included are rarely reprinted non-superhero stories, early letter pages, and supplemental materials shedding light on Lee and Ditko's artistic process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Penguin Classics Marvel Collection presents the origin stories, seminal tales, and characters of the Marvel Universe to explore Marvel's transformative and timeless influence on an entire genre of fantasy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Penguin Classics Marvel Collection Edition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCollects stories from: Amazing Fantasy #15 (1962), \u003cem\u003eThe Amazing Spider-Man\u003c\/em\u003e #1-4, #9, #10, #13, #14, #17-19 (1963-1964); \"Goodbye to Linda Brown\" from Strange Tales #97 (1962); \"How Stan Lee and Steve Ditko Create Spider-Man!\" from \u003cem\u003eThe Amazing Spider-Man Annual\u003c\/em\u003e #1 (1964).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis anthology contains twelve key stories from the first two years of Spider-Man's publication history (from 1962 to 1964). These influential adventures not only transformed superhero fantasy into an allegory for the pain of adolescence but also brought a new ethical complexity to the genre by insisting that with great power there must also come great responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA foreword by Jason Reynolds and scholarly introductions and apparatus by Ben Saunders offer further insight into the enduring significance of \u003cem\u003eThe Amazing Spider-Man\u003c\/em\u003e and classic Marvel comics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Penguin Classics black spine paperback features full-colour art throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47599027323116,"sku":"9780143135739","price":67.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780143135739-the-amazing-spider-man.jpg?v=1777971711","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-amazing-spider-man-by-stan-lee-9780143135739","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}