Marvel Masterworks Vol. 10: The Amazing Spider-Man Nos. 21-30, Amazing Spider-Man Annual No. 1

by Stan Lee, Steve Ditko (Illustrator)

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Genres: Comics

263 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1989

About the author

Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber) was an American writer, editor, creator of comic book superheroes, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics.

With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Thor as a superhero, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Scarlet Witch, The Inhumans, and many other characters, introducing complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books. He subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation.

Reviews

[Dave · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book covers the issues of Amazing Spider-man from #21-#30 & Annual 1. Ditko’s art really improves with the dynamic poses Spidey takes and the various facial expressions characters make along with buildings and background detail. Our hero faces the return of the Circus of Crime, Green Goblin, the Scorpion, and the Crime-master. The Molten Man makes his debut and Spidey faces The Sinister Six in the annual which is among my favorites in the book along with the first Spider Slayer robot from issue 25.

[John Peel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Okay, what can I say about this book? It's Stan Lee and Steve Ditko at their very best, and you simply don't get any better comic tales than that. Absolutely brilliant.

[Michael P. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Finally, some really fun Spider-Man stories that are not overburdened by Stan Lee's droning word balloons. The difference, I think, is that Steve Ditko is the plotter of many of these stories and he leaves room in the art for the soap opera story elements that are so dear to Lee's heart. The result is that Lee does not try to cram these elements into panels that are really about something else. The collection is uneven and includes the truly bizarre annual #1, but the worst stories are average for Marvel of that era and the best are really fun.