Spider-Man: Saga of the Sandman

The Amazing Spider-Man (1963-1998) #4, 18-19

by Steve Ditko (Illustrator), Stan Lee, Roy Thomas

It was no day at the beach when criminal Flint Marko was mutated into one of Marveldom's most versatile villains and began a career of kicking sand in our favorite heroes' faces! Some of the best battles between Sandman, Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and the Hulk are collected here in commemoration of his gritty film debut! Collects Amazing Spider-Man #4, #18-19; Fantastic Four #61; Incredible Hulk #138; Marvel Team-Up #1; Marvel Two-In One #86 and Untold Tales of Spider-Man #3.

Genres: Spider Man, Graphic Novels, Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels Comics

174 pages, Paperback

First published March 21, 2007

About the author

Stephen J. "Steve" Ditko was an American comic book artist and writer best known as the co-creator of the Marvel Comics heroes Spider-Man and Doctor Strange.

He was inducted into the comics industry's Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1990, and into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 1994.

Reviews

[Robert Hultman · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very cool little collection of tales of one of my favorite villains. What does it matter if he is made of sand and somehow still a conscious person? A great TPB, but to truly be called the SAGA of the Sandman, I would like to see FF62-63 & 94, Hulk 113-114 & 139, and ASM 217-218 (if not some others) as well as those in this collection. Marvel - make it happen! Bundle 'me up and charge too much and you'll sell millions of 'em!

[Tanner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Seriously have read this 10 times. April 2k24.

[Anna Cavallo · Rating 3 out of 5]

A vert cool little collection of tales of one of my favorite villains. What does it matter if he is made of sand and somehow still a conscious person? A great TPB, but to truly be called the SAGA of the Sandman, I would like to see FF62-63 & 94, Hulk 113-114 & 139, and ASM 217-218 (if not some others) as well as those in this collection. Marvel - make it happen! Bundle 'me up and charge too much and you'll sell millions of them!

Stan Lee

[Matt Thomas · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm not a huge Spider-man fan but he's not bad. This title is a compilation of Spider-man and Fantastic Four (mostly) stories centering around the villain Sandman. I've always been interested in the idea of a superpower like Sandman's: how exactly could such a thing manifest itself? He's often described in the books as being composed of what is indistinguishable from regular sand or rock. But how is conscious control exercised over his changeable body parts? How can he turn himself into a cloud of sand and then reform whole again? Although this work doesn't really go through anything like this, it is what I like to think about whenever I read fantastic fiction like this. Actually, that's the one criticism I would make: this is a compilation of works mostly from a relatively early in the age of comics and so most of the story lines and details are heavy on action but light in ideas. More current stories are a little more subtle. I like that. But this one was certainly in the positive for me. Thanks Stan!

[Matthew Ledrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredible Hulk #138: 5 stars
Marvel Two-In One #86: 5 stars.
Amazing Spider-Man #4: 5 stars.
Amazing Spider-Man #18: 5 stars.
Amazing Spider-Man #19: 5 stars.
Fantastic Four #61: 5 stars.
Marvel Team-Up #1: 5 stars.
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #3: 5 stars.

[Matt · Rating 5 out of 5]

reading a collection of sandman stories

[Laura · Rating 2 out of 5]

A bit tedious, but better than the past few marvel books I've read.