Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 20

Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man #20

by Dennis O'Neil, John Romita, Jr., Keith Pollard (Illustrator)

Peter Parker's always had the worst luck, but Spider-Man's a hit with the ladies in his latest round of adventures! The Black Cat is back, and her love-hate relationship with Spidey is heating up. Dazzler disco dances with our hero in an early appearance not to be missed. She's not only mutant caught in Spidey's web; Mesmero is back, courtesy Dennis O'Neil. Then, an all-time Spider-Man great makes his series debut: John Romita Jr.! JRJR carries on the family tradition, creating some of the most iconic Spider-Man adventures of all time beginning right here. Also featuring a Stern 'n' Byrne one-shot, the first appearances of Madame Web and Hydro-Man and Frank Miller's classic Spider-Man/Doctor Strange team-up! COLLECTING: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) 203-212, ANNUAL (1964) 14

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

242 pages, Hardcover

Published December 24, 2018

About the author

Dennis "Denny" O'Neil was a comic book writer and editor best known for his work for Marvel Comics and DC Comics from the 1960s through the 1990s, and Group Editor for the Batman family of titles until his retirement.

His best-known works include Green Lantern/Green Arrow and Batman with Neal Adams, The Shadow with Michael Kaluta and The Question with Denys Cowan. As an editor, he is principally known for editing the various Batman titles. From 2013 unti his death, he sat on the board of directors of the charity The Hero Initiative and served on its Disbursement Committee.

Reviews

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice collection of these stories. This volume showcases the start of one of my top ten comic artists on Spider-Man. John Romita jr. Great reads. Recommended

[Brent · Rating 4 out of 5]

The end of Wolfman's rub and the beginning of Denny O'Neil's. An average run, but it was fun. I'm going to give it a 4.

[Max Z · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are only two things that are clear after reading this - one is that Deb should totally break up with Peter, he's an a-hole. Not a single issue goes by as she's dumped for some hot piece of action like Mesmero or Fusion, or whatever. And two is that in 1980 Marvel was still overexplaining stuff in the dialogue which is arguably the biggest detriment for the old comics. Hopefully, they'll be over it in 1985?

[Bruno Poço · Rating 3 out of 5]

#203 - 204 (wolfman e pollard) cristal e o vilao mestre da luz , gata negra

#205 (michelline e pollard) final do arco com a gata negra (muito boa esta conclusão com vários amores e traições que se cruzam e invertem posições)

#206 (roger stern e byrne) a verdade por detrás da loucura de j.j.j.

#207 (dennis o’neil e jim mooney) a vingança de mesmero

#208 (o neil e john remita jr.) um novo vilao de nome FUSÃO

#209 ( o neil e weiss) kraven

#210 (o neil e jrj) a misteriosa madame teia (#211 ) namor enfrenta o aranha (#212) a origem do homem hídrico

Annual #14 (o neil e frank Miller) aranha e dr estranho vs dr doom e dormammu (soa melhor do q na realidade é no fim é mais uma luta contra um minion do dormammu

[Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mediocre stories in this one though the art by young John Romita Jr is great (and he'd only get better). Mostly self-contained stories - no epics - with forgettable villains like Hydro-Man and Madame Web.

Peter's girlfriend Debra Whitman is a drip with self-esteem issues. I don't dislike her, but boy is she in the wrong relationship. She needs someone much more attentive than Peter. And as a reader, I want someone who'll challenge Peter more. He walks all over Debra and it's painful to read.

The only positive change this volume is that Peter finally quits the Daily Globe (thanks to a dumb story where it's taken over by unscrupulous leadership) and goes back to the Bugle.

I did quite like the Annual collected here, though, drawn by Frank Miller, in which Spidey teams up with Doctor Strange.

[Elliot · Rating 4 out of 5]

Woo! Hydro Man's first appearance is well worth the price of admission

[Christopher M. · Rating 3 out of 5]

A mixed bag; some creator changes mean that some dangling plot threads get wrapped up rather quickly and conveniently, but there are some fun early Black Cat and Hydroman appearances.