MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN VOL. 4

Marvel Masterworks: The Spectacular Spider-Man #4

by Roger Stern, Marie Severin (Illustrator)

Collects Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #43-55, Annual (1979) #2. Before he would set AMAZING SPIDER-MAN on the path to comics glory, master storyteller Roger Stern did a spectacular job on Spidey's sister title! Producing a run of the wall-crawler's most memorable tales, Stern introduced a host of new and compelling characters - including the gangster Belladonna and a new love interest for Aunt May, Nathan Lubensky - and reinvigorated the Prowler and White Tiger. But don't worry, Stern left room to spare for iconic enemies! The Vulture returns - and he's brought his evil nephew Malachi with him! And another veteran of the Sinister Six, Mysterio, is up to no good, in league with a gang of Spider-Man's oldest villains! This Masterworks volume also includes a double-sized showdown with the man called Rapier!

Genres: Comics, Spider Man, Marvel

328 pages, Hardcover

Published December 21, 2021

About the author

Roger Stern is an American comic book author and novelist.

Reviews

[Dave · Rating 3 out of 5]

Collecting issues #43-#55 and Annual 2, this volume features such villains as The Vulture, Cobra, Smuggler, Mysterio, The Tinkerer, and Nitro. Not exactly the overall elite collection of Spidey’s great rogues gallery, but entertaining enough for the most part.
The Vulture family finisher in #45 was pretty good as was the Mysterio fight in #51 which took place in a special effects building.

[MoonKnight · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another spectacular volume of Spidey stories that I've been wanting to read for a while!

[Anj2099 · Rating 5 out of 5]

old Skool beauty’

These are the stories of my childhood.love the supporting cast of this era. Enjoyed the white Tiger stories as well early artistic cameos by Luke Ross Denys Cowan who had great Neal Adams type of style artwork.