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The Amazing Spider-Man: Web-Slinger, Hero, Icon
Web-Slinger, Hero, Icon is a dynamic curation of Spider-Man’s seminal comic book stories and related story lines spanning the comic book’s run.
Web-Slinger, Hero, Icon covers all things his character’s first appearance in Amazing Fantasy comic book, before he had his own stand-alone series; his allies, love interests, and archenemies; and his ongoing popularity as a cultural icon.
Spider-Man has been one of the most recognizable pop-culture characters of twentieth- and twenty-first-century Americana. Web-Slinger, Hero, Icon explores the phenomenon of one of Marvel Comics’ most popular super heroes and his appearance in the most memorable and influential comic book stories. Longtime comic-industry insider Rich Johnson examines the character using more than three hundred Spider-Man illustrations, including covers, interior comic art, variant covers, sketch treatments, and Marvel Studios film concept art. Beginning with Spidey’s first appearance in comics in the early 1960s to present-day treatments of the character, Web-Slinger, Hero, Icon will thrill new and mega comic book fans and Marvel collectors alike.
© 2022 MARVEL
Web-Slinger, Hero, Icon covers all things his character’s first appearance in Amazing Fantasy comic book, before he had his own stand-alone series; his allies, love interests, and archenemies; and his ongoing popularity as a cultural icon.
Spider-Man has been one of the most recognizable pop-culture characters of twentieth- and twenty-first-century Americana. Web-Slinger, Hero, Icon explores the phenomenon of one of Marvel Comics’ most popular super heroes and his appearance in the most memorable and influential comic book stories. Longtime comic-industry insider Rich Johnson examines the character using more than three hundred Spider-Man illustrations, including covers, interior comic art, variant covers, sketch treatments, and Marvel Studios film concept art. Beginning with Spidey’s first appearance in comics in the early 1960s to present-day treatments of the character, Web-Slinger, Hero, Icon will thrill new and mega comic book fans and Marvel collectors alike.
© 2022 MARVEL
224 pages, Hardcover
Published September 13, 2022
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June 29, 2024
This was okay. It summarizes many of the story arcs throughout the years of Spider-Man comics. The summaries end with teasers so the resolutions are not revealed but you get the general idea of what transpired (the setup, the relationship changes and challenges, the villains, the moral dilemmas). All of the summaries are highlighted (of course) with reprinted artwork which is impressive when large but whole pages are sometimes included so small they are a struggle to read.
The arcs aren't visited in strict chronological order, and the book's main emphasis is on stories from the 90's and on. I wanted more of the early days when I was an active purchaser and dedicated reader, so I read about his origin, the Green Goblin and Kraven, and the death of Gwen Stacy.
I did read most of the arcs through Venom (which was when I was starting to lose interest as a reader) and Carnage (which was way too much for me back then) up to a chapter entitled "Coming Home." This was about a mysterious character named Ezekiel whom I remember but it's about then I stopped reading.
I did appreciate some of the later arcs for background info about Spider-Gwen and Miles Morales and the Spider-Verse, all of which I am aware of but only vaguely. Most of the last arcs I just paged through.
The arcs aren't visited in strict chronological order, and the book's main emphasis is on stories from the 90's and on. I wanted more of the early days when I was an active purchaser and dedicated reader, so I read about his origin, the Green Goblin and Kraven, and the death of Gwen Stacy.
I did read most of the arcs through Venom (which was when I was starting to lose interest as a reader) and Carnage (which was way too much for me back then) up to a chapter entitled "Coming Home." This was about a mysterious character named Ezekiel whom I remember but it's about then I stopped reading.
I did appreciate some of the later arcs for background info about Spider-Gwen and Miles Morales and the Spider-Verse, all of which I am aware of but only vaguely. Most of the last arcs I just paged through.
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