The Spider-Man Handbook: The Ultimate Training Manual Quirk Books

The Handbooks

by Seth Grahame-Smith

With great power comes great responsibility so if you want to be like Spider-Man, you'd better read the instructions first. The Spider-Man Handbook describes everything you need to live the Super Hero life. You'll How to Crawl up a Wall
How to Design and Build a Costume
How to Swing from Building to Building
How to Stop a Getaway Car
How to Negotiate the Release of a Hostage
How to Take On a Gang of Henchmen Plus a few skills that would benefit all the Peter Parkers of the world (such as How to Deal with a Nightmare Boss, How to Live on a Meager Income, and so on). Complete with colorful step-by-step illustrations by a top Marvel artist, The Spider-Man Handbook is essential reading for all your web-slinging needs!

Genres: Reference, Superheroes, Nonfiction

176 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2006

About the author

Seth grew up in Connecticut reading Stephen King from a way-too-early age and forcing his friends to be in homemade horror movies. He’s written three New York Times Bestselling novels (and another one that kind’ve flopped but got good reviews). He occasionally writes or produces movies. The ones you like the most are probably THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE and IT. Right now he’s working on a GREEN LANTERN series for HBO Max. Please stop asking him when it comes out. He’s a partner in Katzsmith Productions, a film and television company based in Los Angeles. He has a lovely wife, two fine sons, and two comically dumb dogs.

Reviews

[Liz Thackeray · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've used this to teach How-To Writing. The students love it. Especially the boys. It has also provoked some very creative how-to pieces: like how to drug batman.

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[Melita · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quite a fun read! The How to Maintain a Secret Identity section sure is helpful!

[Cori · Rating 4 out of 5]

I bought this book for Clayton and have picked it up a couple of times. It certainly isn't something you need to read straight through, but it is pretty clever.

[Kristen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't find it as funny as I found Ghrame-Smith's other books. This book contained a lot more legit information that I expected.

[Pam · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a fun, clever, and pure escape read! I enjoyed the layout of the book and the wonderful sketches. Very unique book.