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Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man #12
Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 12
Written by STAN LEE & GERRY CONWAY Penciled by JOHN ROMITA with GIL KANE Cover by JOHN ROMITA The tension-torn adventures of comics' most put-upon super hero, the Amazing Spider-Man, continue in another round of Marvel Masterworks classics! Stan Lee kicks it off with one of his craziest creations of all time, the Gibbon. And when that bestial baddy teams up with the vengeful Kraven the Hunter-well, it's enough excitement to give a hero an ulcer-and it does! Then, words between Peter's lovely gal Gwen and Aunt May push his doting aunt out of his life and into the arms of-an octopus! Doc Ock returns to do in Spidey, but with Hammerhead, the only gangster with more steel in his dome than in his gun, waging a turf war to take over the city it's open season on spiders! Always a man of the people, Spidey uncovers the machinations of a mayoral candidate who's not quite what he seems. Let's just say there's no doubt Richard Raleigh put the "action" in political action, alright? And topping it
230 pages, Hardcover
First published September 15, 2010
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Stan Lee
7,565 books2,335 followersStan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber) was an American writer, editor, creator of comic book superheroes, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics.
With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Thor as a superhero, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Scarlet Witch, The Inhumans, and many other characters, introducing complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books. He subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation.
With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Thor as a superhero, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Scarlet Witch, The Inhumans, and many other characters, introducing complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books. He subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation.
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January 7, 2025
Gerry Conway's initial Amazing Spider-Man issues are pretty weak, consisting mostly of a dull and drawn out gang war plotline and a retooling of an old Stan Lee storyline with some additional dialogue.
October 3, 2021
Mediocre at best read. Bad dialogue/plot, good artwork.
March 20, 2022
Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 12 by Stan Lee is the last volume that Stan Lee wrote a majority of the Spiderman issues, he still has input on the stories but does not write the scripts after this. This volume only two notable villains Doc Ock and Kraven the Hunter, then no name villains like Hammerhead, the misunderstood Gibbon, The Smasher and the Disrupter. Spiderman battles the Hulk and a hellbent Thunderbolt Ross which was actually the weakest issues even with sometimes cool battle scenes. We finally get the mystery solved of where Aunt May has been missing. This volume had the first reprise issues, a failed release of a new Spiderman series the Spectacular Spider-Man that only had 2 issues and was featured in Marvel Masterworks The Amazing Spider-Man volume 7, was republished. I was a little surprised how much the comic did change one character was dead in the original so I knew they were going to have to go around that, but pleasantly surprised that a story was just okay was made a little better, the beginning is the exact same and the ending is only slightly different. Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 12 by Stan Lee collect issues 110-120 of The Amazing Spider-Man.
The Plot Summaries: A man who looks and can climb like a monkey joins the circus, only they wanted him for the freak show not for his acrobatics. He leaves the circus but takes his monkey costume and becomes the Gibbon inspired by Spiderman, but he gets tricked by Kraven the Hunter and eats the berries of power the same ones the Black Panther takes, but it makes him even more monkey like, and Kraven gets him to blame Spiderman. Peter finds Aunt May in an enemies lair, while a gang war goes on. Spiderman spots the Smasher destroying an anti gang/mob candidate, but why and who is the disrupter and what does he stand for? Peter Parker gets sent on assignment to Canada to photograph the Hulk, but the Hulk is hunted by Thunderbolt Ross and won't stop until the Hulk is dead and he might take Spiderman out too.
What I Liked: The art of Gil Kane, John Romita Jr. looks great they really have captured Peter Parker and give Spiderman some cool moves. The reissue turned into 3 issue was good, and different I thought it was going to be the same but has lots of different beats, and seamlessly brings Peter Parker and Spiderman's personal problems. The Doc Ock saga is always good, and goes in a direction you're not thinking.
What I Disliked: I do miss that they took my favorite scene from the reissue when Jamison stands up for journalist integrity. This volume is lacking on good stories there's great scenes but not great stories. The Hulk Story was the worst didn't care for anyone the military, and really horrible dialogue by every soldier.
Recommendation: This volume is just okay and does not add anything to the character of Spiderman. Th only on going story line is the trouble with Aunt May, first Peter is worried where she is when he finds her he worries she's in danger, these character's switched. I say you can skip this volume, the next volume teases the return of the Green Goblin which I'm looking forward to. I rated Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 12 by Stan Lee 3 out of 5 stars.
The Plot Summaries: A man who looks and can climb like a monkey joins the circus, only they wanted him for the freak show not for his acrobatics. He leaves the circus but takes his monkey costume and becomes the Gibbon inspired by Spiderman, but he gets tricked by Kraven the Hunter and eats the berries of power the same ones the Black Panther takes, but it makes him even more monkey like, and Kraven gets him to blame Spiderman. Peter finds Aunt May in an enemies lair, while a gang war goes on. Spiderman spots the Smasher destroying an anti gang/mob candidate, but why and who is the disrupter and what does he stand for? Peter Parker gets sent on assignment to Canada to photograph the Hulk, but the Hulk is hunted by Thunderbolt Ross and won't stop until the Hulk is dead and he might take Spiderman out too.
What I Liked: The art of Gil Kane, John Romita Jr. looks great they really have captured Peter Parker and give Spiderman some cool moves. The reissue turned into 3 issue was good, and different I thought it was going to be the same but has lots of different beats, and seamlessly brings Peter Parker and Spiderman's personal problems. The Doc Ock saga is always good, and goes in a direction you're not thinking.
What I Disliked: I do miss that they took my favorite scene from the reissue when Jamison stands up for journalist integrity. This volume is lacking on good stories there's great scenes but not great stories. The Hulk Story was the worst didn't care for anyone the military, and really horrible dialogue by every soldier.
Recommendation: This volume is just okay and does not add anything to the character of Spiderman. Th only on going story line is the trouble with Aunt May, first Peter is worried where she is when he finds her he worries she's in danger, these character's switched. I say you can skip this volume, the next volume teases the return of the Green Goblin which I'm looking forward to. I rated Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 12 by Stan Lee 3 out of 5 stars.
May 7, 2020
A mediocre collection of issues in which the series has sort of lost its way and is trying to find it again. It throws some new villains out like the Gibbon and Hammerhead, but while the Gibbon has an empathetic origin story, neither are impressive additions to Spidey's gallery of bad guys. And then there's the three-issue story that's simply a redrawn reprint of the first issue of the short-lived black-and-white Spectacular Spider-Man magazine.
Some classic villains do return though. The Gibbon is temporarily manipulated by Kraven the Hunter and Hammerhead is in a gang war with Doctor Octopus. Doc Ock is what keeps the volume at all interesting, especially in the subplot where he hires Aunt May as a housekeeper. She even stays at Ock's upstate mansion to manage it when he goes to jail.
The reason May takes the job is due to some developments in Peter Parker's personal life. Some of it is good. For example, I cheered when Gwen finally stepped in to confront May about her smothering Peter. That's been a long time coming, although she regrets it when May's response is to disappear and take the job with Ock, which gives Peter a stomach ulcer worrying about her. There's also some dumb drama about Peter's getting jealous because Gwen is being a friend to Flash.
Leading into the next volume, Harry Osborne has a drug relapse from earlier issues and goes back into the hospital. Norman seems irrationally angry with Peter about it, leading Peter to wonder if Norman is getting his memory back (which would mean also remembering that Peter is Spider-Man).
Another tease for future stories is in the last couple of issues collected in the volume. Spidey goes to Montreal to fight the Hulk, but he's actually trying to investigate a mysterious telegram sent to Aunt May. He uses the Hulk's presence in Montreal though as an excuse to get the Bugle to pay for him to go and take pictures. When he finally meets the lawyer who sent the telegram, someone shoots the lawyer before he can explain to Peter what's going on. A mystery for another day.
So even though this volume lacked luster, I'm excited for Volume 13, which will hopefully reveal the mystery of the telegram, but also promises the return of Green Goblin and the famously huge impact that has on Gwen Stacy's life.
Some classic villains do return though. The Gibbon is temporarily manipulated by Kraven the Hunter and Hammerhead is in a gang war with Doctor Octopus. Doc Ock is what keeps the volume at all interesting, especially in the subplot where he hires Aunt May as a housekeeper. She even stays at Ock's upstate mansion to manage it when he goes to jail.
The reason May takes the job is due to some developments in Peter Parker's personal life. Some of it is good. For example, I cheered when Gwen finally stepped in to confront May about her smothering Peter. That's been a long time coming, although she regrets it when May's response is to disappear and take the job with Ock, which gives Peter a stomach ulcer worrying about her. There's also some dumb drama about Peter's getting jealous because Gwen is being a friend to Flash.
Leading into the next volume, Harry Osborne has a drug relapse from earlier issues and goes back into the hospital. Norman seems irrationally angry with Peter about it, leading Peter to wonder if Norman is getting his memory back (which would mean also remembering that Peter is Spider-Man).
Another tease for future stories is in the last couple of issues collected in the volume. Spidey goes to Montreal to fight the Hulk, but he's actually trying to investigate a mysterious telegram sent to Aunt May. He uses the Hulk's presence in Montreal though as an excuse to get the Bugle to pay for him to go and take pictures. When he finally meets the lawyer who sent the telegram, someone shoots the lawyer before he can explain to Peter what's going on. A mystery for another day.
So even though this volume lacked luster, I'm excited for Volume 13, which will hopefully reveal the mystery of the telegram, but also promises the return of Green Goblin and the famously huge impact that has on Gwen Stacy's life.
October 11, 2025
this is pretty much the definition of classic Spider-Man. some great early issues with doc ock and hammerhead, a cool bit of intrigue with the "aunt may is missing" plot, but unfortunately a decent chunk of this collection is made up of glorified reprints.
conway and romita's work here made me excited to read another issue after i finished each one. this whole book (collecting the first 10 issues of gerry conway's esteemed run plus stan lee's last full issue) pulled me in remarkably well. i don't think there was a time where i only read one issue, i had to at least do two or three back to back. this is as pure a testament to quality as any. conway's wall crawler has the perfect blend of humor and teen angst. he's self loathing yet self aware, and always bounces off his enemies and friends perfectly. his peter parker also shows growth from his early days lee/ditko incarnation. peter is more confident, he's sarcastic with J. Jonah Jameson, he's thoughtful about his relationships, especially with may, gwen, and harry.
speaking of, the supporting cast isn't so bad themselves. gwen and especially harry could do with a bit more "screen time" as it were, but i understand that in 1972 meaningful conversations between roommates wasn't exactly a selling point for super hero comics. still, i would've liked to see a bit more from them.
the gang war arc really worked from me. it was fun to see hammerhead burst into the scene and the developing relationship between aunt may and doc ock was a surprising turn of events. the gibbon stuff was compelling if not the best spidey story. i always like to see kraven though. the middle storyline with richard raleigh was kind of a bummer solely because it is a straight retelling of Spectacular Spider-Man #1-2 which was (and still is?) considered canon at the time. i dont love when these guys repeat themselves like this but it was a fine read regardless. and the hulk in montreal stuff was just great!
anyway i wrote more about 11 issues of Spider-Man than i did the entirety of ditko's dr. strange run (which i positively adored) so that should tell you something i guess.
conway and romita's work here made me excited to read another issue after i finished each one. this whole book (collecting the first 10 issues of gerry conway's esteemed run plus stan lee's last full issue) pulled me in remarkably well. i don't think there was a time where i only read one issue, i had to at least do two or three back to back. this is as pure a testament to quality as any. conway's wall crawler has the perfect blend of humor and teen angst. he's self loathing yet self aware, and always bounces off his enemies and friends perfectly. his peter parker also shows growth from his early days lee/ditko incarnation. peter is more confident, he's sarcastic with J. Jonah Jameson, he's thoughtful about his relationships, especially with may, gwen, and harry.
speaking of, the supporting cast isn't so bad themselves. gwen and especially harry could do with a bit more "screen time" as it were, but i understand that in 1972 meaningful conversations between roommates wasn't exactly a selling point for super hero comics. still, i would've liked to see a bit more from them.
the gang war arc really worked from me. it was fun to see hammerhead burst into the scene and the developing relationship between aunt may and doc ock was a surprising turn of events. the gibbon stuff was compelling if not the best spidey story. i always like to see kraven though. the middle storyline with richard raleigh was kind of a bummer solely because it is a straight retelling of Spectacular Spider-Man #1-2 which was (and still is?) considered canon at the time. i dont love when these guys repeat themselves like this but it was a fine read regardless. and the hulk in montreal stuff was just great!
anyway i wrote more about 11 issues of Spider-Man than i did the entirety of ditko's dr. strange run (which i positively adored) so that should tell you something i guess.
October 25, 2020
When it comes to these larger Marvel Masterworks compilations of different comics, you end up with weird groupings of unrelated story arcs that only share the time of release as a common thread between them. And this is volume makes for quite the mixed bag for our hero Spider-Man.
Things kick off with the introduction of the Gibbon, in what is largely a throwaway story that dragged Kraven into things for good measure. Then we had a longer arc involving Aunt May going off on her own and Spider-Man stumbling on Doctor Octopus' efforts to control organized crime efforts in the city with the likes of Hammerhead challenging him and everyone else getting caught in the middle of things. It was a weird adventure with some interesting moments but was largely stranger.
Then we had a political angle with the campaign for Mayor somehow leading to a series of unusual attacks by new villains. I guess this was a fairly thematic story for the time period, but in the longer term, it just felt sloppy. Then we wrapped up with a cheesy tie-in with the Hulk joining the comic for two issues. It wasn't a great moment and just had Spider-Man trying to face the Hulk initially for shallow reasons, then not much beyond that. It was trying to tie to some meta-plot involving secret information meant for Aunt May but we don't get any closure just yet.
It's an okay collection of Spider-Man stories that really reflected the time period, I suppose, but don't really represent a significant period in Spider-Man history when you look at the arcs from the perspective of the greater scheme of things.
Things kick off with the introduction of the Gibbon, in what is largely a throwaway story that dragged Kraven into things for good measure. Then we had a longer arc involving Aunt May going off on her own and Spider-Man stumbling on Doctor Octopus' efforts to control organized crime efforts in the city with the likes of Hammerhead challenging him and everyone else getting caught in the middle of things. It was a weird adventure with some interesting moments but was largely stranger.
Then we had a political angle with the campaign for Mayor somehow leading to a series of unusual attacks by new villains. I guess this was a fairly thematic story for the time period, but in the longer term, it just felt sloppy. Then we wrapped up with a cheesy tie-in with the Hulk joining the comic for two issues. It wasn't a great moment and just had Spider-Man trying to face the Hulk initially for shallow reasons, then not much beyond that. It was trying to tie to some meta-plot involving secret information meant for Aunt May but we don't get any closure just yet.
It's an okay collection of Spider-Man stories that really reflected the time period, I suppose, but don't really represent a significant period in Spider-Man history when you look at the arcs from the perspective of the greater scheme of things.
November 7, 2023
Ehhh... es como medio fome.
Durante mi vida he leido la mayoria de los numeros de la serie principal de Spider-man, tengo unos vacios entre el #600 y #650, otros entre el #122-#200, otros entre el #300-#400, y los 31 numeros de la segunda enumeracion que no escribio JMS. Durante las vacaciones de invierno del 2021 decidi que leeria todos los numeros de la serie principal, y re-lei y lei unos que no habia leido de los primeros 110, lo que escribio Stan Lee. Lo deje un poco despues porque Gerry Conway me aburre un poco.
Durante el run de Stan Lee, las tematicas toman una mucho mayor importancia que la trama, lo que le da a las historias una cualidad inmortal, existen mas alla de su tiempo. Muchas historias tienen que ver con eventos muy sesenteros, pero pueden facilmente ser leidas hoy en dia porque los bloques principales de las historias estaban muy bien construidos, la misma wea que decian en lenguaje de que shakespeare escribia obras perfectas porque eran simples.
Por el otro lado, Gerry Conway se centra mucho mas en la trama, en los plot twists y personajes y arcos mas largos y todo eso lo hace estar mucho mas pegado a su tiempo, el run de Gerry Conway es muy setentero, y no necesariamente de una buena forma.
Hace poco casi llegue al #600 de mi re-lectura de Brand New Day y decidi retomar mi mision de re-leer/leer toda la serie principal, quizas me rinda despues de un rato pero ojala llegar al #200 al menos.
Fin del contexto, este volumen fue bien fome, no me acuerdo tanto del primer arco porque ese lo lei hace dos años, pero los otros dos son bien fomes.
Durante mi vida he leido la mayoria de los numeros de la serie principal de Spider-man, tengo unos vacios entre el #600 y #650, otros entre el #122-#200, otros entre el #300-#400, y los 31 numeros de la segunda enumeracion que no escribio JMS. Durante las vacaciones de invierno del 2021 decidi que leeria todos los numeros de la serie principal, y re-lei y lei unos que no habia leido de los primeros 110, lo que escribio Stan Lee. Lo deje un poco despues porque Gerry Conway me aburre un poco.
Durante el run de Stan Lee, las tematicas toman una mucho mayor importancia que la trama, lo que le da a las historias una cualidad inmortal, existen mas alla de su tiempo. Muchas historias tienen que ver con eventos muy sesenteros, pero pueden facilmente ser leidas hoy en dia porque los bloques principales de las historias estaban muy bien construidos, la misma wea que decian en lenguaje de que shakespeare escribia obras perfectas porque eran simples.
Por el otro lado, Gerry Conway se centra mucho mas en la trama, en los plot twists y personajes y arcos mas largos y todo eso lo hace estar mucho mas pegado a su tiempo, el run de Gerry Conway es muy setentero, y no necesariamente de una buena forma.
Hace poco casi llegue al #600 de mi re-lectura de Brand New Day y decidi retomar mi mision de re-leer/leer toda la serie principal, quizas me rinda despues de un rato pero ojala llegar al #200 al menos.
Fin del contexto, este volumen fue bien fome, no me acuerdo tanto del primer arco porque ese lo lei hace dos años, pero los otros dos son bien fomes.
May 4, 2022
Ended up skipping three issues because they were just a remake of the first Spectacular Spider-Man issue. Wasn't really interested in reading that again. Other than that, pretty mediocre stories, but they all seem to lead up something interesting. Really hyped about the next collection, because shit is going down in that one. Everybody knows it.
November 1, 2017
I really enjoyed the tragic Gibbon storyline - you feel really sorry for him. I was a little peeved that a few issues were just Spectacular Spider-Man in colour. The Doc Ock storyline was amazing - the fights between him and Hammerhead were great. I also loved Doc Ock's corruption of Aunt May.
March 23, 2019
There are lots of fun story arcs in this volume, ending with Spider-Man battling the Hulk in Canada. And we've got a great mystery to tie us into the next volume--what's going on with Aunt May?
September 17, 2023
The Amazing Spider-Man #110-120.
January 27, 2025
Of note: in the story with Hulk, it is mentioned the woman who was "chasing" Bruce Banner is now married, I'm guessing to the military man who was "pursuing" her.
June 27, 2024
The illusion of change was the order of the day at Marvel circa 1972. Stan Lee, whose tenure on this title as writer ended during the issues collected here, was still very much in control of the style and tone of Marvel Comics. A lot of the guys who came into Marvel around this time got to work with Stan and were better because of it. Gerry Conway is a great writer who crams tons of character development into dialogue, thought balloons, and narrative exposition. He even managed to sneak in clever things under Stan's ever watchful eye.
Conway was very forward thinking with his sub-plots, setting things up for future use as he went along. He was setting things up in his Doctor Octopus/ Hammerhead arc in 113-115 that he would string along and build on and would ultimately conclude in Issue 131. He used this subplot as a major point to get Spider-Man to go to Montreal in 119 and 120 to fight the Hulk. I am always impressed by just how clever a writer he was, especially when you consider that he was like 20 years old when he wrote this stuff. Can you imagine that? Can you imagine a company today handing over their flagship property to a largely unknown, unproven writer?
I owned all of these as cheap-o back issues way back when but sold them all off after my Mom died in 1995 and I needed money. I know all of these issues inside out, and it was thrilling to re-read them. I read them again several years ago in a black and white Essential phone book trade, and I've probably read them all at least a half dozen times over the last 25 or so years. Can you tell that I love this era of Spider-Man?
The artwork is consistently excellent. John Romita, Sr., my all-time favorite Spider-Man artist, starts letting the reins go more and more as this volume progresses. First with background assists by Tony Mortellaro and then ultimately handing it off. Romita defined the contemporary Spider-Man that I know and love. As a child of the '70s, it was his Spider-Man that I was exposed to on licensed images and cartoons. I discovered Ditko at age 9 thanks to Marvel Tales reprints, and while he is a true creative genius who created the look of the character, it is Romita who spit-shined Spider-Man and set the tone for his appearance that would be the template for the character until Ron Frenz began injecting Ditko-isms into the character around 1984.
Everything is top notch as usual with the Marvel Masterworks line. Superior linework and color restoration that match the original issues to a tee, high quality paper and sewn binding. The consistent level of quality in these hardcovers is what makes them my poison of choice.
Conway was very forward thinking with his sub-plots, setting things up for future use as he went along. He was setting things up in his Doctor Octopus/ Hammerhead arc in 113-115 that he would string along and build on and would ultimately conclude in Issue 131. He used this subplot as a major point to get Spider-Man to go to Montreal in 119 and 120 to fight the Hulk. I am always impressed by just how clever a writer he was, especially when you consider that he was like 20 years old when he wrote this stuff. Can you imagine that? Can you imagine a company today handing over their flagship property to a largely unknown, unproven writer?
I owned all of these as cheap-o back issues way back when but sold them all off after my Mom died in 1995 and I needed money. I know all of these issues inside out, and it was thrilling to re-read them. I read them again several years ago in a black and white Essential phone book trade, and I've probably read them all at least a half dozen times over the last 25 or so years. Can you tell that I love this era of Spider-Man?
The artwork is consistently excellent. John Romita, Sr., my all-time favorite Spider-Man artist, starts letting the reins go more and more as this volume progresses. First with background assists by Tony Mortellaro and then ultimately handing it off. Romita defined the contemporary Spider-Man that I know and love. As a child of the '70s, it was his Spider-Man that I was exposed to on licensed images and cartoons. I discovered Ditko at age 9 thanks to Marvel Tales reprints, and while he is a true creative genius who created the look of the character, it is Romita who spit-shined Spider-Man and set the tone for his appearance that would be the template for the character until Ron Frenz began injecting Ditko-isms into the character around 1984.
Everything is top notch as usual with the Marvel Masterworks line. Superior linework and color restoration that match the original issues to a tee, high quality paper and sewn binding. The consistent level of quality in these hardcovers is what makes them my poison of choice.
February 15, 2017
Classic storytelling
This started off a bit slow, but picked up after the first arc. It was really interesting reading the story about the NY mayoral election as it featured some similarities with the recent Presidential election in the US.
This started off a bit slow, but picked up after the first arc. It was really interesting reading the story about the NY mayoral election as it featured some similarities with the recent Presidential election in the US.
December 22, 2013
At this point in the series, Spider-Man is running on a kind of happy autopilot. It’s not without its charms, but the stories don’t really do anything new. Instead, they give Spidey an excuse to swing around, bash thugs, wisecrack and then wonder why his life as Peter Parker is falling apart.
This trade hits a high point with a gang war between Doctor Octopus and Hammerhead, a nicely demented villain who’s inspired by 1920s gangster flicks and has a solid-steel head. Spidey also tangles with the Gibbon, a D-lister with an animal theme and a hard-luck past, and goes toe-to-toe with the Hulk in Canada. (Maybe they were trying to recapture that Wolverine magic.)
It’s all ok, but unless you’re a completist or a super-fan, you won’t miss much if you skip this volume.
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This trade hits a high point with a gang war between Doctor Octopus and Hammerhead, a nicely demented villain who’s inspired by 1920s gangster flicks and has a solid-steel head. Spidey also tangles with the Gibbon, a D-lister with an animal theme and a hard-luck past, and goes toe-to-toe with the Hulk in Canada. (Maybe they were trying to recapture that Wolverine magic.)
It’s all ok, but unless you’re a completist or a super-fan, you won’t miss much if you skip this volume.
Read digital versions
September 1, 2014
Spiderman has a lot of foes to fight in this book. The Gibbon, Doc Ock, Hammerhead, Smasher and the Hulk. Nothing major ongoing storyv line wise, he's still dating Gwen. Though the Doc Ock plot with Aunt May is interesting and will have long term effects. A good read.
February 14, 2016
The Marvel Masterworks volumes are fantastic reprints of the early years of Marvel comics. A fantastic resource to allow these hard to find issues to be read by everyone. Very recommended to everyone and Highly recommended to any comic fan.
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