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Web-Slinging Super Hero
Spider-Man keeps the city safe from Doctor Octopus.
- GenresChildrensSpider Man
10 pages, Board Book
First published March 30, 2007
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Marvel Comics
9,956 books406 followersMarvel Publishing, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media. Marvel Entertainment, Inc., a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, owns Marvel Publishing (since 2009).
Marvel counts among its characters such well-known properties as Spider-Man, Iron Man, the X-Men, Wolverine, the Hulk, the Fantastic Four, Captain America, Daredevil, Thor, the Sub-Mariner, the Punisher, Ghost Rider, Doctor Strange, and the Silver Surfer; antagonists such as Dr. Doom, the Green Goblin, Dr. Octopus, Venom, Magneto, Sabretooth, Galactus, the Red Skull, the Kingpin, and Bullseye; and others. Most of Marvel's fictional characters operate in a single reality known as the Marvel Universe, with locales set in real-life cities such as New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.
The comic book arm of the company started in 1939 as Timely Publications, and by the early 1950s had generally become known as Atlas Comics. Marvel's modern incarnation dates from 1961, with the company later that year launching Fantastic Four and other superhero titles created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and others. Marvel has since become the largest American comic book publisher, surpassing its longtime competitor DC Comics.
On December 31, 2009, The Walt Disney Company acquired Marvel Entertainment for $4.24 billion.
--from Wikipedia
Note: Although currently owned by the Walt Disney Company, this author is kept separate due to it's long history prior to it's acquisition - over 70 years.
Marvel counts among its characters such well-known properties as Spider-Man, Iron Man, the X-Men, Wolverine, the Hulk, the Fantastic Four, Captain America, Daredevil, Thor, the Sub-Mariner, the Punisher, Ghost Rider, Doctor Strange, and the Silver Surfer; antagonists such as Dr. Doom, the Green Goblin, Dr. Octopus, Venom, Magneto, Sabretooth, Galactus, the Red Skull, the Kingpin, and Bullseye; and others. Most of Marvel's fictional characters operate in a single reality known as the Marvel Universe, with locales set in real-life cities such as New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.
The comic book arm of the company started in 1939 as Timely Publications, and by the early 1950s had generally become known as Atlas Comics. Marvel's modern incarnation dates from 1961, with the company later that year launching Fantastic Four and other superhero titles created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and others. Marvel has since become the largest American comic book publisher, surpassing its longtime competitor DC Comics.
On December 31, 2009, The Walt Disney Company acquired Marvel Entertainment for $4.24 billion.
--from Wikipedia
Note: Although currently owned by the Walt Disney Company, this author is kept separate due to it's long history prior to it's acquisition - over 70 years.
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July 18, 2013
For some reason my son really likes this book and I guess its because its spider-man but to me it's not very interesting. I think the author had to keep the book short but I think he could have really used better words to make spider-man sound cool. The writing craft that he was trying to use was character but he didn't do it too well for me. He only uses one descriptive word on each page and I feel that he should have used more to make it have more action to the storyline. For instance he states, spinning his web, spider-man swings into action!. I think putting an exclamation point at the end helps the sentence out but if he would have described the type of swing or they type of action it would have brought more life to the sentence. If it were me I would say, quickly spinning his web into action the amazing spider-man swings towards the danger! One of the strategies I would take from this piece is the use of punctuation to emphasize each of the sentences. He put the exclamation points in there to show more emotion so I would have my students write a story and then go back and add in different punctuation to see if it changes the tone of the character and also have them add in more adjectives to see if it makes the characters more interesting.
April 12, 2013
It is a board book. However, I believe it is aimed at preschool kids. My two year old loves Spiderman. The pictures are great. He likes to point out things that he sees on each page. The words are big and is easy for me to show him how to spell and sound out the words. This book gets him excited about reading.
August 8, 2015
Amazing but haven't red it
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 25, 2010
Fritz pulled this off the shelf this evening. I don't ever recall having seen it before. He likes Spiderman. The illustrations are very good.
The story, however, is not. All the type is in capital letters. In addition, there is an overuse of the exclamation point. Grrrr . . .
Nevertheless, the three-and-a-half-year old enjoyed it. I would not go out of my way to seek this at all. I did note it was made in China, which I thought was odd.
The story, however, is not. All the type is in capital letters. In addition, there is an overuse of the exclamation point. Grrrr . . .
Nevertheless, the three-and-a-half-year old enjoyed it. I would not go out of my way to seek this at all. I did note it was made in China, which I thought was odd.
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