{"product_id":"marvel-comics-library-spider-man-vol-2-9783836591577","title":"Marvel Comics Library. Spider-man. VOL.2 9783836591577","description":"\u003cp class=\"read-more__title\"\u003eWeb-Spinning, Super Villains, and Heartache Galore\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"read-more__description--subtitle\"\u003eStan Lee and Steve Ditko's Momentous Final Spider-Man Run\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--content\"\u003eTheir collaboration on Spider-Man couldn’t last forever—but the five-years of \u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/en\/collection\/marvel-comics-library\/\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"\/en\/collection\/marvel-comics-library\/\"\u003eStan Lee\u003c\/a\u003e and Steve Ditko’s remarkable partnership lasted long enough for their character to evolve into a timeless icon and create a fandom that would last generations. TASCHEN’s second volume of Amazing Spider-Man stories collects the latter half of the duo’s magnum opus, featuring brand new arch-villains the Scorpion, Molten Man, and the Crime-Master, return engagements with Kraven the Hunter and the Green Goblin—and the three-part “Master Planner Saga” that reignited a feud with an iconic mystery villain, and left behind what many comics critics declare to be the greatest super hero story of all time.\u003cbr\u003e\nBeyond the action that faced Spider-Man—all choreographed with aplomb by the master stylist Ditko—there was also the matter of Peter Parker’s maturation during a decade of social upheaval and change. With \u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/en\/collection\/marvel-comics-library\/\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"\/en\/collection\/marvel-comics-library\/\"\u003eStan Lee\u003c\/a\u003e’s blend of soap opera melodramatics and finger-on-the-pulse social sensitivities, Peter graduated from high school to college and started to deal with a myriad of adult struggles, mirroring the life experiences of the book’s readership. A scrawny teenager no more, Lee and Ditko would widen his network of friends and frenemies, debuting Gwen Stacy, Harry Osborn, and, in a series of hilarious cameos, Mary Jane Watson—all characters that would develop into one of the deepest and most substantive supporting casts in all of comics. Also introduced is Harry’s father, Norman Osborn, the short-tempered industrialist who would later be revealed as Spider-Man’s most dreaded foe. Meanwhile, Peter’s up-and-down romance with Betty Brant would reach its culmination with both changed forever.\u003cbr\u003e\nCollected in an XXL-size volume that closely simulates the size and proportions of the original comic artboards, all individual issues have been sourced from the collection of Bob Bretall, holder of the Guinness World Record for largest comics collection. Bretall’s pedigreed collection has been photographed using TASCHEN’s sterling reproduction methods, resembling the way these comics first looked when initially published in 1965 and 1966, while also being digitally remastered using modern retouching techniques to correct problems with the era’s inexpensive, imperfect printing. A custom paper stock was exclusively developed for this series to simulate the newsprint feel and color holding of the original comics. The \u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/en\/collection\/marvel-comics-library\/\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"\/en\/collection\/marvel-comics-library\/\"\u003eMarvel Comics Library\u003c\/a\u003e has earned well-deserved raves from comic collecting diehards for combining an old school comic book reading experience with a luxurious oversized book format, winning the industry’s coveted Eisner Award for Best Publication Design.\u003cbr\u003e\nComplementing the comics is an incisive and often side-splitting essay by British TV and radio host Jonathan Ross. Accompanying his essay is a gallery of original art, photographs, rarities, and other ephemera of the era.\u003cimg role=\"presentation\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/7132\/6789\/files\/marvel_logo_1407171417_id_826501.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-uw-rm-alt-original=\"\" data-uw-rm-alt=\"SM\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e© 2023 MARVEL\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--biographies\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"read-more__biography--title\" role=\"heading\" data-uw-rm-heading=\"level\"\u003eThe artists\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--item\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSteve Ditko\u003c\/strong\u003e (1927–2018) studied under Jerry Robinson at the Cartoonists and Illustrators School in New York and began working at Atlas Comics, the precursor to \u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/en\/collection\/marvel-comics-library\/\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"\/en\/collection\/marvel-comics-library\/\"\u003eMarvel\u003c\/a\u003e Comics, in the mid-1950s. He made his name as the artist and cocreator, with \u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/en\/collection\/marvel-comics-library\/\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"\/en\/collection\/marvel-comics-library\/\"\u003eStan Lee\u003c\/a\u003e, of Spider-Man and as creator of Doctor Strange, securing his legacy as a consummate storyteller and a key figure of the \u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/en\/collection\/marvel-comics-library\/\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"\/en\/collection\/marvel-comics-library\/\"\u003eMarvel\u003c\/a\u003e Age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--item\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/en\/collection\/marvel-comics-library\/\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"\/en\/collection\/marvel-comics-library\/\"\u003eStan Lee\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (1922–2018) is known to millions as the man whose super heroes propelled \u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/en\/collection\/marvel-comics-library\/\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"\/en\/collection\/marvel-comics-library\/\"\u003eMarvel\u003c\/a\u003e to its preeminent position in the comic book industry. His cocreations include Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, and hundreds of others. While the Chairman Emeritus of \u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/en\/collection\/marvel-comics-library\/\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"\/en\/collection\/marvel-comics-library\/\"\u003eMarvel\u003c\/a\u003e, he was also the Chief Creative Officer of POW! Entertainment, where he created numerous new characters and stories in areas including publishing, film, reality TV, stage, documentary, and multimedia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"read-more__biography--title\" role=\"heading\" data-uw-rm-heading=\"level\"\u003eThe author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--item\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver the last four decades, \u003cstrong\u003eJonathan Ross\u003c\/strong\u003e has risen to fame as one of Britain’s most popular television and radio hosts. He fronted the BBC One review series\u003cem\u003e Film…\u003c\/em\u003e for 12 years, and the talk show \u003cem\u003eFriday Night with Jonathan Ross\u003c\/em\u003e, after which he moved to Saturday nights with \u003cem\u003eThe Jonathan Ross Show\u003c\/em\u003e on ITV. 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