Another Spiderman essential that contains Amazing Spider-man #161-185 & Annual #11, Giant-size Spiderman#6 & Nova #12. Writer mostly Len Wein and some Marv Wolfman and penciler mostly Ross Andru.This is an nice collection with some nice guests like "he Punisher, the Human Torch, one Nova and the X-men. The collection of baddies are as usual quite amazing and special with another chapter in the Green Goblin stories, Peter Parker having his life lived by his superhero alter ego. And then he is at

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Some fun stories. One of the highlights is a multi-part Green Goblin story where there is a big mystery as to who the Goblin is. The original (Norman Osborn) is considered dead at this point, and his son, and Peter's friend, Harry Osborn, became the Green Goblin after his father died, but had since given up being the Green Goblin, so the mystery is fun, and there is a nice twist at the end. There are also some great moments with J. Jonah Jameson, being shown at his best and worst. A couple of th...

Spider-Man is my favorite superhero, hands down. This compilation does not disappoint. Always balancing his friends and love ones with odd ball supervillains showing up at odd intervals, it's what the Silver Age comics are all about.There's a decent amount of "Peter Parker life twists" in here that are exciting: Aunt May's health, proposing to Mary Jane, trying to graduate from college, etc.Plus some cool superhero storylines (Green Goblin returns yet again, the Rocket Racer is amazing). In part...

IMHO the early to mid 1970's run of Amazing Spider Man is the best of the medium.This was really good.

This collection so far I think is the weakest one. By all means I enjoy every issue, this collection of issues just does the least I think to add to the Mythos. There are notable exceptions to this like the Green Goblin story that caps off Lein Wein's run and the graduation of Peter Parker in the last two issues.It's all good. It is dated I'll note but that isn't usually a bad thing and can be very charming. Some alarming casual threats of domestic violence which really took me for a whirl and c...

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Not a big fan of Wein. 3/5.

This comic book is unquestionably terrific!

So far, volume 8 lacks the crazy awesome drama of 7, if only because Peter Parker's life must necessarily become peaceful for a bit with the ebb of the Clone saga. Howevs, I'm sure the next major arc will occur soon-I'm only halfway through!

More Bronze Age Spider-Man with Len WeinLen Wein taking over the writing with now regular artist Ross Andru. A bit of flat and often weird characters debuting like Big Wheel, Rocket Racer, Will O' the Wisp and Stegron! All in all a definite drop in quality since the last volume. 5 out of 12. I read the comic books Amazing Spider-Man #161-185 and Amazing Spider-Man annual #11, which is 2 comic books less than what was collected in this volume. Note that the Amazing Spider-Man annual #11 has a bac...

Seriously. EVERYONE blames Spider-Man for everything. Gwen died, its his fault. Her dad died, it's his fault. He's fighting robbers, he's robbing them. Literally every other appearance Punisher or Human Torch are either fighting him or helping him. Now Nova? A super-powered galactic warrior is yelling at Spider-Man for killing his uncle. I don't like Peter and MJ always hating each other for no reason, but this is just obnoxious.

Aunt May continued to be insufferable in this volume when she became an annoying activist for rent control. Arguably this volume has the most action with lots of interveaving arcs, Liz's return marks a new beginning for Harry Osburn, Mary Jane Watson becomes the love interest after the death of Gwendoline, Flash became mature and got along with Peter. J. J. Jameson was still insufferable too, Betty Brant and Ned Leeds are having problems. Peter graduated from Empire State University, there is ne...

This tells the stories of more of Spider-man's amazing adventures. I think this was kind of boring because it was really old and I liked the movies more.

After Stan Lee and Gerry Conway's superb runs on the Amazing Spider-man, it's safe to say that Len Wein's 30 issue run on the title was middling by comparisog n.This book collects, the final 2/3 of that run from Amazing Spider-man 160-180 along with Issues 181-185, Amazing Spider-man Annual #11 and Nova #12.The book retreads a lot of old territory with reviving villains such as the Molten Man The Lizard, the Kingpin returning with stories very similar to what's gone before. The same can be said

Len Wein was, I thought, a fairly terrible Spider-Man writer. His take on the relationships was overly melodramatic, his villains (both chosen and created) some of the cheesiest in Spidey's rogues gallery, and his whole run felt more like '60s DC than '70s Marvel.That said, the Punisher story in this one, despite featuring a Wein-style groaner of a bad guy named "The Hitman," is the highpoint of his run. But I was looking forward to seeing Marv Wolfman (also very hit and miss for me in general)

For the past few months, I've been catching up with my favorite friendly neighborhood Spider-Man for several reasons: (1) I adore the character, as he's my favorite super hero, (2) he's got a new movie coming out and (3) ole Webhead hits the big 50 this year, so this is my way of celebrating. I'd get him a bday cake, but you know. This year, I've read volumes 5, 6, 7, and now 8 of Marvel's "Essential" series that focuses on Spidey's flagship title, "Amazing Spider-Man." I can't remember why I st...

Another very strong volume. Might be one of my favorite ones overall. Peter graduates, we meet the rocket racer, harry defeats the new green goblin, Mary Jane moves past Peter and Spider-Man more or less goes through the same kinda crazy stuff. Really good and very strong volume. Especially loved the bizarre Annual #11. I'm a sucker for Punisher and Lizard stories too. And we see a Wein-written Nightcrawler, which is shocking! Super good, i love this series and am very glad that i've read almost...

A good solid read, but nothing spectacular. This volume includes the end of the original abominable Clone Saga, and the third coming of the Green Goblin. The highlight is that nearly every issue features artwork by Ross Andru, ably inked by Mike Esposito, Tony DeZuniga and Jim Mooney (among others).