{"product_id":"the-amazing-spider-man-by-stan-lee-steve-ditko-penguin-classics-marvel-collection-fiction-paperback","title":"The Amazing Spider-Man by Stan Lee \u0026 Steve Ditko (Penguin Classics Marvel Collection) - Fiction - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is impossible to imagine American popular culture without Marvel Comics. For decades, Marvel has published groundbreaking visual narratives that sustain attention on multiple levels: as metaphors for the experience of difference and otherness; as meditations on the fluid nature of identity; and as high-water marks in the artistic tradition of American cartooning, to name a few.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis anthology contains twelve key stories from the first two years of Spider-Man's publication history (from 1962 to 1964). These influential adventures not only transformed the super hero fantasy into an allegory for the pain of adolescence but also brought a new ethical complexity to the genre-by insisting that with great power there must also come great responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA foreword by Jason Reynolds and scholarly introductions and apparatus by Ben Saunders offer further insight into the enduring significance of The Amazing Spider-Man and classic Marvel comics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Penguin Classics black spine paperback features full-colour art throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58453404582275,"sku":"B2D8824","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0024\/6874\/1219\/files\/spiderman.jpg?v=1784020658","url":"https:\/\/www.books2door.com\/products\/the-amazing-spider-man-by-stan-lee-steve-ditko-penguin-classics-marvel-collection-fiction-paperback","provider":"Books2Door","version":"1.0","type":"link"}