{"product_id":"b9780143135739","title":"THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN TP (Backorder, Allow 4-5 Weeks)","description":"The Penguin Classics Marvel Collection presents the origin stories, seminal tales, and characters of the Marvel Universe to explore Marvel’s transformative and timeless influence on an entire genre of fantasy.   A Penguin Classics Marvel Collection Edition   Collects “Spider-Man!” from Amazing Fantasy #15 (1962); The Amazing Spider-Man #1-4, #9, #10, #13, #14, #17-19 (1963-1964); “Goodbye to Linda Brown” from Strange Tales #97 (1962); “How Stan Lee and Steve Ditko Create Spider-Man!” from The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 (1964). It 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.   This 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.   A foreword by Jason Reynolds and scholarly introductions and apparatus by Ben Saunders offer further insight into the enduring significance of The Amazing \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/spider-man\"\u003eSpider-Man\u003c\/a\u003e and classic \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/marvel\"\u003eMarvel\u003c\/a\u003e comics.    The Penguin Classics black spine paperback features full-color art throughout.","brand":"PENGUIN PUBLISHING GROUP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41265674092602,"sku":"9780143135739","price":50.1,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0265\/6609\/9002\/files\/9780143135739.jpg?v=1772196815","url":"https:\/\/comicbookeroo.com\/products\/b9780143135739","provider":"Comicbookeroo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}