The first of Marvel's cool paperback line, printed by the fine folks at Pocket Books.As I said many months ago when talking about a Hulk Pocket Book, these editions were the only comics that ever showed up at the book fairs they had at my elementary school every so often. I assume the page count and the Pocket Books logo gave these an air of respectability that a 40 cent floppy didn't have.
This book reprints the first six, groundbreaking issues of The Amazing Spider-Man, by (of course) Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, plus Amazing Fantasy #15.
160 whopping pages!
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Mah-mories! my copy of this book was very well enjoyed. I have it still but can barely read it.
This was my first exposure to the Lee and Ditko run of Spider-Man and, therefore, the first time I really "got" the character.
When Ditko left, Spider-Man became just another super-hero albeit one who whined a whole lot more.
This was a summer camp favorite !!!
This was my first paperback version of Spider-Man and I remember reading it again and again until it fell apart. I sadly missed the next two though.
These pocket books were our first exposure to the dawn of the Marvel Age.
We loved them to pieces.
-- MrJM
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