MARVEL COMICS LIBRARY HC VOL 01 SPIDER-MAN 2ND PTG (9783836582339)

This XXL-sized volume collects the classic first 21 stories of the world's favorite web slinger from 1962-64. The most pristine pedigreed comics have been cracked open and photographed for reproduction in close collaboration with Marvel and Certified Guarantee Company. With an in-depth historical essay by Marvel editor Ralph Macchio, original art, rare photographs, and other gems, these 698 pages of wall-crawling wonder will make anyone's spider-sense tingle with anticipation.

TASCHEN’s Marvel Comics Library offers collectors a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to lay their hands on the world’s most desirable comics. The inaugural volume of The Marvel Comics Library. Spider-Man. Vol. 1. 1962–1964, features the first 21 stories of everybody’s favourite web slinger, meticulously honouring the original vision of Spider‑Man creators Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. An in-depth historical essay by Marvel editor Ralph Macchio, an introduction by uber-collector David Mandel, original art boards, rare photographs, and other never-before-seen gems make this book the ultimate tribute to the teen who redefined what it meant to be a hero, right ahead of Spider‑Man’s 60th birthday.