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Spider-Man Total Universe: More Than 60 Years of Every Comic, Every Character, Every Story

by Patrick a. Reed

A reference history of Spider-Man’s comic-book universe

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A reference history of Spider-Man’s comic-book universe

Spanning Spider-Man’s comics from his debut in Amazing Fantasy #15 in 1962 to the present, this illustrated reference organizes the material issue by issue and story by story. Patrick A. Reed traces story arcs, crossover events, sagas, one-shots, and limited series, while profiling key figures across Spider-Man’s universe and the writers and illustrators behind the comics. Thousands of archival images accompany its account of how Peter Parker’s story grew into a wider Marvel comic-book world. The book’s scope makes it a guide to both the character’s long publication history and the people and stories connected to it.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Spider-Man fans seeking a broad guide to the comics’ publication history
  • Readers interested in Marvel characters, story arcs, and crossover events
  • Collectors and reference-minded readers who value archival comic imagery

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Spider-Man’s comic-book historyMarvel’s interconnected characters and storiesComic-book writers and illustratorsArchival imagery

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Book overview

The only issue-by-issue, story-by-story history of Spider-Man comics from the wall crawler's first appearance in Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962) to the present. Featuring fully-illustrated with archival images.

From the moment Spider-Man first appeared on the cover of Marvel's Amazing Fantasy #15 in August 1962, it's now clear that creators Stan Lee and Steve Ditko knew they had made something extraordinary. More than 60 years later Spider-Man is one of the world's most recognizable and beloved super heroes and his story spawned the lives and legends of countless other Marvel heroes and villains. How did a mild-mannered high-school kid named Peter Parker swing his way into comic book history and beyond? This is his story.

In Spider-Man Total Universe, pop culture historian and curator Patrick A. Reed mines the Marvel archive and his own decades-long knowledge of Spider-Man to unearth every aspect of the making of this comic hero dynasty, tracing every amazing storyline, story arc, cross-over event, saga, one-shot, and limited series. Along the way Reed profiles every key character in Spider-Man's universe and celebrates the writers and illustrators that brought it all to life. Including thousands of images from the Marvel archives, Spider-Man Total Universe is the must-have collection for every Spider-Man fan.
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