Over the next few years, they introduced Peter’s powers, his foes, his family, and his friends. Stan Lee and Steve Ditko created Spider-Man, launching the character in Amazing Fantasy #15 in 1962. Peter will be going through his day to day, and then Betty Brant will say something, and Peter’s basically think “ Ugh, women.” It’s of the time, and very much reflective of who had the opportunity to write, edit, and create comics back then, and despite it all the era contains powerful stories. Older comics can contain a decent amount of casual misogyny. Stan Lee, Steve Ditko/Marvel Comics “If This Be My Destiny…!”, The Amazing Spider-Man #31– #33 “Spider-Man No More!” is issue #50 of the original 1962 run of The Amazing Spider-Man, written by Stan “the Man” Lee and John “Ring-a-Ding” Romita, this comic contains the infamous page of Peter tossing out his Spidey suit, promising to move on. If you like this: “No One Dies,” issues #655 and #656 of Amazing Spider-Man (1999) written by Dan Slott with art by Humberto Ramos, Marcos Martin, and Stefano Caselli - on the heels of yet another funeral, this two-arc issue is an in-depth character study of Peter’s commitment to stopping death for both the good and the bad. Chris Bachalo’s gorgeous version of the Spider-world provides the perfect elastic complement to Zdarsky’s totally out-there situations, and in classic Zdarsky style, we get some zany antics leading to a thoughtful, melancholy end. It turns out a future version of Sandman has traveled billions of years back in the past so he can control the sand - and it leads to some really fun action sequences where Spider-Sandman fights Future Sandman. Then, of course, everything goes off the rails. What’s best, what helps.” Spider-Man often hides behind his jokes and silliness, but internally there’s always an anxiety about making the right call, doing the right thing. There’s a great exchange between Jameson and Peter after Marko’s ‘death’ - and Peter finally snaps, “I know you think my life, this role, is to just beat up super villains, but it can’t be just that it’s - I have to make decisions. Despite Jonah pushing for Flint’s immediate imprisonment, Pete talks to him, realizes he’s about to die, and takes Marko to one of his favorite parts of the city so he can drift away in a safe place. Empathy is a big reason Peter differs from some of his superhero counterparts. Jonah Jameson, Peter gets wind and goes off to see a hospitalized Flint to find out what’s going on. The internal dialogue is fractured, and we get the hint that something isn’t quite right.
This issue opens with Sandman remembering old fights between him and his nemesis, while he struggles to literally hold himself together in human form. He’s been unrepentantly evil, but he’s also saved lives. Marko Flint is, like so many of the best villains, complex. In it, Zdarsky tackles a classic Spidey rogue, Sandman. Case in point, issues 308 and 309 of his Spectacular Spider-Man run.
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So expect surprises!Ĭhip Zdarsky, Chris Bachalo/Marvel Comics Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #308 – #309 (2017)Ĭhip Zdarsky is writing some of the best Spider-Man stories of today, with a real handle on how to pull out new ways of looking at Peter Parker. You’ll find some classic favorites, but some truly exciting Spider-Man lore is coming out of the modern era, too.
These picks are often less about the specific story, or the ramifications on the larger comics-verse, and more about how Peter exists within the narrative. And when he fails - and he fails often - he feels it intensely, but he doesn’t relent.ĭistilling the best of Spider-Man into ten comics is a near impossible task. Who can’t relate to that? But no matter his hardships and hurdles, he continues to work to Do Good. Peter’s problems aren’t just clones and alien symbiotes - he has trouble holding down a job, he rarely has enough money, and he makes a lot of terrible decisions. The key to Peter Parker’s beloved status is his relatability and accessibility. And sure, he’s varied by degrees, depending on who was writing and when a comic came out, but what stays constant is the character’s commitment to using his great power with great responsibility. Over the last six decades, our Spider-Man has made thousands of appearances across the Marvel Comics universe.
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