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Title: Classic Stan Lee/John Romita issues in black & white
Review: This volume collects Amazing Spider-Man issues 44-65 and Annual #4. Lee's plots span two to four issues each and feature supervillians The Lizard, The Shocker, Kraven the Hunter, The Vulture, Kingpin and Doctor Octopus. Peter Parker's friends Gwen Stacy, Mary-Jane Watson and Harry Osborn also emerge in this run. Amazon's current listing of Steve Ditko as illustrator is incorrect. John Romita (Sr.) drew all monthly issues in this collection (Stan Lee's brother Larry Lieber drew the one annual). As testament of Romita's skill the artwork impresses despite the removal of his coloring.I prefer the Amazing Spider-Man DVD-ROM for its complete collection of the entire ASM run in full color PDFs. However, the Marvel Essentials series offers convenient, inexpensive access to these 40-year old Spider-Man comics without needing a computer. The flow of these issues encourages sequential reading.
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