These are fun little books. Roy Thomas wrote the introductions., and they are translated into several languages. The main text is all in English. The books take the reader through Spider-Man's origins, the many iterations he has gone through (lacking the Japanese Spider-Man, of course) in media, and loads of the comic book issues. Roy talks about Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, plus many of the other wonderful writers and artists that have worked on the books. He does include the monumental Superman vs Spider-Man crossover, which was very important at the time. Tom Holland is missing, but his first appearance as Spidey was the next year, and was kept under wraps during filming. That is understandable.
I have several of these books, Avengers, Captain America, X-Men and Superman. Superman is the only DC hero I have at this time. Superman could have used two volumes, with his history and all. The books are about 200 pages long, more or less, and in full color. The reproduction is really nice as well. The ones I got were not too expensive. Looking at those pictures of heroes from the early days, I sure miss the actual costumes they wore.
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