The Art of the Amazing Spider-Man -- John Romita

<b>This oversized hardcover gallery collects iconic original art from <i>The Amazing Spider-Man</i> #39-122, is accompanied by essays from comics editor John Lind, and featured an introduction by Brian Michael Bendis.</b> <p/><i>The Amazing Spider-Man</i> has remained the flagship title for the classic Marvel Comics character Spider-Man for over six decades. Stan Lee and Steve Ditko co-created the character in 1962, and it quickly became a sensation. Then, with <i>The Amazing Spider-Man</i> #39, John Romita Sr. replaced Ditko as the main artist and began an epic run. <p/>This oversized Bullpen Books edition focuses on Romita's work on <i>ASM</i> from 1966 to 1973, a run that would dramatically reshape the world of Spider-Man and his alter ego, Peter Parker. With his unmatched skill in dynamic layouts and composition, Romita, working alongside Stan Lee on some of Spider-Man's most enduring storylines and with contributions from a supporting cast of legendary Marvel Bullpen contributor--including Gil Kane, John Buscema, Jim Mooney, and Mike Esposito--would help lead Spider-Man to even greater heights in pop culture. <p/>This evolution told through essays, covers, and original artwork-including seven full <i>ASM</i> stories, reproduced from the original art in the Marvel Comics archives-allows readers to engage with and appreciate the legacy of some of <i>The Amazing Spider-Man</i>'s most important contributors. <p/>Bullpen Books is a new series of art books that honors the wor