The Amazing Spider-Man

This Penguin Classics collection gathers twelve foundational stories from Spider-Man's first two years (1962–1964), beginning with the origin that started it all. Stan Lee and Steve Ditko frame Peter Parker as a hero shaped by ordinary adolescent struggle, guided by the principle that with great power must come great responsibility.

The volume pairs the early Lee/Ditko run with a foreword by Jason Reynolds and a scholarly introduction by Ben Saunders, placing the web-slinger's beginnings in their full cultural context.