{"product_id":"amazing-spiderman-epic-collection-big-apple-battleground-isbn-9781302955267","title":"Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection: Big Apple Battleground","description":"J. Jonah Jameson has uncovered proof that Peter Parker is Spider-Man - and that's just the beginning of the web-slinger's problems! Dinosaurs are fighting the Lizard on Broadway. Doctor Faustus plots to drive our hero insane. And the Molten Man and Punisher are back in town! That's just another day in the Big Apple for Spider-Man! But when the Green Goblin returns, all bets are off! Spider-Man's secret identity, the lives of Aunt May and Mary Jane - everything is on the line! Also featuring a team-up with Nova, the first appearance of Rocket Racer, the return of the crime boss Silvermane, an Annual with more spiders than men…and Peter Parker proposes to Mary Jane! Will she accept? Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #165-185, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL (1964) #11-12, NOVA (1977) #12 and MARVEL CALENDAR 1978.After co-creating DC’s Swamp Thing in 1972, Len Wein moved to Marvel for lengthy runs on some of the company’s   biggest titles — Amazing Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, Incredible Hulk and Thor   — and helped bring the landmark Giant-Size X-Men #1 into   the world, changing Marvel forever. Returning to DC as an editor, Wein   oversaw an influx of British writing talent, highlighted by Alan Moore’s   historic Watchmen   miniseries. Wein also has worked in television and animation, returning to   his roots to develop a Swamp Thing screenplay. He has written comic-book adaptations of The Simpsons and Futurama.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn award-winning writer since 1973, Marv   Wolfman succeeded mentor Roy Thomas as Marvel’s   editor in chief. Well-remembered for his Tomb of   Dracula scripts, he also enjoyed runs on Dr. Strange, Fantastic Four and Nova, among other titles. New Teen Titans, his 1980s   collaboration with George Pérez, became DC Comics’ biggest hit in years.   Wolfman and Pérez literally rewrote DC history with Crisis   on Infinite Earths. He subsequently penned   episodes for such animated TV series as G.I. Joe, Transformers and others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBill Mantlo began his Marvel career on Deadly Hands of Kung Fu, in which he   introduced White Tiger, one of the industry’s earliest Hispanic super heroes.   Eventually writing stories for almost every Marvel title, he did some of his   most fondly remembered work on Incredible Hulk and Spectacular Spider-Man. He also launched Cloak and Dagger in a pair of miniseries and guided Alpha   Flight through some of its most harrowing ordeals.   Mantlo excelled at integrating licensed properties into the Marvel Universe,   as demonstrated by Micronauts and Rom: Spaceknight, both of which he wrote from start to finish. At DC, he wrote   the Invasion miniseries   for one of the company’s biggest crossover events.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1976, Ross Andru (1927-1993) made comic-book history by penciling the first   large-scale intercompany crossover, Superman vs.   the Amazing Spider-Man, having spent years   illustrating both characters in various titles. He also made Marvel history   in Marvel Feature,   drawing the Defenders’ first appearance. At DC, he spent nine years   collaborating with Bob Kanigher on Wonder Woman. With Marv Wolfman and Mike Esposito, he co-created Vigilante (Adrian Chase).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter a start as inker to his older brother John, Sal Buscema penciled Captain America, Defenders, Incredible   Hulk and more. Famed for his ability to meet tight   deadlines, he spread his talents across multiple genres. His 1970s work   ranged from Ms. Marvel   and Nova to Sub-Mariner and Spider-Woman’s first   appearance in Marvel Spotlight. He was the uninterrupted artist on Spectacular   Spider-Man for more than one hundred issues and   penciled the web-slinger’s adventures in Marvel   Team-Up, in which he and writer Bill Mantlo   introduced Captain Jean DeWolff. After handling more team-ups in the Thing’s Marvel Two-in-One, he reunited with   brother John on Steve Englehart’s Fantastic Four. He later provided inks for Tom DeFalco’s Spider-Girl titles and Thunderstrike miniseries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA creative stalwart that put his all into his work on   long-running series like Ghost Rider and Defenders, Don Perlin plied his talents in virtually every discipline in the   comic-book field — penciling, inking, creating new characters and sometimes   editing and writing. A student of Burne Hogarth’s, Perlin launched his career   in 1951, drawing horror comics for various publishers and also penciling Will   Eisner’s The Spirit.   After serving in the Army, Perlin returned to comics with Harvey in the late   ’50s as well as Charlton in the ’60s. In 1973, he began his long association   with Marvel, finishing John Buscema’s art on Thor and inking several titles. He took over Werewolf by Night from Mike Ploog,   penciling and inking the book for much of the next two years. He also   penciled and inked the supernatural adventures of Johnny Blaze in Ghost Rider, his name becoming very   closely identified with Marvel’s monster biker. In the ’80s, he drew Defenders for a long run before   turning his attention to Marvel’s adaptation of Hasbro’s Transformers. His early ’90s work on   Valiant’s Solar, Man of the Atom and Bloodshot was extremely popular, after which Perlin went into   semiretirement.","brand":"Marvel Universe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305177665765,"sku":"NP9781302955267","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781302955267.jpg?v=1767721384","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/amazing-spiderman-epic-collection-big-apple-battleground-isbn-9781302955267","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}