Steve Ditko

"Howard the Duck's brain has been thoroughly scrubbed, his hard-edged humor carefully dulled down for maximum demographic acceptance. It's up to Peter Parker to set the duck straight-- but does the world prefer Howard this way?" "Join Peter Porker, the amazing Spider-Ham, for his 25th-birthday celebration as he throws down with the Swinester Six! Also, glimpse into the future with Peter and Mary Crane's daughter, Swiney-Girl, as she takes on disgraced...

On a trip to Canada to visit her mom, Doreen teams up with Ant-Man when the Taskmaster strikes, but it turns out to be Mew, Nancy's cat, who saves the day.

Peter Parker finds a clue that might help him understand why his parents disappeared when he was young. His path puts him on a collision course with Dr. Curt Connors, his father's former partner.

Making a lasting mark on comics as the co-creator of Spider-Man, Steve Ditko veered away from the mainstream and into darker territories at the end of the sixties, especially with his work in Creepy and Eerie! Warring wizards, paranoid goons, persistent heroes, and otherworldly domains dominate the diverse tales in this handsome collection-with fifteen of the sixteen stories written by fellow comics icon Archie Goodwin. New introduction by Mark Evanier!...

Collects Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #16, Annual #2-3; Strange Tales Annual #2; Avengers (1963) #11; Daredevil (1964) #16-17, 27; X-Men (1963) #35; Fantastic Four (1961) #73 and material from Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #1, 8, 14; Fantastic Four Annual #1; Tales to Astonish (1959) #57. Celebrate 80 years of Marvel Comics, decade by decade - and see how Spider-Man became an icon of the (Web) Swinging Sixties! The ever-sociable wallcrawler helped build...

Also collects Avengers Annual #13. The Vision takes command! As many of Earth's Mightiest are whisked away to fight in the Secret Wars, the newly assertive synthezoid seizes the chair. He has changes in store when the heroes return, not least his idea for a new team of Avengers on the West Coast. But there are Dire Wraiths and demons to deal with back East, not to menti on an army of Hulks and Thanos' monstrous minions the Blood Brothers! Hercules...

"The Family that Slays Together" Jack Boniface returns from a battle beyond space-time to the Louisiana bayou, only to lose his lover in the process. But he'll also lose his housekeeper in the swamp's fetid waters if Shadowman can't save her from a backwoods cannibal family!

Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko is an art book tracing Ditko's life and career, his unparalleled stylistic innovations, his strict adherence to his own (and Randian) principles, with lush displays of obscure and popular art from the thousands of pages of comics he's drawn over the last 55 years.

Collects Amazing Spider-Man #11-19 & Annual #1. Peter Parker's chosen profession is a series of unrelenting tests - but through all his trials, Spider-Man remains steadfast in his determination to use his gifts for the benefit of all. Featuring the first appearance by the Green Goblin, and Spidey's first meetings with Daredevil and the Hulk. Plus the Sinister Six!