This oversized hardcover gallery collects iconic original art from The Amazing Spider-Man #39122 is accompanied by essays from comics editor John Lind and featured an introduction by Brian Michael Bendis.

The Amazing Spider-Man 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 The Amazing Spider-Man #39 John Romita Sr. replaced Ditko as the main artist and began an epic run.

This oversized Bullpen Books edition focuses on Romita's work on ASM 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 contributorincluding Gil Kane John Buscema Jim Mooney and Mike Espositowould help lead Spider-Man to even greater heights in pop culture.

This evolution told through essays covers and original artwork-including seven full ASM stories reproduced from the original art in the Marvel Comics archives-allows readers to engage with and appreciate the legacy of some of The Amazing Spider-Man's most important contributors.

Bullpen Books is a new series of art books that honors the work of legendary Marvel Comics characters and creators starting with The Art of the Amazing Spider-Man in Fall 2024! This oversized hardcover features essays on work by John Romita Sr. and Gil Kane covers and original art scans from the Marvel archives.