The Spider-Man Project
A close-reading of the first great graphic novel in American
literature.
literature.
"Perhaps the most detailed study of a comic book ever attempted; will be to The Amazing Spider-Man what Revolution in the Head is to the Beatles."
"You may think you love these comics. But Rilstone loves them more and has spent longer thinking about them than you have."
"Whether it's Flash Thompson's honour code; the connection between Jonah Jameson and Stanley Baldwin or all the times Stan Lee wrote a caption without understanding the pictures Rilstone will point out things about Spider-Man you never noticed before." (*)
Steve Ditko 1927 -2018
Stan Lee 1922 - 2018
Prologue
How Stan Lee and Steve Ditko created Spider-Man
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Amazing Fantasy #15
1963
Spider-Man - Freak! Public Menace!
Spider-Man vs The Chameleon
Duel to Death With the Vulture
Spider-Man vs Doctor Octopus, the Strangest Foe of All Time
Nothing Can Stop - The Sandman!
Marked For Destruction by Doctor Doom
Face to face with the Lizard
The Return of the Vulture
Interlude
1964
The Terrible Threat of the Living Brain
What is Flash Thompson's problem with Peter Parker?
Peter Parker's glasses as a clue to the meaning of the Marvel Universe
Spider-Man Tackles The Torch
What is Flash Thompson's problem with Peter Parker?
Peter Parker's glasses as a clue to the meaning of the Marvel Universe
Spider-Man Tackles The Torch
In the neighborhood
A Man Called Electro
The Enforcers
Why Does J.J.J Hate Spider-Man?
Turning Point
Unmasked By Doctor Octopus
The Menace of Mysterio
1973: A Spider Odyssey I Week ending March 17, 1973
A Man Called Electro
The Enforcers
Why Does J.J.J Hate Spider-Man?
Turning Point
Unmasked By Doctor Octopus
The Menace of Mysterio
1973: A Spider Odyssey I Week ending March 17, 1973
1973: A Spider Odyssey II Spider-Man Comics Weekly #5
1973: A Spider Odyssey III Amazing Spider-Man #13
The Grotesque Adventure of the Green Goblin
Kraven the Hunter
Duel with Daredevil
The Sinister Six (I)
The Sinister Six (II)
Why is Doctor Octopus Spider-Man's Greatest Foe?
The Return of the Green Goblin
The End of Spider-Man
Spidey Strkes Back
1965
The Long 1965
The Coming of the Scorpion
Where Flies the Beetle
The Clown And His Masters of Menace
The Strange Case of Ditko's Feet
The Goblin and the Gangsters
Spider-Man Goes Mad
1973: A Spider Odyssey III Amazing Spider-Man #13
The Grotesque Adventure of the Green Goblin
Kraven the Hunter
Duel with Daredevil
The Sinister Six (I)
The Sinister Six (II)
Why is Doctor Octopus Spider-Man's Greatest Foe?
The Return of the Green Goblin
The End of Spider-Man
Spidey Strkes Back
1965
The Long 1965
The Coming of the Scorpion
Where Flies the Beetle
The Clown And His Masters of Menace
The Strange Case of Ditko's Feet
The Goblin and the Gangsters
Spider-Man Goes Mad
Appendix
Captured by J. Jonah Jameson
The Man in the Crime Master's Mask
The Menace of the Molten Man
Bright college days...
Never Step on a Scorpion
The Tables Turned
The Claws of the Cat
Twenty Weeks In Spring
I'm For No More Love
The Very Famous Master Planner Trilogy
If This Be My Destiny
Man on a Rampage
The Final Chapter I
The Final Chapter II
The Final Chapter III
1966
The Last Days of Dangling Plot Thread Woman
Continuing to Dangle
The Thrill of the Hunt
The Molten Man Regrets
Where Falls the Meteor
Once Upon a Time There Was a Robot
The Curious Afterlife of Ben Parker
How Green Was My Goblin
The Insoluble Problem of the Green Goblin
Appendix
The Leopard From Lime Street
A serious but unsuccessful attempt to engage with Ayn Rand (I)
Captured by J. Jonah Jameson
The Man in the Crime Master's Mask
The Menace of the Molten Man
Bright college days...
Never Step on a Scorpion
The Tables Turned
The Claws of the Cat
Twenty Weeks In Spring
I'm For No More Love
The Very Famous Master Planner Trilogy
If This Be My Destiny
Man on a Rampage
The Final Chapter I
The Final Chapter II
The Final Chapter III
1966
The Last Days of Dangling Plot Thread Woman
Continuing to Dangle
The Thrill of the Hunt
The Molten Man Regrets
Where Falls the Meteor
Once Upon a Time There Was a Robot
The Curious Afterlife of Ben Parker
How Green Was My Goblin
The Insoluble Problem of the Green Goblin
Appendix
The Leopard From Lime Street
A serious but unsuccessful attempt to engage with Ayn Rand (I)
A serious by unsuccessful attempt to engage with Ayn Rand (II)
(*) The kinds of things that I think people ought to be saying about the project:
(*) The kinds of things that I think people ought to be saying about the project:
3 comments:
Are you going to turn these essays into a book?
That is the question. :)
Well, if you draw them up into a book, I'll definitely buy a copy!
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