How did Stan Lee’s partnership with John Romita differ from his earlier, famously fraught collaboration with Steve Ditko?
And how does that shift play out on the comic book page?
Following his acclaimed series on the formative Ditko years, Rilstone turns his scholarly eye—and fannish heart—to the next era of The Amazing Spider-Man: the 1966 run, where John Romita gave Spidey a new face and Stan Lee gave him a new voice.
This new series offers close readings of each issue, with equal parts critical insight and Watsonian speculation. (When is Peter Parker’s birthday? Why is he always broke? And seriously—what is wrong with Aunt May?)
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Spider-Man Phase 2: Stan's Version
How Stan Lee and John Romita Created Spider-Man
Amazing Spider-Man 41: The Horns of the Rhino
Amazing Spider-Man 42: Birth of a Superhero
Amazing Spider-Man 42: Rhino on the Rampage
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