- Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Del Rey; First THUS edition (Mar 19 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0345450051
- ISBN-13: 978-0345450050
- Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 2.1 x 17.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 159 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,815,657 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
From School Library Journal
Adult/High School-David has taken the screenplay and turned it into an entertaining, exciting novel. The famous character has been updated for the 21st century with high-tech weapons and gadgets, and genetically altered spiders. The story traces Peter Parker from his origins as a wimpy high school nerd to a New York City photographer by day and crime-fighting superhero by night. The usual characters are all well portrayed: Peter's longtime love Mary Jane, the gruff newspaper editor J. Jonah Jamesson, Aunt May and Uncle Ben, and, of course, Spidey's nemesis, the Green Goblin. Much of the book centers on the rivals and how they came to be what they are: one seeking redemption and the other revenge. With its snappy dialogue, fast pace, and jam-packed action sequences, the novel has the feel of a comic book, and it should be a hot item with teens.
James O. Cahill, Fairfax County Public Library, VA
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
James O. Cahill, Fairfax County Public Library, VA
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Book Description
The explosive tale of Marvel Comics’ crime-fighting superhero
SPIDER-MAN
It begins with an orphan named Peter Parker, raised by his beloved Aunt May and Uncle Ben in Queens, New York. A quiet student, he works diligently at his studies and pines for the beautiful Mary Jane Watson. But this ordinary teenage boy is about to have his life turned upside down, when he is bitten by a genetically altered spider. Suddenly, he finds himself possessed of spectacular powers. He is now and forever Spider-Man!
Follow Spider-Man’s action-packed journey, from his struggle to harness the extraordinary gifts that will prove to be both blessing and curse, to his fight to save innocent lives while the media tears him to pieces. It all leads up to his ultimate battle high above New York streets, against the death-dealing madman known as the Green Goblin. While the city watches helplessly and countless lives hang in the balance, Spider-Man confronts his archnemesis, and the Goblin puts Spider-Man’s vow to fight crime to the ultimate test . . .
SPIDER-MAN
It begins with an orphan named Peter Parker, raised by his beloved Aunt May and Uncle Ben in Queens, New York. A quiet student, he works diligently at his studies and pines for the beautiful Mary Jane Watson. But this ordinary teenage boy is about to have his life turned upside down, when he is bitten by a genetically altered spider. Suddenly, he finds himself possessed of spectacular powers. He is now and forever Spider-Man!
Follow Spider-Man’s action-packed journey, from his struggle to harness the extraordinary gifts that will prove to be both blessing and curse, to his fight to save innocent lives while the media tears him to pieces. It all leads up to his ultimate battle high above New York streets, against the death-dealing madman known as the Green Goblin. While the city watches helplessly and countless lives hang in the balance, Spider-Man confronts his archnemesis, and the Goblin puts Spider-Man’s vow to fight crime to the ultimate test . . .
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5.0 out of 5 stars
THE BEST MOVIE-TIE IN!,
By Zach (Area 51) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Spider-Man (Mass Market Paperback)
THE BEST MOVIE-TIE IN! Peter David captures all the great moments of the movie! READ THIS BOOK! They say the book is better than the movie, well, they are about the same because they are both GREAT!
2.0 out of 5 stars
Ho-hum.....,
By mnemosyne (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Spider-Man (Mass Market Paperback)
This book bears the distinct aroma of the rush to publication. It basically is a revision of the original script with very few added trappings. Very few. I particularly disagreed with the way the author characterized Norman Osborn/the Green Goblin - he seemed way out of character to me here. His transformation into the Goblin via the lab-experiment-gone-wrong was just light-years off the mark. The Goblin's going to emerge from the vapor-chamber and caper about waving his hands over his head and hooting like a great ape on the rampage? Not the Norman Osborn I'm familiar with, folks. The book goes into far more depth regarding Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson, which is a plus because the author understands these characters much better. If you want to read the script, allow me to suggest Mark Cotta Vaz' "Behind the Mask of Spider-Man", which contains the entire script with fewer annoyances such as the aforementioned Goblin transformation scene. In short, it's safe to say this novelization is for Spider-Man completists only. If you just haaaaaave to have it, be my guest.
2.0 out of 5 stars
The movie is better then the book.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Spider-Man (Mass Market Paperback)
Peter David's take on the Spider-Man story has never been very good. Neither is this book, which is basically his version of Spider-Man on film. Really, does a man who made a second rate TV show like Space Cases, really think that he could write a Spider-Man film script as well. It sure looked to be the case here and I soon threw away this book and enjoyed the movie instead. Comic book writers have no business writing movies.
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