Spider-Man: Life Story
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Collects Spider-Man: Life Story (2019) #1-6, Spider-Man: Life Story Annual (2021) #1. Spider-Man makes history! In 1962's AMAZING FANTASY #15, teenage Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider and became the amazing Spider-Man! Nearly sixty years have passed in the real world since that event - so what would have happened if the same amount of time passed for Peter? In celebration of an icon, Chip Zdarsky and legendary artist Mark Bagley spin a unique Spidey tale - telling the entire life story of Spider-Man from beginning to end, set against the key events of the decades through which he lived! From the Vietnam War to Secret Wars and Civil War, all the way through to what just might be a 72-year-old Spider-Man's final mission, prepare to watch Peter Parker age by the issue - now in hardcover, including a brand new Annual tale!\
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1 primary book7 released booksSpider-Man: Life Story is a 6-book series first released in 2019 with contributions by Chip Zdarsky.
Series
36 released booksSpider-Man: Miniseries is a 36-book series first released in 1996 with contributions by Jason Aaron, Christopher Yost, and 31 others.
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The only thing - and I mean the only thing - keeping this from being a five star read was the length. It was too short! This is an epic story and it was begging to be an epic tome. Everything happens so fast that it's hard to absorb it all; I had to force myself to put the book down after each issue just so I could take some time to enjoy the brilliant, meticulous detail that went into planning out each phase of Spidey's life. If Marvel had gone all in and made this a year long series that truly capitalized on all that planning, I think this may've been the best Spider-Man story ever told.
That being said, the book we wound up with is still pretty flippin' fantastic! A lightning quick, bittersweet journey wholly unlike any other comic book I've ever read. Even with the one glaring fault, it's still one of those upper echelon stories that every superhero fan should experience. I'll be carrying this story around in my heart and my mind for a long time to come.
