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UPCOMING ANNIVERSARY: First there was Fantastic Four No. 1: Panel by Panel. Now, timed for the 60th anniversary of Spider-Man, award-winning designer Chip Kidd and photographer Geoff Spear deconstruct the iconic issues of Amazing Fantasy no. 15 and The Amazing Spider-Man no. 1 by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, with cover art by Jack Kirby. The volume includes text by Kidd, Marvel editor Tom Brevoort, historian Mark Evanier, and Library of Congress curator Sara Duke.MIGHTY BRAND: Marvel Comics, having celebrated its 80th anniversary in 2020, is one of the most recognizable brands worldwide.STUNNINGLY DESIGNED AND METICULOUSLY PHOTOGRAPHED: Kidd and Spear bring their award-winning design talents to this beautifully reimagined and meticulously crafted art book.NOT ONE BUT TWO COMPLETE STORIES: In August 1962 Spider-Man made his first appearance in Amazing Fantasy no. 15 and was so popular with readers that he got his own comic book in March 1963, The Amazing Spider-Man. In Spider-Man: Panel by Panel, Kidd and Spear examine both comic books, including the debut of his first super villain, the Chameleon, as well as Marvel''s first super hero team-up, which features none other than . . . the Fantastic Four.ORIGINAL ART: In 2008 an anonymous collector came forward with the original art for all 11 pages of the very first appearance of Spider-Man from Amazing Fantasy no. 15 and donated them to the Library of Congress (LOC). In addition to reprinting the finished comic, Spider-Man: Panel by Panel includes all 11 pages of the original art, as well as close-up details and handwritten notes between Lee and Ditko from the margins of the pages, which have never been reproduced before. Duke, comics curator at the LOC, has contributed an essay on this unprecedented acquisition and guides readers through the original art, panel by panel and page by page.
