Spidey's Popin' Up At Ya!

Last week I picked up a copy of Amazing Spider-Man Pop-Up, "Spider-Man Tastic!" This book is 16 pages of Spidey action that litterlaly jumps off the pages, hence the pop up name. The entire 11 page origin of Spider-Man from Amazing Fantasy #15 is contained in this book, along with spread pages and facts on some of Spidey's most memorable foes (Green Goblin, Doc Ock, Mysterio, Kraven, the Vulture and Electro). This book isn't gonna tell the die-hard Spidey fan anything he doesn't already know but you really can't go wrong with colorful artwork from Steve Ditko and John Romita Sr. The regular asking price for this book is $24.99 but I my Borders had them for $4.99. (Score!) So if you can get it on the cheap, I'd highly recommend it.

Comments

Sol (Frederick) Badguy said…

This is good, when was the publishing date?

By the way; Congractulations on your 100th post Reg

September 7, 2008 at 1:05 AM

Tommy said…

100 posts already?! Wow! Congrats!!

September 7, 2008 at 6:42 AM

Reggie White Jr. said…

Thanks, guys. I believe it came out in 2007. No month that I know of.

September 7, 2008 at 4:56 PM

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