The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 7 continues his chronological Omnibus series, landing smack dab in the Bronze Age.
The Omnibus collects The Amazing Spider-Man #206-223, The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #14-15, Marvel Treasury Edition #25, and the Spidey stories from What If? #23-24 and 30.
All stories are written by Denny O’Neil, Roger Stern, Michael Fleisher, Mike W. Barr, Bill Mantlo, J.M. DeMatteis, Mark Gruenwald, Steven Grant, Steve Skeates, Tony Isabella, and Bill Flanagan.
Art is provided by John Romita Jr., Frank Miller, John Byrne, Jim Mooney, Alan Weiss, Luke McDonnell, Bob McLeod, Win Mortimer, Alan Kupperberg, Bob Hall, Mark Gruenwald, Marie Severin, Keith Pollard, Greg LaRocque, Herb Trimpe, Gil Kane, Rich Buckler, Gene Day, Pablo Marcos, Al Milgrom, Brett Breeding, Klaus Janson, Joe Rubinstein, Bob Wiacek, Tom Palmer, Joe Sinnott, Bob Layton, Terry Austin, Frank Giacoia, and Bruce Patterson.
Highlights in the collection include Romita Jr.’s first Spider-Man work, the first appearance of Madame Web, a New York Marathon assassination plot, a merged Hydro-Man/Sandman, a prison break allegedly caused by Peter Parker, an Aunt May solo adventure, an early appearance of Moon Knight, O’Neil and Miller’s Annuals co-starring Doctor Strange and the Punisher, Spider-Man vs. the Hulk at the Winter Olympics, and battles against Mesmero, a new Frightful Four (with an assist from the Sub Mariner), Kraven, and Speed Demon.
The What If? stories include: “What if…Aunt May, instead of her nephew Peter, had been bitten by a radioactive spider?”, “What if …Gwen Stacy lived?”, and “What if…Spider-Man’s Clone had Survived?”.
The recent The Amazing Spider-Man: Threat or Menace? Epic Collection contains much of the same material, other than the Marvel Treasury Edition and the What If? stories.
The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 7 consists of 680 pages for a suggested retail price of $100.00.
Check out the cover by Romita, Jr. and Milgrom and the comic shop variant by Miller below and stay tuned to Conskipper for all of your Spidey news.
