*Prison food is bad enough but when inmate Carl "Crusher" Creel unwittingly drank a potion enchanted by Loki, Asgardian god of mischief, Creel became the Absorbing Man! Now, Creel can absorb the physical properties of anything he touches: Steel, Stone, Wood-even diamonds! But no matter what form his body takes, the Absorbing Man retains his original personality: rude, crude, lewd and shrewd!
A comic book icon known worldwide for over 30 years, Spider-Man's message is clear: with great power, comes great responsibility. This the story of Peter Parker - an ordinary boy transformed into Spider-Man from the bite of a radioactive spider. Through all of his exciting adventures and sensational battles with sinister super-villains, young Peter still relates to his fellow citizens as he tries to maintain a normal life working as a newspaper photographer in New York.
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