*Celebrate 80 years of Marvel Comics, decade by decade! See how Spider-Man became an icon of the (Web) Swinging Sixties! The ever-sociable wall-crawler helped build the connected Marvel Universe we know and love with these early team-ups (and tussles) with his fellow heroes - beginning with his bid to join the Fantastic Four! Witness the beginnings of Spidey's amazing friendships with the Human Torch and Daredevil - and his first run-ins with the Hulk, Avengers, X-Men and more! Plus: The legendary Steve Ditko unites his signature characters, Spider-Man and Doctor Strange!
Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #16 and ANNUAL #2-3, STRANGE TALES ANNUAL #2, AVENGERS (1963) #11, DAREDEVIL (1964) #16-17 and #27, X-MEN (1963) #35 and FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) #73 - plus material from AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #1, #8 and #14; FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #1; and TALES TO ASTONISH (1959) #57 - written by Stan Lee, Steve Ditko and Roy Thomas; and illustrated by Steve Ditko, John Romita Sr., Don Heck, Jack Kirby, Gene Colan, Werner Roth, and Dick Ayers.
*Source: Back cover