Since the characters inception in the 1960sSpider-Man has appeared inmultiple forms of media, including severalnovels,short stories,comic strips,graphic novels,light novels andchildren's books.
The main form of literature which in Spider-man has appeared in iscomic books.
There have been over 200 separate Spider-Man comic book series, bothongoing series andlimited series ranging from two to 500 issues.
There have been several publishedgraphic novels with the character in the main role, includingThe Amazing Spider-Man: Hooky from 1986,The Amazing Spider-Man: Parallel Lives from 1989,The Amazing Spider-Man: Spirits of the Earth from 1990,Spider-Man: Fear Itself from 1992,Spider-Man: Season One from 2012 andAmazing Spider-Man: Family Business from 2014. There have also been many Spider-Manone-shots, specials andannuals.
There have been two Spider-Mancomic strips,The Amazing Spider-Man andMr. and Mrs. Spider-Man.
In 1994 Marvel publishedThe Ultimate Spider-Man, a short story collection edited byStan Lee.[1] It features a short story named "An Evening in the Bronx with Venom" byKeith R.A. DeCandido, among others.[2] TheUntold Tales of Spider-Man from 1997 is another short story collection, it was inspired by theUntold Tales of Spider-Man comic book series from 1995 to 1997, which was also written by Kurt Busiek. This book was also edited by Stan Lee.[3][4]
There have been more than 20 Spider-Man novels, ranging from original works to adaptions of unused comic scripts tonovelizations of his films. The character has also appeared in several other novels not about him specifically, such as novelizations of well-knowncomic book events like "Civil War".
There are six major book series with the character of Spider-Man as the main focus. The "Duane trilogy" is a trilogy of Spider-Man books by Diane Duane,Spider-Man Super Thriller is a young adult novel series by several writers, theDoom's Day trilogy is a series of books by several authors,X-Men and Spider-Man: Time's Arrow is another trilogy by Tom DeFalco with a co-writer on each book and the latest Spider-Man book series is theSinister Six trilogy, which was written by Adam-Troy Castro.
Several Spider-Man children's books have been published, from early readers to light novels.
Spider-Man has been the subject of several coloring and activity books, from many companies such asGiddy-Up!,Kappa,Parragon/Scholastic,Peter Haddock,Alligator,Bendon,Funtastic,Golden Books,HarperCollins,Hunter Leisure,Meredith,Modern Publishing andTri-Coastal.[5]
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