Ultimate Spider-Man Scriptbook

    (Marvel, 2004)
™ and © Marvel Characters, Inc.

Marvel’s Ultimate Universe owes a great deal of its success to Brian Michael Bendis, the prolific writer responsible for many of its most popular titles. With Ultimate Spider-Man, Bendis aimed for the core appeal of the character and turned Ultimate Spider-Man into a fascinating, clever, and witty series that appealed to both new readers and longtime fans who’d forgotten just how good Spider-Man could be. This trade paperback offers a unique glimpse at the creative process by presenting the complete scripts from some of Bendis’s best stories, including the #1/2 issue (set at the Daily Bugle); #13 (Peter Parker shares his secret identity with Mary Jane; and others.

The collection proves fascinating for aspiring writers eager to see what comic scripts by one of the industry’s best writer looks like. It’s also useful for aspiring artists curious to see what kind of material they could expect to have to draw their stories from.

— Andy Richardson
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