Spider-Man

Marvel Comics Presents Spider-Man

By Stan Lee

Published by Marvel Comics

Reading Level: 9-12

Pages: 16

Genre: Modern Fantasy, Comic Book

Summary: This contained two stories. The first one, "Spider-Man vs The Chameleon", begins with Spider-Man trying to join the Fantastic Four to earn money. He doesn't like that they are nonprofit so he leaves. The Chameleon decides that Spider-Man would be a good person to copy to put people off his trail, so he sets Spider-Man up. So he can make a get away with secret plans. Spider-Man catches him and then the Chameleon changes into an officer, then Spider-Man to try and get the police to capture the real Spider-Man instead of him. Spider-Man rips the Chameleon's costume to the police capture the right person. The second story, "Spider-Man Tackles the Torch", is about Spider-Man and the Human Torch fighting because Torch annoys Spider-Man so Spider-Man picks a fight. They fight until the rest of the Fantastic Four stop them. Spider-Man takes of and leaves Invisible Girl and spider web heart.

My Reaction: It was cute. The story was simple and the illustrations were easy to understand.

Potential Problem: There is a lot of fighting.

Recommendations: I think younger elementary school children would enjoy it. This one definitely seems geared towards a younger audience.