1st Edition - Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects Amazing Spider-Man (1963-1998 1st Series) #21-43 and Spider-Man Annual #2-3. Written by STAN LEE. Penciled by STEVE DITKO. Inspired by those Manga 'phonebook' style volumes, Marvel continues its Essential series with the companion piece to The Essential Spider-Man. This one's got it all: the Hulk, Doctor Octopus, the Avengers, the Scorpion, the Human Torch, the Beetle, Kraven, the Rhino, Molten Man, Doctor Strange, the first appearance of Mary Jane, the unmasking of the Green Goblin and that inspirational scene where Spidey lifts that massive pile of machinery over his head! And best of all, it's printed in glorious black-and-white on good ol' fashioned newsprint! Softcover, 528 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.