But I defy you to find a current cover that features Spider-Man taking on a giantnormous man-turned spider whose mouth is dripping with venom and the title of "Death Knell" in big bold letters across the cover. Many may complain the comics today are unduly violent or filled with graphic imagery. Looking back at the covers alone, I'm shocked my family a)purchased and b)let me read the issues collected here. I had a few scattered issues from the various Spider-Man titles up to this point, but somehow it was these issues that I was able to collect and read in consecutive order. That's pretty much the case with this collection of eight issues from the early '80's run of The Amazing Spider-Man. That is, of course, until you get hold of a run of comics from your "good old days" and you realize that those comics weren't exactly setting the world on fire either. Dropping by the local comic shop these days, it's easy to criticize the work currently being done as "not quite up to par with the good old days when I was reading."
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