Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Volume 10 by Stan Lee is Spiderman in the 1970’s. This novel features more grown up storytelling it has the death of a supporting character, civil rights issues, and drug use / drug abuse of Peter’s close friend. This volume brings big battles and big bads like The Green Goblin and Doctor Octopus back. Spiderman tangles with X-men’s Iceman, The Beetle and The Prowler. This book brought the action in real fun ways, the Spiderman / Doctor Octopus battle is the best, a lot of iconic scenes and real stakes which leads to death. The drug abuse issue as one that broke the comic book code to no show drug abuse, it’s pills and lightest of drugs, but it does show the effects of over dosing. Volume 10 features two 3 issue arc’s with the grief from the death of a supporting character hanging over Peter Parker and influence his decisions in most issues in volume 10. This volume collects The Amazing Spider-Man issues 88-99.

The Plots: Doc. Oct is in prison and his mechanical arms are on display. The display is just too close to Doctor Octopus who can control the arms with his brain waves. The arms come alive and bust him out of prison so he can start his life of crime, luckily spiderman is there to stop him, but the fight breaks out into the public and some on close to Peter Parker dies. Ice man thinks Spiderman is responsible for someones death and wants to stop him and hand him over to the police. Peter Parker heads to London to clear his head and go for a new assignment, and Spiderman has to come out after terrorist. A series of robberies in aunt May’s neighborhood send Spiderman on neighborhood watch and he finds a villain he has not seen in some time. The Prowler knows Spiderman knows the man he allegedly murdered and wants to find him. The Green Goblin’s returns starts with a large group attending a performance of Hair starring Mary Jane Watson, when Norman Osborn is get with flashback of the old art house that Oscorp refurbished. Then he remembers that he stored the Green Goblin gear there and remembers, that Peter Parker is Spiderman.

What I Liked: The Spiderman Doctor Octopus fight was so good I loved every second of it, I though they could have played up the death more, but the fight was awesome. After reading 1-99 of The Amazing Spider-Man, Spidey and Doctor Octopus have the best fights and beat each other to exhaustion, followed by Mysterio, Vulture, Molten Man (i’m shocked too), and Kraven the Hunter. The death was shocking and will have consequences. The Iceman fight was actually good I’ve seen Spidey fight Medusa from the Inhumans, Black Widow, and Johnny Storm. The fight with Iceman is by far the best. I liked the hardcore flirting of Mary Jane to make Harry jealous. I liked the Joke about maybe Aunt May seeing Hair won’t be good for her heart. I liked the conversation Randy Robertson had with class at Norman Osborn. I like how Harry beat Norman my using his son to break him away from the Green Goblin.

What I Disliked: I felt most of the Green Goblin fight was just okay. The Green Goblin had new inventions and new gear but he only remembered he was the Green Goblin again minutes before, why didn’t he use the gear the last time he had plans to kill Spiderman. The Jail Riot reminded me the last jail riot issue. The London storyline could have been better.

Recommendation: This volume was way better than volume 9. I recommend this volume for the action and the consequences of that action. I thought the addiction issue was pretty bold, I did like it the Peter Parker took on the drug dealers, not Spiderman. I rated Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Volume 10 by Stan Lee 4 out of 5 stars. Next volume will take me into issue 100.