Weiner Robert G. Weiner & Peaslee Robert Moses Peaslee 
Web-Spinning Heroics 
Critical Essays on the History and Meaning of Spider-Man

This volume collects a wide-ranging sample of fresh analyses of Spider-Man. It traverses boundaries of medium, genre, epistemology and discipline in essays both insightful and passionate that move forward the study of one of the world’s most beloved characters. The editors have crafted the book for fans, creators and academics alike. Foreword by Tom De Falco, with poetry and an afterword by Gary Jackson (winner of the 2009 Cave Canem Poetry Prize).