Celebrate 80 years of Marvel Comics, decade by decade - and see how Spider-Man became an icon of the (Web) Swinging Sixties The ever-sociable wallcrawler helped build the connected Marvel Universe we know and love with these early team-ups (and tussles) with his fellow heroes - beginning with his bid to join the Fantastic Four Witness the beginnings of Spidey's amazing friendships with the Human Torch and Daredevil -and his fi rst run-ins with the Hulk, Avengers, X-Men and more Plus, the legendary Steve Ditko unites his signature characters, Spider-Man and Doctor Strange

COLLECTING: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) 16, ANNUAL 2-3; STRANGE TALES ANNUAL 2; AVENGERS (1963) 11; DAREDEVIL (1964) 16-17, 27; X-MEN (1963) 35; FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) 73; MATERIAL FROM AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) 1, 8, 14; FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL 1; TALES TO ASTONISH (1959) 57