Don't pass up the opportunity to learn about Spider-Man and his tragic beginnings in The Amazing Spider-Man. When high school student Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider, he is given sensational abilities that allow him to crawl up walls, just like a spider But when tragedy strikes Peter's Uncle Ben, Peter vows to use those abilities for the good of all mankind as the Amazing Spider-Man Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Marvel Picture Books is an imprint of Spotlight, a division of ABDO.