Spider-Man Wanted Dead or Alive

by Craig Shaw Gardner

Book Overview

Brian Timilty is running for mayor on an anti-superhero ticket, and the amazing Spider-Man is his biggest target. But Timilty is secretly the pawn of Tyler Stewart, a wealthy businessman seeking to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399143858
• ISBN13: 9780399143854
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
• Length: 295 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

This Book is Definitely Worth Whatever You Put Into Getting It...

I love Spider-Man, but I've only read a couple of the comics. When I saw this book a few years ago, I thought it might be kind of stupid, but I'd give it a chance. I started reading it and definitely could not put it down. This book was AMAZING. I lost it somewhere in my house, and even though I already read it, I plan on buying it again so I can read it again. It's really that good. :) I highly recommend buying it if you enjoy books that keep your heart racing and leave you never wanting to put them down. Peace - Mira

First non-comic spidey i ever read and it's great!

Well i have always read the comics and i am a big fan of spidey, and i was wondering how well a book could do and i was shocked to find it's better then a comic. you are not limited to the art they choose because you have your mind to make them come alive, and the story telling does just that , the writer knows spider-man very well and writes a story worthy of him, and any fan will jump on this book (i have read it a few times i liked it so much).so if your a fan of spidery then do get this book.

Craig Shaw Gardner -- Greatest Writer Of All Time?

Call it a personal foible, but I have a strong preference for novels -- especially media novels -- written by authors with three names, or at least two names and an initial. Thus, I'm more likely to purchase a STAR WARS novel by Roger MacBride Allen than by Timothy Zahn, and I steer clear of Marvel novels by folks like Diane Duane and Peter David, and direct my dollars instead to books by authors such as Dean Wesley Smith and Adam-Troy Castro. Three names just has more class! (Collaborations between two-name and three-name writers -- such as CARNAGE IN NEW YORK -- drive me crazy!) At any rate, Craig Shaw Gardner's WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE easily meets my first criterion (three names!) and also delivers a whole bunch of pages of good reading!Fans of Spider-Man supporting characters J. Jonah Jameson (two names and an initial!) and Mary-Jane Watson-Parker (four!) will be pleased to know that both get plenty of screen time in this taut crime thriller, as a Donald Trumpish development mogul tries to manipulate public opinion against Spider-Man and in support of his political candidate confederate! Naturally, J. Jonah Jameson signs on for the program, having forgotten his disastrous support of Winston Cherryh (back in the Frank Miller Daredevil)! Mary-Jane doesn't, though, because she knows that she's married to Spider-Man! Pretty soon, a complex web of intrigue has sprung up, and it takes master super hero Spidey to untangle it!One question: What's with this John Garcia guy? His name has popped up in several Marvel novels, but he's always a different character! Are they running out of names or something?But don't let that minor point sway you -- this is one fine book! I bought both editions -- the paperback to lend and the hardback for my personal, permanent library.

Even heroes have bad days!

Sorry I'm a paperback reader, I enjoy the price and convenience of the size of the books. After Spider-man is framed for murder and everyone is hunting for his head, it was good to see that even a super hero can use a little help from friends and loved ones once and awhile. This Spider-man book was well written, fast-paced and enjoyable. A must read for Spider-man fans!

TERRIFIC!

This book captures all the excitment of "Spider-Hunt" and features two of Spidey enemies; Electro and Rhino. Usually these two can be considered lame at best but Gardner makes them cool. Also look out for special appearnces by Green Goblin, Prowler, and a certain 6-clawed rodent!