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Section Name: Spider-Man Books
Base Level: No Spider-Man

These are one-off books that tell you how to draw, illustrate, and generally be creative with comics. See also Spider-Man 2: How To Draw Spider-Man from the Scholastic series for the second movie tie-in.

How To Draw Comics the Marvel Way
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 Summary: Spider-Man on Cover
No Month 1978 : NM ($16.00) : SM Cover
Publisher:  Simon/Schuster, Inc.
Writer:  Stan Lee
Art/Technique:  John Buscema
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Klutz: Draw The Marvel Comics Super-Heroes
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No Month 1995 : NM ($10.00) : Review (No SM)
 Review by The Editor (5 Webs)
Publisher:  Klutz
Illustrator:  John Romita, Sr., Richard Becker
Developer:  Richard Becker
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How To Draw Spider-Man (Walter Foster)
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 Summary: Large Purple Over-Sized How To Draw
No Month 1996 : NM ($15.00) : SM Guest
Publisher:  Walter Foster Publishing, Inc.
Designer:  Joshua Morris Publishing, Inc.
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How To Draw Spider-Man (Troll)
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No Month 2002 : NM ($5.00) : SM Guest
 Review by The Editor (3 Webs)
Publisher:  Troll Communications
Writer:  Steve Behling
Pencils:  Alex Saviuk
Inker:  Bob McLeod
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Writing and Illustrating the Graphic Novel
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Aug 2004 : NM ($22.00) : Review (No SM)
 Review by The Editor (1.5 Webs)
Publisher:  New Burlington Books
Writer:  Mike Chinn
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How To Create Comics
 Summary: Collected Essays from "Write Now!" and "Draw!" Magazines
Jun 2006 : NM ($14.00) : Review (No SM)
 Review by The Editor (2 Webs)
Publisher:  TwoMorrows Publishing
Writer:  Danny Fingeroth, Mike Manley
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