Posted By Dan Greenfield on Apr 26, 2025 | 3 comments

Some confirmations…

In March we brought you the news that Marvel for the first time in decades would be releasing a Treasury Edition featuring vintage material — the Spectacular Spider-Man: Lo, This Monster Treasury Edition.

But it’s now been officially solicited:

SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN: LO, THIS MONSTER TREASURY EDITION TPB

Written by STAN LEE
Penciled by JOHN ROMITA SR. & LARRY LIEBER
Cover by JOHN ROMITA SR.

Classic magazine tales of Spider-Man in oversized glory!

At the height of the Silver Age, Spider-Man swung into a new magazine-sized format – and the results were spectacular! With John Romita Sr. channeling film noir in his visuals and Stan Lee offering longer stories for a more mature readership, these were Spidey tales like nothing that had come before! In the first issue, told in glorious halftone black and white, Richard Raleigh bids to be the next mayor of New York – but will a monster running amok in the Big Apple derail his campaign? Then Lee and Romita go fittingly full-color for the Green Goblin’s high-flying return, delivering a feature-length showdown between Spidey and his archnemesis! Plus: Revisit Spider-Man’s origin as retold by Stan and his brother, Larry Lieber! Collecting SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN (1968) #1-2.

136 PGS./All Ages… $29.99

Trim size: 8-1/2 x 13

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A few thoughts:

— The volume will be available in the book market Dec. 9, 2025, and in comics shops the next day.

— This is confirmation that Marvel is adhering to its modern treasury size of 8 1/2 ” x 13″, which is slimmer and shorter than Bronze Age treasuries, which were in the 10″ x 13″-to-14″ range.

— It’s also, as expected, listed formally as a trade paperback, which means the cover is likely to be of a thicker card stock than a typical treasury. So does this qualify as a “true” treasury? More on that soon.

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MORE

— MARVEL Returns to Bona Fide TREASURY EDITIONS With SPIDER-MAN: LO, THIS MONSTER. Click here.

— MARVEL to Release CHRIS CLAREMONT’s Rare DAYS OF FUTURE PAST PRELUDE as a Special One-Shot. Click here.