Marvel has officially revealed the first entry in the Marvel Brick line of affordable paperback collections, Amazing Spider-Man: Power And Responsibility, collecting the first four years of the fan-favorite web-slinger. The Marvel Bricks were previously announced at NYCC 2026’s Retailer Day with initial collections covering Uncanny X-Men, Uncanny X-Force, Superior Spider-Man, and The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl. ASM was not in the originally announced line up but according to the Penguin Random House catalog, Power And Responsibility will be released on July 6th, 2027.
Amazing Spider-Man: Power And Responsibility covers the first four years of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko’s time establishing Peter Parker as one of the central Marvel heroes. This collection includes Amazing Fantasy (1962) #15, Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #1-38, and Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964) #1-2. The solicitation copy from PRH also lists the first appearances of characters and featured stories found in the book:
First Appearances: Spider-Man (Peter Parker), Ben Parker, May Parker, Flash Thompson, Liz Allan, J. Jonah Jameson, Chameleon, Vulture, Doctor Octopus, Betty Brant, Sandman, Lizard, Electro, Enforcers, Mysterio, Green Goblin, Kraven the Hunter, Ned Leeds, Scorpion, Spider-Slayer, Harry Osborn, Gwen Stacy
Stories Featured: “The Origin of Spider-Man,” “Spider-Man vs. the Fantastic Four,” “Unmasked by Doctor Octopus,” “Duel With Daredevil,” “The Goblin and the Gangsters,” “Captured by J. Jonah Jameson,” “The Master Planner Saga,” “Just a Guy Named Joe,” “The Sinister Six,” “The Wondrous World of Dr. Strange”
The solicitation copy also has a blurb about the Brick line, “MARVEL BRICK is a new compendium format delivering Marvel’s greatest comics at an unbeatable value. Built with the reading experience in mind, each massive BRICK makes it easier than ever to dive into Marvel’s most celebrated runs from beginning to end.” Marvel has gained a reputation for letting books go out of print, even with celebrated runs like Lee and Ditko’s ASM or Chris Claremont’s Uncanny X-Men, but as AIPT reported from the Retailer Day, the Bricks are a way of addressing fan concerns over hard-to-find titles.
The Marvel Bricks also feature a unique trade dress from designer Tom Muller, best known for his work creating the design language of the Krakoan Era of X-Men comics. According to this social media post by Muller, the design philosophy behind the Marvel Bricks is, “form follows function.” The cover design for the Marvel Bricks follows this principle by providing the contents of the book and also includes a design element that looks like a “lit up” rectangle, meant to indicate that Power and Responsibility will be volume 1 of 3.
The catalog also provides this synopsis for the stories:
With great power, there must also come great responsibility. That is the defining lesson young Peter Parker learned in his timeless origin tale — and across the four-year AMAZING SPIDER-MAN run by legendary creators Stan Lee and Steve Ditko! When the bookish teen is bitten by a radioactive spider, he gains spectacular abilities that he seeks to use for personal reward — until the tragic death of his beloved Uncle Ben sends him on a new path as a super hero! Spider-Man may not be popular with the public — or Daily Bugle publisher J. Jonah Jameson — but that won’t stop him from doing the right thing and battling to save New York from deadly villains like Doctor Octopus, the Lizard and the Green Goblin! But can Peter look after his fragile Aunt May, find a way to make some money and maybe even have a little fun? Or will his double life as Spidey always get in the way?
Amazing Spider-Man: Power And Responsibility releases July 6th, 2027 and retails for $60. That price point makes this line cheaper than Marvel’s Epic Collection line and, according to The Beat’s coverage of Retailer Day, features the new “newsprint-like paper.” The first in the Marvel Brick line offers 960 pages of Amazing Spider-Man with more entries to come.
