Spider-Man | |
スパイダーマン | |
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Genre | Superhero |
Manga | |
Written by | Kōsei Ono Kazumasa Hirai |
Illustrated by | Ryoichi Ikegami |
Published by | Kodansha |
English publisher | |
Imprint | Sun Comics (Asahi Sonorama) |
Magazine | Monthly Shōnen Magazine |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | January 1970 – September 1971 |
Volumes | 8 |
Spider-Man: The Manga is a Japanese superhero manga series written by Kōsei Ono and Kazumasa Hirai and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami which retold the story of Spider-Man in a Japanese setting. It was originally published in Japan from January 1970 to September 1971 in Monthly Shōnen Magazine.[1] The comic began by loosely adapting American Marvel stories, but over time, Ikegami introduced more original material.[2] The manga features Yu Komori as Spider-Man's teen alter ego, and takes place in a Japanese setting.[3] Within the Marvel Comics multiverse, its reality is designated as Earth-70019.[4]