
Spider-Man is a movie novelization written by Peter David in 2002 and based on the movie of the same name, directed by Sam Raimi in 2002. The movie features Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, Rosemary Harris, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
But the book is worth reading.
The Movie is based on
Comic Book by Stan Lee, Steve Ditko
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Storyline
On a school trip, high school senior Peter Parker visits a Columbia University genetics laboratory, where he is bitten by a genetically engineered super spider that escaped from containment and seemingly falls ill after returning home.
Movie vs Book

Year
2002
Minutes
121
Movie Rate
7.30
Source: IMDb

Year
2002
Pages
320
Book Rate
7.86
S: Goodreads
Book
Spider-Man
Subtitle: The Official Novelization
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