American Comics Update: Spider-Mania/Mighty Marvel Firsts: Amazing #50 with debut of Kingpin and iconic cover
*Marvel: By the time of Spider-Man’s 50th issue, ‘new’ artist John Romita had made the series his own, and this milestone number was marked with the debut of a new villain, the Kingpin – so long associated with Daredevil, in the post-Miller years, that younger readers may be unaware that he originated in Spider-Man’s Rogues’ Gallery! The cover of #50, with Peter temporarily abandoning his Spider-Man identity, has become etched in the minds of a generation, endlessly imitated and ‘homaged’, in comics and other media. A classic design, shown off here in a really nice above average condition pence printed copy with vibrant colours, an unspoilt cover image, tight, firm staples and supple, near white pages. Slight corner blunting and minimal edge and handling wear, a soft, tiny crease just breaking colour at the very corner of the bottom right. High resolution images are available on request.
PICTURED: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #50 FN/VF p £1,000