*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 are 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 to good effect on this unspoilt pence printed example, with strong colour, no markings and only tiny bits of edge wear and corner blunting. Staples are firm at spine and centrefold and the pages are a supple off-white to cream. Would grade higher, but we have allowed for the fact that the inner covers are tanned at the edges, although there are no signs of brittleness. 
PICTURED: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #50 VG+ p £450