*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 in a choice of grades; one new in, GD+ and one from our existing catalogue VG+, since we know there are a lot of people who buy only from the What’s New page without checking in the catalogue. Thus we ensure that you have the best choice we have available of this iconic issue. 
PICTURED: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
#50 VG+ p £450 (left) An 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. 
#50 GD+ p £320 (right) A reasonable pence printed copy with the central image intact and good colours. The top right cover corner has been crumpled at some stage, leaving small tears and creases in that corner; these have flattened out really well, and a piece of tape has been well deployed on the inside cover which makes the best of this damaged area. Elsewhere, minor wear with very small colour-breaking creases. Corner blunting with tight flat staples and supple off-white pages.