*Marvel: New from the Good Doctor Collection this week. In issues #31 to #33 of Lee & Ditko’s Amazing Spider-Man, Peter Parker’s alter ego faced the machinations of the mysterious Master Planner in an early ‘story arc’ – decades before the term was coined. The Planner was revealed to be one of Spidey’s most deadly enemies, and placed our hero in such peril that his escape became one of the most iconic scenes of Spidey’s earlier career. This three-part story is well remembered as a baptism of fire along Spidey’s heroic journey – and, into the bargain, issue #31 introduces two characters – Gwen Stacy and Harry Osborn – who are destined to have major impacts on his future!
PICTURED: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
#31 VG+ p £350 ‘A Marvel Pop Art Production’. 1st Gwen Stacy, 1st Harry Osborn. A decent pence-printed copy with good cover colour. Solid spine with some edge wear and corner blunting. Minor creasing/handling wear, but no significant colour breaks except a small crease across bottom right corner. Staples are firm at spine and centrefold, supple pages off-white to slightly cream.
#32 VG/FN p £95 Nice clean pence-printed copy with good cover colour and some gloss. Solid spine, staples tight at spine and centrefold, supple pages off-white to slightly cream, only slight corner blunting. No significant creasing except a 1.5 cm colour-breaker below bottom staple.
#33 FN p £300 Iconic cover. Nice colour and gloss on cover. Square, flat and clean, pence-printed. Solid spine, staples firm at spine and centrefold. Only minor edge wear and corner blunting. Pages are supple and off-white.