*Marvel: There are two great lines in Spider-Man history. The first – ‘with great power there must also come — great responsibility!’ was not original to Stan Lee, but as far as we know the second – ‘Face it tiger, you just hit the jackpot!’ is entirely Stan’s own work. Well, we’re not offering you the first this update (fresh out of Amazing Fantasy #15 for now), but we do have the second in the shape of Amazing Spider-man #42, from the Good Doctor Collection. In this issue, the astronaut offspring of J Jonah Jameson gained super-powers and posed a threat to Spider-Man… but let’s be honest, who really cares? Because the Big Deal this time was the revelation, finally, of Mary Jane Watson, the mysterious lady who’d been hovering in the odd panel, her face always obscured, for several previous issues! When Stan Lee and John Romita finally showed us the ‘Full MJ’, it proved to be well worth the wait, with one of the most famous intro lines in the history of comics! This first full appearance of Mary Jane is a low graded cents copy, with a worn spine and edges and with lots of small to medium colour breaking creases, but none of which impinge on the cover image. A small edge nick or two here and there, but reasonably good colour, okay pages and staples firmly in place.
PICTURED: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #42 GD £55 SOLD