American Update: Spider-Mania! A Riotous Regiment of Romita Issues, plus Bonus Items
*Marvel: With issue #38, Steve Ditko quit Spider-Man, and a nation mourned… But he was amply replaced in the form of John Romita, who from #39 dived right in with an epic two-parter starring Spidey’s vilest villain, the Green Goblin, and in short order he (Jazzy Johnny, not the Goblin) made the series his own, bringing it into the Swingin’ Sixties with a vengeance! We have a multitude of new Silver Age issues, mostly mid- to low-grade affordable copies, ranging from #39, Romita’s debut, to #85, Annuals #3 ( Spidey’s clash with the Avengers) #4 (battle with the Human Torch), and #6 (reprinting the epic debut of the Sinister Six), plus a handful of later, non-Romita items – Spider-Man #134, with the debut of the tintinnabulating Tarantula, and Giant-Size Spider-Man #1, teaming Spidey with Dracula, Prince of Darkness!