*Marvel: ‘Does the Green Goblin Look Cute To You?…’ The rather twee opening line of the blurb on Amazing Spider-Man #14’s cover heralded the first appearance of Spider-Man’s most dastardly and persistent enemy – his ‘Joker’, so to speak. The sinister and malevolent Green Goblin has plagued Spider-Man ever since, causing chaos, destruction and the deaths of some of Spidey’s most beloved friends, and this masterwork by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko is where his villainous career kicked off. And guest-starring the Hulk to boot! This is a beautiful FN- pence printed copy of a comic which is continually rising in value, clean, flat and glossy, with tight and firmly-attached staples and deep, rich colours. There is a little corner blunting and very minor edge wear and the tiniest corner off the bottom right corner edge (you can see this best in the splash image below); nice page quality and a copy that presents very well. High resolution images are available on request. We also have a very decent #17 (the Goblin’s second appearance) VG+ pence printed; guest-starring the Human Torch. Glossy with deep, rich colours, tight, firmly-attached staples and minor edge wear and corner blunting, nice page quality, but with a couple of small colour-breaking creases across the edge of the bottom right corner and a 0.5 cm tear in that area.
PICTURED: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
#14 FN- p £1,300 (COVER, BACK AND SPLASH)
#17 VG+ p £150 SOLD