*Marvel: We’re always happy to welcome an early Spider-Man issue illustrated by Steve Ditko (the only ‘proper’ Spider-Man artist, excellent later contributors notwithstanding), and this one’s a bit special, featuring as it does the first guest appearance of the then-fledgling Man Without Fear, Daredevil, and, we believe, his only guest-appearance in his original black & gold costume! Teamed with Spider-Man against the menace of the Ringmaster (against whose hypnosis DD’s blindness gives him an unexpected immunity) and his Circus of Crime, this action-packed issue is an attractive VG, structurally very sound, but it has been exposed to moisture at some point in its career. This results in ‘rippling’ to the lower quarter of the book, and a faint discolouration (just barely perceivable under DD’s right foot) in the lower cover corner.
PICTURED: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #16 VG £160