*Marvel: By the time of Spider-Man’s 50th issue, ‘new’ artist John Romita had made the series his own, and this milestone number was marked with the debut of a new villain, the Kingpin – so long associated with Daredevil, in the post-Miller years, that younger readers are unaware that he originated in Spider-Man’s Rogues’ Gallery! The cover of #50, with Peter temporarily abandoning his Spider-Man identity, has become etched in the minds of a generation, endlessly imitated and ‘homaged’, in comics and other media. This is a reasonable lower-graded pence printed copy; it notably has a long diagonal crease across the top right corner that breaks colour (see scan) and a number of smaller white creases or marks, along with edge wear and corner blunting. Staples are firm at cover and centrefold and page quality is okay. A relatively affordable major key issue.
PICTURED: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #50 GD/VG p £400 SOLD