American Update: Spider-Mania – The Thick ‘Uns! Annuals and Giant-Size issues new in!
*Marvel: This week, we concentrate on some of Peter Parker’s extra-length adventures, with new listings for Amazing Spider-Man Annual (including #2, with “The Wondrous Worlds of Doctor Strange”, the only Steve Ditko illustrated crossover between his two most famous co-creations, #16, with the debut of Captain Marvel II/Photon/Pulsar/Spectrum/Whatever Monica Rambeau’s calling herself this week, and #21 (pictured VF/NM £25), the tear-sheddin’ weddin’ issue, where Spidey and his beloved Mary Jane finally tied the knot. (And no, we DO NOT SPEAK of that ‘One More Day’ gubbins…). Complementing these, the first three issues of Giant-Size Spider-Man, a quarterly title from the Seventies, which was Giant-Size Marvel Team-Up in all but name, as each issue paired Petey with a co-star – Dracula in #1, Master of Kung Fu in #2, and Doc Savage in #3.