*Marvel: This week, the Good Doctor Collection releases star Amazing Spider-Man #3. While early issues of the Amazing Spider-Man are always popular, the debuts of his major villains are the hot-button items, and this is one of the hottest. Issue #3 of Spider-Man’s series saw the first appearance of Doctor Otto Octavius, a.k.a. Doctor Octopus, the villain who, perhaps jointly with the Green Goblin, is regarded as our hero’s definitive nemesis. Doc Ock (as he’s familiarly known) has been the bête noire of Spidey for decades, but this is where the vendetta began. This is a pence printed copy, low grade but not too bad. It is a bit worn and thumbed, but creasing is restricted to the spine and edges, where several short creases break colour. Corner blunting, but nice off-white to cream pages. The top staple is firm at cover and centrefold, but the cover has popped off the bottom staple, although it’s fine at centrefold. The major flaw that spoils an otherwise clean cover is a white scuff mark on Doc Ock’s thigh — visible on the scan. High resolution images are available on request.
PICTURED: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #3 GD p £1,575 SOLD