Thursday, April 18, 2013

Amazing Spiderman #13-16

Amazing Spider Man #13-16. Stan Lee/Steve Ditko June-September 1964
I noticed Peter is starting to come into his own in the dating world. Finally Liz is starting to throw him some serious bones over her beau Flash Thompson, but Aunt May is persistent with trying to set him up on a blind date with this Mary Jane character. Oh, I'm sure she won't have much impact on his life. Either way, we've seen some of Spidey's biggest foes introduced in these issues. Mysterio, The Green Goblin, Kraven the Hunter, and finally The Ringmaster - who sucks. I don't seem to recall him very much in later issues. Still, I've noticed the quality of these getting incrementally better. Stan's writing is starting to develop a little more and Steve's pencils are getting sharper. Not sure if there was some revolution in printing/copy in mid 1964 but it's a welcome turn from where some of these were at.
Plus in the mix of these four issues, I found these gems:

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