Beginning with the eleventh issue Marvel Tales began to more greatly feature Spider-Man as the lead in this robust reprint package which also featured the Human Torch, Thor and the Wasp. This was my first look at Steve Ditko's Spider-Man and I was most impressed. Below are more covers in this epic run.
Most of the covers for Marvel Tales were revised versions of Ditko's originals, but the last three in this run were by Marie Severin who had become something of a cover machine for Marvel at this time.
This issue featuring a Johnny Romita cover also has Ditko's next to last Spidey tale.
Spider-Man's sixth annual reprinted his first one featuring the Sinister Six. This is nifty Romita cover.
The seventh annual featured one of Spider-Man's earliest stories where he battles the Chameleon and the last Ditko issue in which he fights a guy named Joe.
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More reprints tomorrow.
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Those covers bring back great memories of my childhood/ early teen years ( most were reprinted as the covers of various issues of Spider-Man Comics Weekly etc). All these stories are wonderful but I have a particular soft spot for "A guy named Joe" . I really must pick up some more issues of Marvel Tales.
ReplyDeleteMany fans don't like "A Guy Named Joe", but I'm like you and I appreciate it for what Ditko was trying to do, elevate the common fellow.
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