Comics Corner: The Amazing Spider-Man 59



Title: The Amazing Spider-Man
Issue Number: 59
Release Date: April 1968

Highlights
  • First cover appearance for Mary Jane Watson
  • First appearance of minor character, Gerhard Winkler
  • Peter Parker meets Captain Stacy - Though technically he met him as Spider-Man when he had amnesia
  • Kingpin returns - Under the guise of Brainwasher
Low Points
  • The Kingpin's identity is kept a secret from the readers until the last page - Why? It's not like he's a new villain
Oddities
  • Kingpin's plan is to have his workers take photos of everyone at his club, stating, "No one ever turns down a chance to get a free photo of himself!" - If that's true, people were weird in the 60's
Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)


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