AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #25 (Dec1965) 5.0 VG/FN • All DITKO All The Time!

Item Specifics

Series Name

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN

Issue Number

#25

Publisher

Marvel

Main Character

Spider-Man

Genre

Superhero

Grade

5.0 VG/FN

Certification

Uncertified

Signed

No

Item Description

Although he had been plotting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN issues nearly from the start of its run, this is the first issue in which STEVE DITKO gets actual credit for plotting the story! And it's a good one!

In "Captured by J.Jonah Jameson!", Professor Smythe builds a robot to capture Spider-Man and proposes renting it to J. Jonah Jameson! Peter is there when the inventor guarantees the destruction of Spider-Man, but since Peter needs money badly, he eggs Jameson on to hear out the wacky inventor. Smythe shows how his robot instantly shoots out steel tentacles at the hint of a spider's presence and grabs hold of Peter, much to his surprise! Jameson is given a remote control and they agree to a deal. Betty is furious with Peter for trying to trap Spider-Man, not understanding his true reasons.

As Peter later leaves school, he sees the robot and begins to run, but turns and fights the robot and tries to put webbing on the robot, but it slides off! Mary Jane Watson is waiting for Peter Parker to come home, and although we can't see her face, Betty arrives and thinks that she looks as beautiful as a movie star. When fighting the robot, Spider-Man is caught by the steel tentacles and can't escape.

Both Smythe and Jameson rush off to locate the robot and unmask Spider-Man but Spider-Man undoes the power box so when Jameson goes to unmask him he comes up empty-handed. Peter goes home, happy that he lives another day but is in trouble when he finds that Aunt May has discovered his extra Spider-Man outfit, and demands an explanation. She accepts it, but now Peter Parker has no Spider-Man costume.

This is a nice solid copy of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #25, with a good binding, supple pages and bright color. The pages have very little toning for a 56-year-old comic, and no foxing. There is a partial date stamp on the cover, handwriting on the title page, and a 2-inch tear on the back cover. We grade this copy a 5.0 VG/FN, for which Overstreet assigns a value of $100 . . . but we think $78 is much more reasonable, and gives you this issue at about 1/8th the price of the only other #25 here on HipComic! (And our mere $2 shipping fee is another good reason to take this Spidey home!)

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