Set Description:
This set features the combined creative works of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko on the ASM comic between 1963 and 1966:
• Stan Lee (Stanley Martin Lieber) born 28/12/1922, died 12/11/2018 (age 95).
• Steve Ditko (Stephen J. Ditko) born 2/11/1927, died 29/6/2018 (age 90).
The set comprises the following 41 comics:
• First appearance of Spider-Man in AF15.
• ASM 1-38
• ASM Annuals 1 and 2
ASM 38 was Steve Ditko's last issue as plotter, penciler, and inker. He left the series due to ongoing creative differences between himself and Stan Lee. He was replaced by John Romita Sr. Ditko didn't finish the cover of ASM #38, and only did the inside art. This is why the cover of the issue is comprised of four different images from within the comic itself. It is rumored that the grinning mannequin punched by Spider-Man at the end of this issue was Ditko's "farewell shot" at a likeness of Stan Lee, not Ned Leeds of the Daily Bugle on his right to propose to Betty as per the storyline.
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