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Originally Posted by The Batlord
I've actually read some of the earliest issues. I think I might have been up to the second appearance of the Green Goblin, I think around #15 or so. I was thinking about doing some shorter blurbs about each issue. A lot of those stories aren't don't really warrant in-depth analysis. Some of it was starting to get really good though. That arc about Betty Brant and her brother, with the second appearance of Dr. Octopus, was a pretty great melding of pulp comic books and over-the-top soap operas. I was disappointed when Lee flubbed Peter and Betty's relationship after that though. He clearly didn't know what to do with it, and it just became a lame comedy of errors, with Betty going from an interesting character to just another jealous girlfriend stereotype.
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The thing is, the first 100 issues of Amazing Spider-Man were probably the best comic by Marvel consistently in the 1960s. Sure FF4 had its epic moments as did Thor, Avengers and the Original X-Men etc but Spidey was the best issue to issue quite simply because it had the most engaging storylines and the best array of villains.
It'll be worth you doing mini blurbs as comics at that time were a lot more simple.