Marvel Tales #50

Marvel Tales #50 brings Spider-Man face-to-face with the illusion-master Mysterio in a story aptly titled "To Squash a Spider!" — and John Romita's cover captures the tension perfectly, with a helpless-looking Spidey caught between two enormous crushing hands high above a cityscape. The sense of scale and danger is immediate, making it easy to see why this 1974 reprint series remained such a compelling way to revisit Stan Lee and John Romita's collaborative work on the wall-crawler. At just 20 cents, this was a genuinely great deal for fans who wanted dynamic Marvel action in their hands.