The Amazing Spider-Man#62

Cover: John Romita

The Amazing Spider-Man #62

Jul 1968 · Marvel · 0.12 USD

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“Make Way For---Medusa!”

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About this Issue

Amazing Spider-Man #62 marks the first meeting between Spider-Man and Medusa, bringing a major Inhuman Royal — created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in Fantastic Four #36 (1965) — into the Spider-Man corner of the Marvel Universe for the first time. The crossover underscored Marvel's late-1960s practice of weaving its shared universe tightly together, using Spider-Man's title as a promotional platform for Inhuman characters who had yet to earn their own ongoing series. Beyond the superhero clash, the issue quietly advances one of the most consequential slow-burn subplots of the Silver Age: Norman Osborn's gradual recovery of his suppressed Green Goblin memories, a thread that would eventually lead to the death of Gwen Stacy. The Gwen–Peter relationship fracture that runs through the issue's background also deepens the romantic melodrama that was central to the book's enormous monthly readership.

In "Make Way For---Medusa!", Medusa arrives in New York City on a mission to understand how ordinary people react to the presence of an Inhuman. With tensions rising and her intentions unclear, she finds herself at odds with Spider-Man in a clash that tests both hero and outsider. Written by Stan Lee and illustrated by John Romita and Don Heck, with inks by Mickey Demeo and letters by Sammy Rosen, the issue features a cover by John Romita.

writer Stan Lee · artist John Romita · artist Don Heck · inker Mickey Demeo · letterer Sammy Rosen · cover John Romita

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History

The issue was written by Stan Lee, with layouts by John Romita Sr. and finished pencils by Don Heck, inked by Mike Esposito (credited as Mickey Demeo), and lettered by Sam Rosen — the standard division-of-labor approach Marvel used during this period to keep its prolific output on schedule. Medusa's appearance coincided almost exactly with Marvel Super-Heroes #15, a one-shot that headlined the Inhuman queen the same month, suggesting Lee was deliberately cross-promoting the character in multiple titles simultaneously. The cover, penciled and designed by Romita, depicts the staged brawl between Spider-Man and Medusa that drives the story's satirical subplot about a hair-spray executive manipulating superhumans for an advertising campaign.

Trivia · 8 facts

First meeting of Spider-Man and Medusa (Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon) in any Marvel comic.
Story titled 'Make Way for Medusa!' (cover) / 'The Name of the Dame Is… Medusa!' (interior title); written by Stan Lee, layouts by John Romita Sr., finished pencils by Don Heck, inks by Mike Esposito (as Mickey Demeo), letters by Sam Rosen, cover by John Romita Sr.
Medusa was originally created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in Fantastic Four #36 (1965), initially as a Frightful Four villain before being revealed as an Inhuman Royal; this issue is her solo guest-star debut outside Fantastic Four and Thor.
The issue advances the Norman Osborn subplot: Osborn begins recovering his suppressed memories of being the Green Goblin, memories lost during his battle with Spider-Man in Amazing Spider-Man #40.
The Gwen Stacy–Peter Parker rift deepens here: Gwen remains furious that Peter sold photos of her father, Captain George Stacy, apparently stealing police documents, as shown in the preceding issues (#60–61).
First appearances of minor characters Montgomery G. Bliss and Wilberforce (the hair-spray executive and his assistant who manipulate the Spider-Man/Medusa fight).
The story contains a notable interior typo: Medusa's name is misspelled 'Mudusa' at one point.
Reprinted in Marvel Tales #45 (September 1973); also collected in the Simon & Schuster trade The Superhero Women (1977), Essential Spider-Man Vol. 3, The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 2 (2012), and Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection: The Goblin Lives (2019). The issue was published the same month as Spectacular Spider-Man (Magazine) #1.