The Amazing Spider-Man #67

Dec 1968 · Marvel · 0.12 USD

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“To Squash a Spider!”

★ 1st appearance — Randy Robertson

About this Issue

Amazing Spider-Man #67 marks the debut of Randy Robertson, the first African-American character to join Peter Parker's personal circle of friends — a deliberate step by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr. to reflect the racial and social realities of 1968 in superhero comics. Randy's introduction was partly a creative response to reader criticism that Marvel's existing Black characters lacked authentic cultural texture, and his arrival seeded a multi-issue subplot about campus protest and intergenerational tension within a Black family that ran through issues #68–70. Within a superhero action story, Lee embedded a naturalistic portrayal of a young Black student navigating activist politics, giving the Spider-Man book a social conscience that was rare in mainstream comics of the era. The issue is thus a hinge point both in the Robertson family's long narrative history and in Marvel's broader, ongoing effort to diversify its supporting cast during the Silver Age.

In "To Squash a Spider!", Spider-Man finds himself shrunk to microscopic size and trapped in a sinister, scaled-down amusement park designed by Mysterio. With his usual agility and wit tested like never before, can he navigate the dizzying maze of mirrors and escape before it's too late? Written by Stan Lee and brought to life with dynamic art by Johnny Romita and inks by Jim Mooney, this 1968 classic features a cover by John Romita that captures the eerie scale of the threat.

writer Stan Lee · artist Johnny Romita · inker Jim Mooney · letterer Artie Simek · cover John Romita

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History

The issue went on sale September 10, 1968 with a December 1968 cover date, written by Stan Lee (who also served as editor), penciled by John Romita Sr., inked by Jim Mooney, and lettered by Artie Simek — the core creative team that had defined the book's visual identity since Romita took over from Steve Ditko. Randy Robertson's creation came at a moment of intense cultural pressure: the year of the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy, campus uprisings across the country (most notably at Columbia University), and sustained reader mail challenging Marvel's treatment of race. A prior letter printed in the book had accused the title of depicting Black characters as 'merely white people drawn with their skins darkened,' and Lee's introduction of Randy — a student activist with a distinct voice and a complicated relationship with his father's generation — was a conscious editorial answer to that challenge.

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First appearance of Randy Robertson (Randolph Robertson), son of Daily Bugle editor Robbie Robertson, created by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr.; cover-dated December 1968, on-sale September 10, 1968.
Randy was the first African-American character depicted as a personal friend of Peter Parker, introduced specifically to bring greater racial authenticity to the title's supporting cast.
Main story is titled 'To Squash a Spider!' — Spider-Man battles Mysterio (Quentin Beck), who has constructed a gigantic amusement-park set to make the hero believe he has been shrunk to six inches tall; Spider-Man ultimately deduces the illusion and defeats a giant Mysterio robot.
Creative team: writer/editor Stan Lee; penciler John Romita Sr.; inker Jim Mooney; letterer Artie Simek.
Randy's debut scene is brief — he arrives at his father Robbie's Daily Bugle office asking for help, hinting at the student-protest subplot that would become a major story thread in issues #68–70.
The issue's Bullpen Bulletins page includes a Stan's Soapbox installment addressing racial tolerance, reflecting the same cultural moment that prompted Randy's creation.
Reprinted domestically in Marvel Tales #50 (April 1974, with a modified cover figure) and later collected in The Essential Spider-Man Vol. 4, the Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 2 (2012), the Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection: The Goblin Lives (2019), Spider-Man vs. Mysterio (2019), and IDW's John Romita's The Amazing Spider-Man Artist's Edition (2011) and Artisan Edition (2021).
Randy Robertson went on to appear in multiple Spider-Man animated series: Spider-Man: The Animated Series (voiced by Alfonso Ribeiro), The Spectacular Spider-Man (voiced by Phil LaMarr), and the 2017 Spider-Man animated series (voiced by Zeno Robinson).