AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #101
by Roy Thomas, Gil Kane, and Frank Giacoia
Spider-Man has to deal with four extra arms just as Morbius the Living Vampire makes his first appearance.
POINTLESS TRIVIA
BEN: First appearance of Morbius the living vampire. Roy Thomas is credited for the script, the first writer on the main series besides Stan Lee.
DUY: This means that, as strange as it might be, Amazing Spider-Man is only Stan's third-longest uninterrupted run on any series. Fantastic Four holds the records with 114 straight issues of sole writing, 115 where he contributed to the writing. Journey into Mystery/Mighty Thor is second, with 110 straight issues where he is at least a plotter. (Though ASM gets second if you discount the Journey Into Mystery issues that Stan co-plotted. And before the Ditko/Kirby brigade gets on my case saying "Stan wasn't a writer," you know exactly what I mean, so save your typing energy.
BEN: Batman reference.
WHAT'S AGED THE BEST?
DUY: Does this age well or badly? I'd like to think well, all things considered. Anyway, I just want to highlight this as yet another example of, everyone thinks MJ is the liberated one of the two, but here's Gwen Stacy.
BEN: Good question, I don’t know if her pointing it out herself is good or bad.
WHAT'S AGED THE WORST?
BEN: Peter is an ass.
BEN: You mean my least favorite Spider-Man villain, Morbius?
NITPICKS
DUY: You're not really a vampire, Morbius, what the hell.
BEN: Not only am I not a fan of vampires, he’s not even a real one.
FAVORITE PANEL
WHO WON THE COMIC?
DUY: Gwen Stacy, liberated woman.
DUY: That's it for Spider-Rama this week.
BEN: Thank you, Stan Lee and Steve Ditko—
DUY: —for telling us we aren't the only ones.
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