Amazing Spider-Man #38 1966 UKPV, CGC 4.5 OWithW 4166755001 Key

  
I bought my Marvel comics in the late 1960s when I was about 10 years old. I would cycle 20 miles to a local UK shop - then I stored the Silver Age comics safely away for 56 years! Just a Guy Named Joe! / cover / 1 page.

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Joe Smith. First Line of Dialogue or Text. Our mildly terrific tale opens in a crowded neighborhood gym, where we find a not-overly-bright habitue named Joe Smith indulging himself in one of his ever-present day-dreams. Jonah Jameson; Ned Leeds; Harry Osborn; Norman Osborn; Flash Thompson; Gwen Stacy; Aunt May Parker; Joe Smith (villain, introduction); Mary Jane Watson. Average Joe, Joe Smith, fails at being a fighter and tries his hand at acting.

Dressed up as a robotic monster, he is zapped with electricity and chemicals which causes him to go on a violent spree against those who doubted his abilities. Meanwhile, Norman Osborn puts a price on Spider-Man's head and our hero is plagued with goons trying to bump him off. Pete narrowly misses meeting Mary Jane. Cover consists of four panels from interior story including Page 7; panel 6, page 12; panel 4, page 15; panel 1 and a blow-up of the Spider-Man figure from page 13; panel 5. Steve Ditko apparently left Marvel before completing a cover for the story. Data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database. This item is in the category "Books, Comics & Magazines\Comic Books & Memorabilia\Comics\Comics & Graphic Novels". The seller is "cstreet100" and is located in this country: GB. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom, Antigua and Barbuda, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Republic of Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Australia, United States, Bahrain, Canada, Brazil, Japan, New Zealand, China, Israel, Hong Kong, Norway, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Barbados, Brunei Darussalam, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Grenada, French Guiana, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Macau, Monaco, Maldives, Montserrat, Martinique, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Paraguay, Reunion, Turks and Caicos Islands, Aruba, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Chile, Bahamas, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Kuwait, Panama, Philippines, Qatar, El Salvador, Trinidad and Tobago, Vietnam.

1. Personalised: No
2. Variant Type: Price Variant, UK Price Variant
3. Tradition: US Comics
4. Certification Number: https://www.cgccomics.uk/certlookup/4166755001
5. CGC Page Quality Scale: https://bit.ly/3Ug0C4G
6. Overstreet Story Synopsis (long): https://comics.overstreetaccess.com/issues/606367
7. Vintage: Yes
8. Buy Silver Age comics in my 'I cycled 20 miles for Marvel' shop: https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/cycle10milestobuymarvel
9. Format: Single Issue
10. Key Issue: Last Steve Ditko art on Spider-Man
11. Marvel Legacy Numbering: Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series)
12. Language: English
13. Superhero Team: Amazing Spider-Man
14. Style: Colour
15. Kindle: https://amzn.to/3wGhQho
16. CGC Census (source: GoCollect): see 4th Photo
17. CGC Certification details (this comic): see 3rd Photo
18. Artist/Writer: Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, Artie Simek
19. Character: Mary Jane Watson
20. Cover Artist: Steve Ditko, Sam Rosen, Stan Lee
21. Signed: No
22. Series Title: Amazing Spider-Man
23. Ex Libris: No
24. Universe: Marvel (MCU)
25. Grade: 4.5 Very Good+
26. Publisher: Marvel Comics
27. Intended Audience: General Audience
28. Inscribed: No
29. CGC Page Quality - this comic: Off-White to White (white with very slight aging to outer edges)
30. Publication Year: 1966
31. Type: Comic Book
32. Issue Number: 38
33. Era: Silver Age (1956-69)
34. CGC Standard Grading Scale: https://bit.ly/40kmmj7
35. Professional Grader: CGC
36. Genre: Action, Adventure, Superheroes
37. Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
38. Grand Comics Database: https://www.comics.org/issue/1609361/