An Amazing Run

This month marks the 50th anniversary of the debut of Spider-Man (Amazing Fantasy #15). In honor of the occasion, Tom Spurgeon over at The Comics Reporter offers some marvelous insight on the first 150 issues of The Amazing Spider-Man, “one of the few series in the pantheon of great comics”:

“I’m not all the way sure why the initial series holds together for as long as it did. I suspect it’s a combination of a great character, a great hook, a bunch of talented pros and the intent that it remain all of a piece”

(Image: cover of The Amazing Spider-Man #50, John Romite Sr., Marvel Comics)