Amazing Spider-Man (1963 1st Series) 429 CBCS 9.8

Cover pencils by John Romita Jr. "The Price!", script by Tom DeFalco, pencils by Joe Bennett, inks by Bud LaRosa and Al Milgrom; Needing money, Absorbing Man and Titania decide to seek the Daily Bugle's million-dollar bounty on Spider-Man, resulting from his beating of Norman Osborn (PPSSM #250, '97); Concerned about the price on her husband's head, MJ gets Peter to promise he won't become Spidey for a while; Daredevil seeks out Spidey to learn the truth of the Osborn attack; Emulating the Thunderbolts, Absorbing Man and Titania masquerade as new heroes "Lightning Bolt" and "Thundergirl"; Norman Osborn introduces them to the Bugle staff; At ESU, his spider-sense alerted, Peter becomes Spidey and encounters Daredevil; Osborn sics Lightning Bolt and Thundergirl on them but reveals their thinly concealed identities to the police to avoid paying the reward. The letters page has a statement of ownership - average print run, 274,400; average paid circulation 159,950. 38 pgs., full color. $1.99. Cover price $1.99. Grade: CBCS 9.8 explanation of grade Condition: Used (collectible)