THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Issue #12 Page #20 by Ryan Ottley - In Memory of Herc Fede

Amazing Spider-Man #10 featuring The Big Man - 1st Appearance! By Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. But that wasn't my first introduction to him. My first intro to him was those Pocket Books little Marvel digest books reprinting Marvel stories in black and white with Volume 2, image inset as well. I first read this at my grade school best friends house. My friend passed away years ago at the young age of 44, so whenever I see art featuring the Enforcers or even individually The Boss Man, Fancy Dan, Montana or Ox, I think of him. I always wanted a page from this issue, and was fortunate enough to finally get one. Just seeing it brings back a flood of memories of Herc.

Beautifully rendered by Ryan Ottley from Nick Spencer's script.


Thanks to Felix for putting this aside for me. This page means more than I can express.

Additional info on Pocket Books:

Here's the Pocket Book that I saw as a kid: Spider-Man Big Little Book Volume 2 - Collects Amazing Spider-Man (1963-1998 1st Series) #7-13. Written by Stan Lee. Art by Steve Ditko. Second of a three issue series of paperback sized books collecting early Spider-Man adventures. Softcover, 4-in. x 7-in., 160 pages, full color. Cover price $1.95.