Amazing Spider-Man #248 Cover

From Fandom.com: "By all appearances, The Amazing Spider-Man #248 looked like much of the other standard Super-Hero fare of the time period. The cover boasted an action-packed image of a hero fighting a villain and seemed to promise a fairly commonplace battle between good and evil. The first story of the issue delivered just what was expected as Spider-Man battled it out with Thunderball, a member of the villainous Wrecking Crew. But it was the issue's back-up story that would elevate the comic book into something more memorable than the rest of the month's offerings. In fact, The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man! would go on to be one of the most memorable and most loved stories of all time. Influenced by the style of cartoonist and writer Will Eisner's comic book The Spirit, writer Roger Stern crafted a human-interest Spider-Man story in which neither Peter Parker nor his web-headed ego would be the focus of the tale. Instead, Stern used Spider-Man merely as a supporting character, yet still managed to throw in a shocking climax and a twist ending that fans still discuss to this day. This special story is regarded by many fans as one of the greatest Spider-Man stories ever told."

It's certainly one of the most memorable comics for me, and I'm grateful to Thomas Fish for sending the cover my way.

Also, while the cover was created by John Romita Jr. and Terry Austin, the art for "The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man!" was done by Ron Frenz. Ron created his version of the cover as a commission, which you can check out here: https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1548990