The Amazing Spider-Man #112

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The Amazing Spider-Man #112 - Spidey Cops Out by dmstarz on May 21, 2008

In the early 70s Marvel introduced, I think pretty much across the board, borders to their covers like the one above. In my opinion, these immediately lessened the impact of the images that were being displayed (they also got rid temporarily of the rectangular boxes so associated with Marvel up until the late 90s and replaced them, though not here, with images protruding from circles). One of the few covers which stands out is the one above, created by, who else, John Romita. The unlikeliness of...