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The Stan Lee and Steve Ditko run of Amazing Spider-Man is for sure a product of its time. The dialog is primitive and at times insulting. The panel of Jonah introducing his son to the reader is down right hilariously unnatural to the point where Spider-Man 2 the movie actually poked fun at the delivery in my opinion. The art by Steve Ditko however stands the test of time. His early Spidey art almost gives Peter a inhuman like quality. His work with the civilian characters as well is downright iconic. Personally I'm not the biggest fan of the Chameleon so his story is my least favorite of the two stories. I love the inclusion of the Fantastic Four in the second story. While they could be seen as pushover's due to how easy Spider-Man defeats them I like to believe they were going easy on him. Overall I think the art really saves alot of these early issues. The best way to read them with modern lenses is to skim and just admire the art of Ditko.