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Amazing Spider-Man #97
June, 1971

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In 1971, DC decided to do a storyline in Green Lantern-Green Arrow concerning drug use at about the same time Marvel decided to tackle the topic in Amazing Spider-Man.  Marvel's got to the stands first, in part because Marvel decided to ignore an objection by the Comics Code and publish several issues of Spider-Man without that board's seal of approval.  You'll note that the published cover above does not sport the Code stamp...nor does it have any mention of the drug storyline.  This cover, drawn by John Romita, was a last-minute substitute, apparently to downplay that topic.  If you mouse over, you'll see the first cover, which was drawn by Gil Kane.  (The original version looks a bit sloppy since that's a scan of the color guide that was prepared for the issue.)