1st appearance and origin of Sandman
1st appearance of Betty Brant, a secretary at the Daily Bugle
Spider-Man refers to himself as ‘The Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’ for the first time
1st cameo appearance of Jessica Jones, a spectator of the Sandman versus Spider-Man fight – this appearance is retconned as revealed in The Amazing Spider-Man #601

Cover art by Steve Ditko. First appearance of the Sandman in Nothing Can Stop The Sandman!, script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; The Sandman tries to hide from police in the high school where Peter Parker goes to school. Intro Betty Brant and Liz Allen. Reprinted in Marvel Tales # 141. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.12.

This book came from a small collection of silver age comics sitting in a box since the early 70’s. The owner had neatly stamped his name “John Pimenow” on the back cover of each book and occasional on the inside, on an ad page that had a coupon to put yo