Marvel Chronology Project

by Gerry Duggan and Scott Koblish

A memo by Jordan D. White says this is an issue from 1968. Indeed, in spite of being drawn in the Ditko style, it refers to the infamous August 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention.
Characters: Spider-Man, Deadpool, Jonah Jameson, Betty Brant, Ned Leeds, Richard Nixon, Mysterio.
May, Gwen Stacy, Harry Osborn make no actual appearance.

Social unrest featured frequently in Marvel comics of the time. The key chronology is Spider-Man's. Mysterio appears in ASM@ 4 (in summer per Olshevsky) and then in ASM 66-67, which mentions ASM@ 4 as the last time he battled Spidey. After that he's not seen before the late 1970s. And there is a continuity insert in SM/DO:NE 3 at a time when he's supposed to be dead!

SPIDER-MAN/PETER BENJAMIN PARKER
ASM@ 5
DD 43 (August 1968) released 1968-06-11
ASM 63
ASM 64
ASM 65
ASM 66 (1 - 7:1)
SSMMAG 2 (1 - 17:1)
ASM 66 (7:2 - 11:3)
SSMMAG 2 (17:2 - 20:2) ESU classes
ASM 66 (11:4 - 20) Mysterio
ASM 67 Mysterio
SSMMAG 2 (20:3 - 58)
A 59
A:EMH2 6 (1 - 14)
A 60 (Jan 69) released 1968-11-12
A:EMH2 6 (15 - 22)
ASM 587 (9:5)-FB flashback with Doc Ock bank robbery
**SM/DP 7 insert here
ASM 68 (Jan 69) released 1968-10-10 scripted August?
ASM 69
ASM 70
ASM 71
SUB 14 (June 1969) released 1969-03-04
ASM 72
ASM 73
ASM 74
ASM 75 (1 - 2:2)
DD 54 (July 1969) released 1969-05-13

BRANT, BETTY
ASM 67
**SM/DP 7 insert here
ASM 71

DEADPOOL
DP2 2-FB
**SM/DP 7 insert here
DP3 35-FB

JAMESON, JONAH
A 59
**SM/DP 7 insert here
ASM 68

LEEDS, NED
ASM 67
**SM/DP 7 insert here
ASM 70

MYSTERIO/QUENTIN BECK
ASM 67
**SM/DP 7 insert here
ASM 198-FB
SM/DO:NE 3 ??? (supposed to be dead since 141)
ASM 193

NIXON, RICHARD
SAGAHT 4-FB
**SM/DP 7 insert here
NAM 32

I personally think the Negative Exposure mini series should be moved much earlier. Someone had suggested it go between issues 82 and 83 of ASM and I think that's a good spot. I believe someone said it had to go later because of Peter and MJ dating but there is no indication that they are actually dating in that brief scene in issue 2. The dialogue seems to suggest that MJ needed to talk about something, and there is mention of a beautiful blonde hanging out with Peter which is probably supposed to be Gwen. The handbooks also place NE much earlier than where it's at in the MCP.