AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #194

Black Cat’s first appearance! Spider-Man’s beloved enemy, (and sometime girlfriend), makes her smashing debut at an illegal-arms warehouse. Classic! Spider-Man may be in over his head when he runs afoul of Black Cat’s bad luck juju! Overview Never Let the Black Cat Cross Your Path! A mysterious woman in black sneaks into a darkened office, steals some files, reads them, and then tosses them to the streets below.… Notes Features the Hostess Fruit Pies ad, The Thing And The Ultimate Weapon! Mark Gruenwald’s assistant editor credit taken from letters page header. This issue features the first appearance of The Black Cat . The letters page features original design art for The Black Cat by Dave Cockrum and two previous covers that were rejected for her first appearance. The first cover was designed by Marv Wolfman with art by Carmine Infantino for Spider-Woman #9 where Black Cat would have made her first appearance, albeit somewhat of a different character, but Stan Lee felt something was missing and before he asked for a cover change, Wolfman left the book taking the character with him. The second cover was also designed by Wolfman with art by Keith Pollard for Amazing Spider-Man #194, also rejected by Lee, leading to Al Milgrom being asked to do a cover which would eventually be the one published.