The Best of M.J. and J.J.J.

Spider-Island has been a ton of fun. It’s possibly my favorite story of the year. I especially appreciate the story’s wit. It’s even demonstrated in clever covers with J. Jonah Jameson and Mary Jane Watson displaying their newfound spider powers (Amazing Spider-Man 670 and 671).

Those images reminded me of some of my favorite covers from the past. I also went ahead and looked up others. So here, for your viewing pleasure, a dozen each of the best covers to feature Mary Jane Watson and J. Jonah Jameson:

J. Jonah Jameson: Amazing Spider-Man 29, 52, 169 and 192 (1965, ’67, ’77 and ’79)

Mary Jane Watson: Amazing Spider-Man 59, Annual 19, Annual 21 and Web of Spider-Man 42 (1968, ’85, ’87 and ’88)

J. Jonah Jameson: Spectacular Spider-Man 57, 80, Amazing Spider-Man 246 and Spectacular Spider-Man 121 (1981, ’83, ’83 and ’86)

Mary Jane Watson: Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2 51, 52, 500 and 515 (2003-05)

J. Jonah Jameson: Spectacular Spider-Man 152, Web of Spider-Man 52, Amazing Spider-Man 624 variant, Dark Reign: Sinister Spider-Man 2, Web of Spider-Man Vol. 2 #9 (1989, ’89, 2009, ’10)

Mary Jane Watson: Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man 4, Amazing Spider-Man 532, 537 and 639 variants (2006, ’06, ’07 and ’10)

And a couple of bonuses to end on from Web of Spider-Man 9 and Amazing Spider-Man 641 (both 2010).

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Jeff of Earth-J October 31, 2011 at 1:08pm

That's the one.
Kirk G October 30, 2011 at 8:37pm

Was the Spectacular Spider-Man #220 the issue where Mary Jane is revealed to be pregnant, or breaks the news to Peter that she is? (Otherwise, what's the big news that she's got for you, tiger?)
Chris Fluit October 29, 2011 at 11:25am

Good call, George. I left #58 off of the list because I thought it was too close to #25 and I was trying to avoid a redundancy.
Kirk G October 28, 2011 at 9:43am

I have to agree with the spiderslayer cover. Another one that always spoke to me was ASM #25.
Jeff of Earth-J October 24, 2011 at 11:38am

You included all of the JJJ/MJ covers that sprung immediately to my mind (and left off the "infamous" Spec Spidey #174). The only one I might add is Spec Spidey #220:
Kirk G October 22, 2011 at 8:45pm

Wow, you sure got a lot of favorite covers! If I was gonna list mine, I guess I'd have gone with FF #39 "And a Blind man Shall Lead them..." and #49 "The Coming of Galactus" and X-men #173 with Scott and Maddie in the hand of Jason Wyngarden (Mastermind). That's about it. Oh, and Alpha Flight #13, with Logan comforting Heather.
Chris Fluit October 21, 2011 at 12:08pm

I thought about including that one, Doc, but I decided to stick to the in-continuity titles.
Doc Beechler (mod-MD) October 21, 2011 at 11:11am

One of my faves...