Comic Cover Flashback: March 1973  Forty years ago this month,
one of the most well-known and critically acclaimed comics from
throughout the history of Spider-Man, if not comics themselves,
hit the comic rack. Of course, I'm referring to Amazing Spider-
Man no. 121 - better known as "The Night Gwen Stacy Died." An
historic and tragic story that had an impact for decades to
follow, this is the issue where Peter Parker's first love, Gwen
Stacy, was killed by the Green Goblin.  Talk about your downers.
To lighten the mood, here's a personal anecdote I will share
with you:  When I was a kid in the 80s we had a second-hand
store in town that sold - among all the used furniture,
appliances and Nintendo games - cheap comic books. They were 50
cents apiece or three for a dollar. Most of them were from the
late 70s or early 80s, but all were in pretty good condition. It
was awesome.  Over several weeks, I managed to buy just about
every Spider-Man book I could find. The guy who owned the store
saw that I was into col