Originally Posted by
Ravine
Amazing Spider-Man #129; pencilled by Ross Andru [[whose work I hated.)
Amazing Spider-Man #96 is noteworthy because it lacked the "Approved by the Comics Code Authority" stamp [[which, basically, was just a bunch of bullshit, anyway.)
The reason for the non-stampage?
The story featured heroin use and an overdose. It is helpful to consider that #96 came out in the very early 70's, when comics were still skittish about featuring anything remotely scandalous. That skittishness [[and the origin of the phony-baloney "CCA" stamp) was a reaction to the huge uproar, quite a few years before, about the heavy-handed gore and general luridness found prominently in EC Comics.