A review by backnumbers
Essential Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 2 by Steve Ditko, John Romita Sr., Stan Lee

4.0

This is a pretty good run of early Spider-Man stories with the first appearance of Gwen Stacy, Mary Jane, Norman Osborn and debut or major appearances by The Beetle, Green Goblin, Doc Ock, The Rhino and more.

Reading them all in a row does get repetitive early on when a new standard villain follows one after the other, such as when the Molten Man is followed by the Meteor, etc. Lots of similar powers and origins for one-shot cookie cutter foes. Also the ongoing soap opera of Peter Parker's life gets tiring.

But there's good stories here too, like the battles with Green Goblin.