Little do they know, Peter’s been trying his darnedest (and succeeding!) to not even be in the same room as her!
Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #25
Published: c. April, 1965?
Cover Date: June, 1965
“Captured by J. Jonah Jameson!”
Plot: Steve Ditko
Script: Stan Lee
Artist: Steve Ditko
Inker: Steve Ditko
Letterer: Sam Rosen
I really like the build-up to her first proper appearance, I can imagine the speculation about what she looked like would’ve been on the same level as who the Goblin was at the time. I also find it interesting that even before she became Peter’s main love interest or had been shown properly, she was given such a degree of importance.
This drawing of MJ shows that she would have looked totally different if Ditko had drawn her first actual appearance. No way the Lee/Romita Mary Jane would have her hair covered up in a kerchief.