justinfairfax wrote:
Another point is that the Giant-Size Spider-Man title was clearly meant to be a successor to G-S Super-Heroes once the "Giant-Size" titles went from 35 cents to 50 cents...just like Giant-Size Fantastic Four was a successor to Giant-Size Super-Stars #1. The only difference is that the Spider-Man title didn't continue the numbering over to the new title! (Why? Probably only Roy Thomas knows!)  

No, Giant-Size Spider-Man was suppose to be Super Giant Spider-Man and was changed when they decided to do only one large format line instead of 2. So, Super Giant Spider-Man was reduced in page count (It was to be a 100 page line.) and retitled. That is why it started with a number 1 rather than carrying over the numbering of Giant-Size Super-Heroes like GS FF did with GS Super-Stars and GS Werewolf did with GS Creatures!!!

Alan The Insane!!!
Sub-Mariner 26, the Greatest Comic Ever SOLD!!!
Looking forward to a Strange World Omnibus sometime in the future!!!