Posted By Dan Greenfield on Aug 10, 2026 | 2 comments

Celebrate MJ’s 60th anniversary every day this week, with DES TAYLOR!

OK, we kicked A MARY JANE A DAY off Sunday — the actual anniversary of Mary Jane Watson’s first full appearance in 1966’s The Amazing Spider-Man #42, by Stan Lee and John Romita — with MJ reimagined as a mid-’60s chanteuse.

Today, Des Taylor brings us a Mary Jane that’s the star of a 1970s grindhouse flick:

What’s in store Tuesday? Come rockin’ with us and find out!

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Want a commission? Buy prints? Buy Des’ comics? Check out his Despop Art website!

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MORE

— Celebrate 60 Years of MJ With A MARY JANE A DAY. Click here.

— CAN’T GET ENOUGH SPIDER-MAN? Dig This Brilliant Gallery of 13 Original Illustrations. Click here.

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DES TAYLOR is the man behind creator-owned comic properties Scarlett Couture, The Vesha Valentine Story, The Trouble With Katie Rogers and a new property in the works The Blue Lotus Strikes. His client list includes DC Comics, La Perla, FHM, Cosmopolitan, Universal Music, ITV Studios America and many more. When he’s not working on his own properties or churning out commissions, Des spends his spare time… working some more, hating Arsenal and raising his two baby daughters, Scarlett and Leia-May.