Although I think Steve Ditko and "Jazzy" John Romita were better comic book artists than Ross Andru overall (although Andru's art is great in-and-off-itself), nobody before or since has managed to capture the precarious, vertigo-inducing nature of Spider-Man's daredevil, rooftop webspinning. When Andru drew Spidey high above the streets of New York City, he really captured the danger of that situation and just how high above the pavement Spidey was.

Andru makes me feel the vertigo, and I find myself thinking, "ooh, be careful up there Spidey." Nobody else has ever captured that effect as well, IMO.

His strong points are acknowledged, nonetheless, his style was ugly (to some) and his figures looked rigid and were often badly proportioned. There's also something that a friend's uncle (an artist himself) pointed out to me at the beginning of the 80's, it looks like he uses the same poses once and again, as if he were copying the same drawing. I defended Andru at the time, I was a Spider-Man fanatic, but ever since, I've always had that feeling of deja vu, when looking at his pages.

And agreed, Kane was good with covers, which is why he did so many, on books he wasn't drawing.

I think Andru was fortunate to be tapped to follow Romita and Kane with such strong stories running for a couple of years. It reminds me of titles such as Fantastic Four, where Rich Buckler was a shocking drop-down in quality as the successor to John Buscema's run on the title. Like the case with Andru on ASM, the stories were great, but the art always made many a reader wish someone else had illustrated it.

Such a splendid time to be able to get Spidey new off the spinner rack! Conway and Andru made such a superb team and they are my 2nd favorite after Stan and Romita with Stan/Ditko placing 3rd. I only ever had issues #129 and 134 from trading across the fence with a neighbor as this was just before my advent into being consumed with the purchase bug. Once I was a bit older and in full bloom collecting mode these were the affordable back issues that were available. Ditko and Romita Spidey had already became quite expensive to seek out. So by default the Conway/Andru and then buying new the Wein/Andru run off the rack was the Spider-Man I grew up with along side Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man during the late 70's. 

Ah, but he didn't say it was better, only that he liked it better.

Cei-U!
I summon the world of difference!

I loved Bucklers art. Also remember that Marvel kept Joe Sinnott on as inker all the way to Byrnes run at #232. It kept the look consistent. 

Notice the billboard in the upper right - "Backgrounds by Hunt". I think they started giving Dave Hunt co-inking credit (with Frank Giacoia) around this time.