The Amazing Spider-Man #1 [The Romitas Cover]

(January 1999)

Previously in ... the Amazing Spider-Man (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Man / recap / 2 pages (report information)

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Comicraft; John Marasigan (design); typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Betty Brant; J. Jonah Jameson; Aunt May Parker; Robbie Robertson; Scorpion [Mac Gargan]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mary Jane Watson-Parker (MC2 - Earth-982)

Indexer Notes

Brief introduction to the major characters and recap of the story so far.

Where R U Spider-Man??? (Table of Contents: 2)

Spider-Man / comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Script

Howard Mackie (credited)

Pencils

John Byrne (credited)

Inks

Scott Hanna (credited)

Colors

Gregory Wright (credited)

Letters

Richard Starkings (credited); Comicraft (credited); Liz Agraphiotis (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Firestar [Angelica Jones]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Justice [Vance Astrovik]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor [Thor Odinson]; Vision
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Woman [Susan Storm Richards]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Betty Brant; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Green Goblin [Norman Osborn] (cameo); J. Jonah Jameson; Aunt May Parker; Robbie Robertson; Scorpion [Mac Gargan]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (full appearance as Peter Parker, cameo as Spider-Man); Mary Jane Watson-Parker; Spider-Man (impostor); Terry Kwan; Walter Thorson, Javier Caldrone; Stan Hardy; Chantal Stone

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Peter Parker gets a new job at Tri Corp Research Foundation. Spider-Man is impersonated by somebody else (to be revealed in issue #2).

Reprints

• in Spider-Man (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1999 series) #6/1999 ([november] 1999)
• in Spider-Man: The Next Chapter (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (2011)
• in Best Comics : Spider-Man (Panini France, 2011 series) #5 (février 2013)
• in Spider-Man by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)

Rebirth! (Table of Contents: 3)

Spider-Man / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Howard Mackie (credited)

Pencils

Rafael Kayanan (credited)

Inks

Jimmy Palmiotti (credited)

Colors

John Kalisz (credited)

Letters

Richard Starkings (credited as RS); Comicraft (credited); Liz Agraphiotis (credited as LA)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Scorpion [Mac Gargan]; mystery man

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Scorpion gets a new costume.

Reprints

• in Spider-Man (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1999 series) #6/1999 ([november] 1999)
• in Spider-Man: The Next Chapter (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (2011)

Indexer Notes

Back-Up-Story.

The Secrets of Spider-Man (Table of Contents: 4)

Spider-Man / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

John Byrne (credited)

Pencils

John Byrne (credited)

Inks

John Byrne (credited)

Colors

John Kalisz (credited)

Letters

John Byrne

Genre

superhero

Characters

Doctor Octopus [Otto Octavius] (cameo); Green Goblin [Norman Osborn] (cameo); Aunt May Parker; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; The Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo); Anna Watson; Mary Jane Watson-Parker

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Recap of Spider-Man's origin.

Reprints

• in Spider-Man (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1999 series) #5/1999 ([oktober] 1999)
• in Spider-Man: The Next Chapter (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (2011)
• in Best Comics : Spider-Man (Panini France, 2011 series) #5 (février 2013)

Indexer Notes

Back-Up-Story.

[House Advertisements] (Table of Contents: 5)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

House Advertisements (One-Pager) for: MARVEL BATTLEBOOKS series and current Marvel Comics Series (subscription page with X-Men illustration).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Genre

superhero

Synopsis

"On sale November 18" (14 Marvel titles), "Stan's Soapbox" (by Stan Lee), plus several news items.

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 7)

advertisement / 9 pages (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Total of 7 one-page and 1 two-pages advertisements for: The Famous Jett Jackson (tv, Disney), A Bug's Life (movie, Disney/Pixar), Overpower Demo Day (event, Marvel Interactive), Mile High Comics (website, MHC), Xenogears (game, Playstation, 2-pages), Joe Kubert School of Cartooning (school, Kubert school), East Coast Comics (mail order, ECC), Risk (game, Parker Brothers).