The Amazing Spider-Man #1

(March 1963)

Spider-Man (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Man / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Steve Ditko (credited) (art)

Inks

Steve Ditko (credited) (art)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Jon D'Agostino (credited as Johnny Dee) (lettering)

Job Number

V-816

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sure, you've read many stories about many different magazine heroes!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Liz Allan; J. Jonah Jameson (introduction); John Jameson (introduction); May Parker; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Flash Thompson; The Burglar (flashback)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Spider-Man rescues John Jameson, J. Jonah Jameson's son, from his malfunctioning space capsule.

Reprints

• in Komikai Micro Comics Ultimate Marvel (Spin Master, 2005 series) #[62] - The Amazing Spider-Man #1, #[62] - The Amazing Spider-Man #1
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #1
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 2009 series) #1
• in Spider-Man Pocket Book (Marvel UK, 1980 series) #7
• in Σπάιντερ Μαν [Spider-Man] (Kabanas Hellas, 1977 series) #168
• in El Sorprendente Hombre Araña (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1963 series) #1 (Junio 30 de 1963)
• in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #2 ([September] 1965)
• in The Amazing Spider-Man [Golden Book and Record Set] (Marvel, 1966 series) ([1966]) [No credits shown in reprint.]
• in Pow! (IPC, 1967 series) #1 (21 January 1967) [Black and White. Some panels rearranged to fit the different page size used in British comics.]
• in Edderkoppen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1968 series) #1/1968 ([januar] 1968)
• in Marvelserien (Williams Förlags AB, 1967 series) #28 (1969)
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #96
• in O Homem-Aranha (Editora Brasil-América [EBAL], 1969 series) #1 ([Abril] 1969)
• in Fantask (Editions Lug, 1969 series) #4 (5 mai 1969)
• in Marvel (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #1 (10 avril 1970) [reworked]
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #2 (October 14, 1972) [First 6 pages only of the first story], #3 (October 21, 1972) [Parts 2 and 3 of the first story. First two pages are black & white. Remaining pages have green two-tone spot color, apart from the final page, which is in full color.]
• in Die Spinne (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #2
• in Σπάιντερ Μαν [Spider-Man] (Kabanas Hellas, 1977 series) #1 (Απρίλιος 1977)
• in Une Aventure de l'Araignée (Editions Lug, 1977 series) #1 - Le Bouffon Vert (3ème trimestre 1977)
• in The Amazing Spider-Man (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #[1] (81443) (September 1977)
• in Spindelmannen (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) #1/1978 ([januari] 1978)
• in Edderkoppen (Atlantic Forlag, 1978 series) #1/1978 ([januar] 1978)
• in El Asombroso Hombre Araña (Novedades, 1980 series) #1 (30 de abril de 1980) [edited minus two pages], #1 (30 de abril de 1980) [splash page used as cover.]
• in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #138 (April 1982)
which is reprinted
• in L'Uomo Ragno Classic (Edizioni Star Comics, 1991 series) #1 (Gennaio 1991) [La storia è tratta dalla ristampa di "Marvel Tales" (come si riconosce dalla ri-colorazione).]
• in O Espectacular Homem-Aranha (Distri Editora, 1983 series) #2 (Março 1983)
• in Marvel-pocket (Semic, 1984 series) #4/1985; 5 ([oktober] 1985)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #1 ([November] 1987)
• in Σπάιντερ Μαν [Spider-Man] (Kabanas Hellas, 1977 series) #387 (Οκτώβριος 1988)
• in Orígenes Marvel (Planeta DeAgostini, 1991 series) #3 ([Febrero 1992])
• in The Amazing Spider-Man Masterworks (Marvel, 1992 series) #1 (March 1992)
• in Marvel Milestone Edition: The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (Marvel, 1993 series) (January 1993)
• in Spider-Man Classic (Planeta DeAgostini, 1993 series) #1 (Enero 1993)
• in Spider-Man Classics (Marvel, 1993 series) #2 (May 1993)
• in The Essential Spider-Man (Marvel, 1996 series) #1 (December 1996) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1998 series) #[1] (December 1998)
• in Spider-Man Komplett (Panini Deutschland, 1999 series) #v1963#[2] (1999)
• in The 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (December 2001)
• in Spider-Man : l'intégrale (Panini France, 2002 series) #1962-1963 (janvier 2002)
• in Spiderman: Stan Lee y Steve Ditko (Planeta DeAgostini, 2002 series) #1 (Diciembre 2002)
• in Marvel : Les origines (Panini France, 2002 series) #1 (décembre 2002)
• in Wizard Ace Edition: Amazing Spider-Man #1 (Marvel; Wizard, 2003 series) (January 2003)
• in Biblioteca Marvel: Spiderman (Planeta DeAgostini, 2003 series) #1 (Noviembre 2003)
• in Klassiker der Comic-Literatur (Frankfurter Allgemeine, 2005 series) #15 - Spider-Man (2005)
• in Spider-Man: Amazing Fantasy (Marvel, 2005 series) (2005)
• in Spider-Man Collectible Series (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 ([August 27] 2006) [pp. 1-11; part 1 of the first story from that issue], #2 ([August 27] 2006) [first 5 pages of part 2 of the first story from that issue], #3 ([September 3] 2006) [third part of the first story from that issue]
• in USPS Marvel Comics Limited Edition Comic Book and Stamps Set (Marvel, 2007 series) (2007)
• in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (2007)
which is reprinted
• in O Espetacular Homem-Aranha: Edição Definitiva (Panini Brasil, 2019 series) #1 ([fevereiro] 2019)
• in Spider-Man: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility (Marvel, 2011 series) #4 (September 2011)
• in Amazing Fantasy #15: Spider-Man! (Marvel, 2012 series) (August 2012) [Recolored.]
• in Marvel Gold. El Asombroso Spiderman: Poder y Responsabilidad (Panini España, 2014 series) (Abril 2014)
• in Je suis Spider-Man (Panini France, 2014 series) (avril 2014)
• in Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 - Great Power (2014)
• in True Believers: Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 2017 series) #1 (August 2017)
• in True Believers: Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (August 2019)
• in The Marvel Comics Library: Spider-Man (Taschen, 2022 series) #1 - 1962–1964 (2021)
• in Coleção Clássica Marvel (Panini Brasil, 2021 series) #1 - Homem-Aranha 1 (março 2021)
• in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 - With Great Power... (2021)
• in The Amazing Spider-Man (Penguin Classics Marvel Collection) (Penguin Random House, 2022 series) (2022)
• in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (2022)
• in Marvel origines (Hachette, 2022 series) #1 - Spider-Man 1 (1962) (août 2022)
• in Amazing Spider-Man No. 1 Facsimile Edition (Marvel, 2022 series) (2022)
• in Biblioteca Marvel (Panini España, 2022 series) #4 - El Asombroso Spiderman 1 ([Enero] 2023)
• in Marvel Origins (Hachette [DE], 2023 series) #1 - Spider-Man 1 (1962) ([August] 2023)

Keywords

Daily Bugle; military plane

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. A very brief recap of the events of Amazing Fantasy #15 are recounted.

Spider-Man vs. The Chameleon! (Table of Contents: 2)

Spider-Man / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Steve Ditko (credited) (art)

Inks

Steve Ditko (art)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

John Duffy (credited as John Duffi)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

How can you defeat a man who can change his identity before you can catch him??

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Chameleon [Dmitri Smerdyakov] (antagonist) (introduction); Spider-Man [Peter Parker]

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Spider-Man tries to join the Fantastic Four and stops the Chameleon.

Reprints

• in Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #1
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 2009 series) #1
• in Spider-Man Pocket Book (Marvel UK, 1980 series) #7
• in Σπάιντερ Μαν [Spider-Man] (Kabanas Hellas, 1977 series) #168
• in El Sorprendente Hombre Araña (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1963 series) #1 (Junio 30 de 1963)
• in The Amazing Spider-Man [Golden Book and Record Set] (Marvel, 1966 series) ([1966]) [No credits shown in this reprint.]
• in Pow! (IPC, 1967 series) #2 (28 January 1967) [Black and White. Some panels rearranged to fit the different page size used in British comics.]
• in Edderkoppen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1968 series) #1/1968 ([januar] 1968)
• in Marvelserien (Williams Förlags AB, 1967 series) #29 (1969)
• in O Homem-Aranha (Editora Brasil-América [EBAL], 1969 series) #1 ([Abril] 1969)
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #100
• in Fantask (Editions Lug, 1969 series) #5 (15 juin 1969)
• in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #7 (December 1970)
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #4 (October 28, 1972)
• in Die Spinne (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #3 ([Februar] 1974)
• in Σπάιντερ Μαν [Spider-Man] (Kabanas Hellas, 1977 series) #1 (Απρίλιος 1977)
• in The Amazing Spider-Man (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #[1] (81443) (September 1977)
• in Strange Spécial Origines (Editions Lug, 1981 series) #136 bis (5 avril 1981)
• in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #138 (April 1982)
which is reprinted
• in L'Uomo Ragno Classic (Edizioni Star Comics, 1991 series) #1 (Gennaio 1991) [La storia è tratta dalla ristampa di "Marvel Tales" (come si riconosce dalla ri-colorazione).]
• in O Espectacular Homem-Aranha (Distri Editora, 1983 series) #1 (Fevereiro/1983)
• in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #8 (July 1986)
which is reprinted
• in Marvel Saga (SatellitFörlaget, 1988 series) #8
• in Essential Marvel Saga (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #1 ([November] 1987)
• in Marvel Comics Presents Spider-Man (Marvel, 1988 series) (1988)
• in Orígenes Marvel (Planeta DeAgostini, 1991 series) #3 ([Febrero 1992])
• in The Amazing Spider-Man Masterworks (Marvel, 1992 series) #1 (March 1992)
• in Marvel Milestone Edition: The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (Marvel, 1993 series) (January 1993)
• in Spider-Man Classic (Planeta DeAgostini, 1993 series) #1 (Enero 1993)
• in Spider-Man Classics (Marvel, 1993 series) #2 (May 1993)
• in The Essential Spider-Man (Marvel, 1996 series) #1 (December 1996) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1998 series) #[1] (December 1998)
• in Spider-Man Komplett (Panini Deutschland, 1999 series) #v1963#[2] (1999)
• in The 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (December 2001)
• in Spider-Man : l'intégrale (Panini France, 2002 series) #1962-1963 (janvier 2002)
• in Spiderman: Stan Lee y Steve Ditko (Planeta DeAgostini, 2002 series) #1 (Diciembre 2002)
• in Marvel : Les origines (Panini France, 2002 series) #1 (décembre 2002)
• in Wizard Ace Edition: Amazing Spider-Man #1 (Marvel; Wizard, 2003 series) (January 2003)
• in Biblioteca Marvel: Spiderman (Planeta DeAgostini, 2003 series) #1 (Noviembre 2003)
• in Fantastic Four / Spider-Man Classic (Marvel, 2005 series) (2005)
• in Klassiker der Comic-Literatur (Frankfurter Allgemeine, 2005 series) #15 - Spider-Man (2005)
• in Spider-Man: Amazing Fantasy (Marvel, 2005 series) (2005)
• in Marvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko (Marvel, 2005 series) (2005)
• in Spider-Man Collectible Series (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([September 3] 2006) [second story]
• in USPS Marvel Comics Limited Edition Comic Book and Stamps Set (Marvel, 2007 series) (2007)
• in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (2007)
which is reprinted
• in O Espetacular Homem-Aranha: Edição Definitiva (Panini Brasil, 2019 series) #1 ([fevereiro] 2019)
• in Spider-Man et les Héros Marvel (Panini France, 2009 series) #5 - L'Epopée des Fantastic Four (juillet 2009)
• in Spider-Man: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility (Marvel, 2011 series) #4 (September 2011)
• in Amazing Fantasy #15: Spider-Man! (Marvel, 2012 series) (August 2012) [Recolored.]
• in Marvel Gold. El Asombroso Spiderman: Poder y Responsabilidad (Panini España, 2014 series) (Abril 2014)
• in Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 - Great Power (2014)
• in True Believers: Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 2017 series) #1 (August 2017)
• in Decades: Marvel in the '60s - Spider-Man Meets the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019) [pages 1-4, 10]
• in True Believers: Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (August 2019)
• in Marvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
• in The Marvel Comics Library: Spider-Man (Taschen, 2022 series) #1 - 1962–1964 (2021)
• in Coleção Clássica Marvel (Panini Brasil, 2021 series) #1 - Homem-Aranha 1 (março 2021)
• in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 - With Great Power... (2021)
• in The Amazing Spider-Man (Penguin Classics Marvel Collection) (Penguin Random House, 2022 series) (2022)
• in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (2022)
• in Marvel origines (Hachette, 2022 series) #1 - Spider-Man 1 (1962) (août 2022)
• in Amazing Spider-Man No. 1 Facsimile Edition (Marvel, 2022 series) (2022)
• in Biblioteca Marvel (Panini España, 2022 series) #4 - El Asombroso Spiderman 1 ([Enero] 2023)
• in Marvel Origins (Hachette [DE], 2023 series) #1 - Spider-Man 1 (1962) ([August] 2023)

Keywords

Baxter Building; helicopter; plexi-glass cage; submarine

A Personal Message from Spider-Man (Table of Contents: 3)

Spider-Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby ?; Sol Brodsky ?

Inks

Sol Brodsky ?

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• in Marvel Milestone Edition: The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (Marvel, 1993 series) (January 1993)
• in Spider-Man: Amazing Fantasy (Marvel, 2005 series) (2005)
• in Biblioteca Marvel (Panini España, 2022 series) #4 - El Asombroso Spiderman 1 ([Enero] 2023)

Indexer Notes

Possible Kirby and/or Brodsky credits per Nick Caputo, August 2012. Previous indexer credited Steve Ditko.