The Amazing Spider-Man #3

(July 1963)

Spider-Man Versus Doctor Octopus (Table of Contents)

Spider-Man / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

Stan Goldberg

Letters:

John Duffy

Job Number:

X-219

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Doctor Octopus [Otto Octavius] (Introduction; Origin); Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Charlie (Burglar); J Jonah Jameson; May Parker; Flash Thompson; Liz Allen

Synopsis:

When an experiment goes wrong, Otto Octavius gains control of his robotic arms and decides to take over an atomic facility, but Spider-Man stops him.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #1 (1965)
• in The Amazing Spider-Man (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #[1] (81443) (September 1977)
• in Une Aventure de l'Araignée (Editions Lug, 1977 series) #9 (2e trimestre 1980)
• in El Asombroso Hombre Araña (Novedades, 1980 series) #2 (7 de mayo de 1980)
• in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #140 (June 1982)
• in The Marvel Saga (Marvel, 1985 series) #9 (August 1986) [excerpts], #10 (September 1986)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #1 ([November] 1987)
• in Spider-Man Classics (Marvel, 1993 series) #4 (July 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 Collectible Series (Marvel, 2006 series) #6 ([September 24] 2006) [12 pages]
• in Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #1

Indexer Notes

Spider-Man called "Super-Man" on pg 8; corrected in later reprintings; Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

Bonus Spider-Man Pin-Up Page (Table of Contents)

Spider-Man / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

Stan Goldberg

Letters:

Artie Simek

Job Number:

X-219

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Spider-Man

Reprints:

• in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #140 (June 1982)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #5 ([October] 1988)
• in Spider-Man Classics (Marvel, 1993 series) #4 (July 1993)
• in The Essential Spider-Man (Marvel, 1996 series) #1 (December 1996) [black and white]
• in Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007)

Indexer Notes

Pencil credit from the Official Marvel Index to the Amazing Spider-Man via David Elson (October 26, 2005). Ink credit per Nick Caputo, August 2012.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Jack Kirby ?; Sol Brodsky ?

Inks:

Sol Brodsky ?

Colors:

Stan Goldberg

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

House ad for Sgt. Fury #1 and Fantastic Four # 16. Nick Caputo suspects the image of Dr. Doom is either pencilled by Jack Kirby or is a swipe by Sol Brodsky.

The Spider's Web (Table of Contents)

letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

Stan Goldberg

Letters:

Typeset; ?

Content Information

Reprints:

• in Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007)

Indexer Notes

First letters section which also advertises the new corner trademark which was designed by Steve Ditko, which was noted in an FF letters page.