(April 1964)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.12 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- Brand:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Format:
- Color; Standard Modern US; Saddle-stitched; Newsprint; was ongoing series
The Long-Awaited Return of Doctor Octopus! (Table of Contents)
Spider-Man / cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko; Jack Kirby (see notes)
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko; Jack Kirby (see notes)
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Doctor Octopus [Otto Octavius]
- Reprinted:
- in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #148
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #5
- in Spider-Man Classics (Marvel, 1993 series) #12
- in Essential Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1996 series) #1 (December 1996)
- In Target Spider-Man / Doctor Octopus: Greatest Battles (Marvel, 2004 series) #[nn]
Indexer Notes
Alterations on Dr. Octopus' face and Spider-Man's legs by Jack Kirby. The unaltered cover was published as the cover to Marvel Tales # 148. (additional information provided by Nick Caputo)
Turning Point (Table of Contents)
Spider-Man / comic story / 21 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Sam Rosen
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Doctor Octopus [Otto Octavius]; Betty Brant; Bennet Brant (Death); May Parker; Blackie Gaxton
- Synopsis:
- Betty's brother has gotten himself into trouble with gambling debts and Betty is forced to help in Doc Ock's plot to break Blackie Gaxton out of prison to keep her sibling alive. Spider-Man interrupts the escape and Blackie shoots Bennett during the conflict. Gaxton is captured but Doc Ock gets away. Peter tries to comfort Betty over the loss of her brother.
- Reprinted:
- in Amazing Spider-Man Annual, The (Marvel, 1964 series) #3
- in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #148
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #5
- in Spider-Man Classics (Marvel, 1993 series) #12
- in Essential Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1996 series) #1 (December 1996)
- In Target Spider-Man / Doctor Octopus: Greatest Battles (Marvel, 2004 series) #[nn]
Indexer Notes
continued next issue
[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)
advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)
Indexer Notes
House ad for Avengers #4
[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- Promo for Daredevil #1
Editing
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Mike Nielsen
- Nick Caputo
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bob Ford
- Bob Klein
- Tony R. Rose
- Robert Wood
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Jordan Inman
- Gregory Fischer
- Mike Nielsen
- Max Capp
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