(January 1965)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1964-10-08
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Non-Pareil Publishing Corp.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Printer
The Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury, Conn.
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1964 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Scorpion! (Table of Contents)

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

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Steve Ditko
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Sam Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text
How can Spidey battle a foe who is stronger than he is???
Genre
superhero
Characters
Scorpion [Mac Gargan]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

The Coming of the Scorpion! (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Man / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Steve Ditko (credited)
Inks
Steve Ditko (credited)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Be sure to keep your eye on the startling Scorpion!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Liz Allan; Betty Brant; J. Jonah Jameson; Ned Leeds; Aunt May Parker; Scorpion [Mac Gargan] (origin) (introduction see notes); Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Flash Thompson; Dr. Farley Stillwell (death)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
J. Jonah Jameson pays Dr. Stillwell to turn Mac Gargan into the Scorpion to try to capture Spider-Man. Stillwell's formula makes Gargan become more evil than he originally was and the Scorpion goes on a rampage and is finally stopped by Spider-Man.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Mac Gargan appeared in the previous issue in three panels, un-named.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Spider's Web / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Steve Ditko (illustrations)
Inks
Steve Ditko (illustrations)
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters page includes a letter from the M.M.M.S., Special Announcements Section and Mighty Marvel Checklist.

Peter Parker and Ol' Webhead (Table of Contents: 4)

A Marvel Masterwork Pin-Up / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Steve Ditko
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pin-Up of Peter Parker and Spider-Man.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Scorpion!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. The Coming of the Scorpion!
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Spider's Web
  5. 4. Peter Parker and Ol' Webhead
    A Marvel Masterwork Pin-Up
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Björn Eklöf
  • Del Gruber
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Matthias Hofmann
  • Adam Knights
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Jim Van Dore