The Amazing Spider-Man #22

(March 1965)

The Clown, and His Masters of Menace! (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

Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In a sleazy hotel room, in a shabby hotel, some sneaky sinners are startled by the sight of a sparkling spider signal!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Masters of Menace: Clown [Elliot Franklin]; Great Gambonnos (Ernesto and Luigi Gambonno); Human Cannonball [Jack Pulver]; Princess Python [Zelda DuBois]
Liz Allan; Betty Brant; J. Jonah Jameson; Aunt May Parker; Ringmaster [Maynard Tiboldt]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Flash Thompson; Mrs. Van Der Twilliger

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

After being released from prison, the Circus of Crime decides they no longer need the Ringmaster and become the Masters of Menace and plan an art heist.

Reprints

• in The Amazing Spider-Man (Yaffa / Page, 1977 ? series) #206-207
• in Pow! and Wham! (IPC, 1968 series) #55 (3 February 1968)
• in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #17 (November 1968)
• in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #20 (5 août 1971)
• in Die Spinne (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #24 ([Dezember] 1974)
• in Une Aventure de l'Araignée (Editions Lug, 1977 series) #5 - Le Cirque infernal (1er trimestre 1979)
• in Spindelmannen (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) #5/1980 (1980)
• in Edderkoppen (Atlantic Forlag, 1978 series) #5/1980 ([mai] 1980) [page 12 removed]
• in El Asombroso Hombre Araña (Novedades, 1980 series) #22 (24 de septiembre de 1980)
• in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #160 (February 1984)
which is reprinted
• in L'Uomo Ragno Classic (Edizioni Star Comics, 1991 series) #7 (Agosto 1991) [La storia è tratta dalla ristampa di "Marvel Tales" (come si riconosce dalla ri-colorazione).]
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #10 ([October] 1989)
• in Spider-Man Classic (Planeta DeAgostini, 1993 series) #13 (Febrero 1995)
• in The Essential Spider-Man (Marvel, 1996 series) #2 (July 1997)
• in Spider-Man Komplett (Panini Deutschland, 1999 series) #v1965#[3] (November 1999)
• in Spiderman: Stan Lee y Steve Ditko (Planeta DeAgostini, 2002 series) #2 (Enero 2003)
• in Biblioteca Marvel: Spiderman (Planeta DeAgostini, 2003 series) #4 (diciembre 2003)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man - Barnes & Noble Edition (Marvel, 2003 series) #3 (2004)
• in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (2007)
• in Marvel Gold. El Asombroso Spiderman: ¡Si éste es mi Destino...! (Panini España, 2014 series) (Junio 2014)
• in Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #2 - Great Responsibility (2016)
• in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (2022)

More Triumphs for Marvel..! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

Two More Triumphs for Marvel..! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

The Merry Marvel Marching Society / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]

Reprints

• in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (2007), #1 (2022)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Robert Ball, Kenneth S. Gallagher, David H. Fenimore, Bob Sankner, Tip Daniels, Steve Chapman, George L. Handler, Wendy Bell, Howard Kurtz and Ronald Eisenstein, and Timothy Scott; includes The Mighty Marvel Checklist and Special Announcements Section.