The Amazing Spider-Man #38 [Regular Edition]

(July 1966)

Treasure Chest of Fun (Table of Contents: 1)

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Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Throw your voice

Characters

Frankenstein's monster

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Ad for a variety of novelty items.

Just a Guy Named Joe! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Steve Ditko (credited) (plot); Stan Lee (credited) (dialogue)

Pencils

Steve Ditko (credited)

Inks

Steve Ditko (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Our mildly terrific tale opens in a crowded neighborhood gym, where we find a not-overly-bright habitue named Joe Smith indulging himself in one of his ever-present day-dreams--

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; J. Jonah Jameson; Ned Leeds; Harry Osborn; Norman Osborn; Flash Thompson; Gwen Stacy; Aunt May Parker; Joe Smith (villain, introduction); Mary Jane Watson

Synopsis

Average Joe, Joe Smith, fails at being a fighter and tries his hand at acting. Dressed up as a robotic monster, he is zapped with electricity and chemicals which causes him to go on a violent spree against those who doubted his abilities. Meanwhile, Norman Osborn puts a price on Spider-Man’s head and our hero is plagued with goons trying to bump him off. Pete narrowly misses meeting Mary Jane.

Reprints

• in HIP Comics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1911 (1967)
• in Marvelserien (Williams Förlags AB, 1967 series) #1 (1967)
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #11
• in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #7 (December 1970)
• in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #36 (5 décembre 1972)
• in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #32 (22 September 1973)
• in Die Spinne (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #39
• in El Asombroso Hombre Araña (Novedades, 1980 series) #31 (26 de noviembre de 1980)
• in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #177 (July 1985)
which is reprinted
• in L'Uomo Ragno Classic (Edizioni Star Comics, 1991 series) #11 (Dicembre 1991) [La storia è tratta dalla ristampa di "Marvel Tales" (come si riconosce dalla ri-colorazione).]
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #16 ([August] 1991)
• in The Essential Spider-Man (Marvel, 1996 series) #2 (July 1997)
• in Spiderman: Stan Lee y Steve Ditko (Planeta DeAgostini, 2002 series) #3 (Febrero 2003)
• 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 Marvel Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #1 (July 2017)
• in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (2022)

Indexer Notes

Steve Ditko's last Spider-Man story. Ditko reportedly turned in his last art for Marvel the last week of November 1965.

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

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

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby; Steve Ditko (illustrations)

Inks

Dick Ayers; Sol Brodsky; Joe Sinnott; Steve Ditko (illustrations)

Colors

Marie Severin ?

Letters

Sam Rosen; ?

Indexer Notes

House ad for Fantastic Four # 52, Marvel Tales # 3 and Marvel Collectors' Item Classics # 3.

Incredible, Indubitable, Interminable Items to Startle Your Senses and Soothe Your Soul! (Table of Contents: 4)

Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stan Lee ?

Pencils

Steve Ditko; Marie Severin ? (illustrations)

Inks

Steve Ditko; Marie Severin ? (illustrations)

Colors

Marie Severin ?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Bulletin! It's hail and farewell to sturdy Steve Ditko!

Characters

Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing; Spider-Man

Indexer Notes

Bulletins; The Mighty Marvel Checklist; list of 26 M.M.M.S. members.

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

Steve Ditko; Jack Kirby (illustrations)

Inks

Steve Ditko; Joe Sinnott (illustrations)

Colors

Marie Severin ?

Letters

Sam Rosen ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Last chance! (until next issue!)

Characters

Spider-Man; Hulk

Indexer Notes

Ad for stationery, a Spider-Man t-shirt, a Hulk sweater and a six foot tall pin-up of Spider-Man.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Steve Ditko (illustrations)

Inks

Steve Ditko (illustrations)

Colors

Marie Severin ?

Letters

typeset; ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Who's the wiseguy that's holdin' out?

Characters

Spider-Man

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Letters from Randy Barron, Cary Burkett, "No, we didn't forget the writer's name and address!", Irene Yono, Richard K. von Fossen, Eric Beringer, Marilyn Morgan, Pvt. R. Stewart, H. Doyle Abernathy, Bob Peltz. The page also includes a membership form for the Merry Marvel Marching Society.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

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Pencils

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

3 complete fishing outfits

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Ad for fishing equipment.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

We're looking for people who like to draw

Characters

Norman Rockwell

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Ad for the Famous Artists Schools.