(December 1970)

Marvel, 1964 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly except December, semi-monthly
On-sale Date
1970-07-28
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A. by World Color Press, Inc., Sparta, Illinois 62286
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

Indicia title is Amazing Spider-Man. On-sale date from 1970 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
John Romita
Inks
John Romita
Colors
Stan Goldberg (sourced)
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Chameleon [Dmitri Smerdyakov]; Joe Smith; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; The Vulture [Adrian Toomes]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Spider-Man Vs. the Chameleon! (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Man / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Steve Ditko (credited)
Inks
Steve Ditko (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
John Duffy (credited)
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]]; Chameleon [Dmitri Smerdyakov] (introduction)
Synopsis
Spider-Man tries to join the Fantastic Four and stops the Chameleon.
Reprints

Spidey's First Fearsome Fight with the Vulture! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Steve Ditko
Colors
?
Letters
Morrie Kuramoto

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man; Vulture
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Spider-Man and Vulture illustration from Amazing Spider-Man Annual # 1.

Duel to the Death with the Vulture! (Table of Contents: 3)

Spider-Man / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Steve Ditko (credited)
Inks
Steve Ditko (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
John Duffy (credited)
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Vulture [Adrian Toomes] (introduction); J. Jonah Jameson; Flash Thompson; Liz Allen; May Parker
Synopsis
The Vulture is so confident in his abilities that he announces his plans to steal a diamond shipment to the police. When Spider-Man hears this he decides to stop the Vulture.
Reprints

Spider-Man Vs. Mysterio! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Steve Ditko
Colors
?
Letters
Morrie Kuramoto

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man; Mysterio
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Spider-Man and Mysterio illustration from Amazing Spider-Man Annual # 1

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
John Romita; Steve Ditko
Inks
John Romita; Steve Ditko
Colors
?
Letters
Morrie Kuramoto

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Peter's not such a bad guy, but I sure wish he had a little spunk like Spider-Man!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man; Peter Parker; Mary Jane Watson
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Images of Mary Jane Watson; Spider-Man and Peter Parker from Amazing Spider-Man # 8 and 41.

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Steve Ditko
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I sure get a charge out of Electro!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man; Electro
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Spider-Man vs. Electro illustration from Amazing Spider-Man Annual # 1

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
John Romita; Steve Ditko
Inks
John Romita; Steve Ditko
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A little more practice and I might make the Bolshoi!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man
Reprints

Indexer Notes

collage of Spider-Man images taken from various issues of his monthly comic.

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Steve Ditko
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I sure wish he'd stop humming rock-a-bye baby!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man; Sandman
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Spider-Man vs the Sandman from Amazing Spider-Man Annual # 1.

Just a Guy Named Joe! (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Steve Ditko (credited)
Inks
Steve Ditko (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Feature Logo
The Amazing Spider-Man
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; J. Jonah Jameson; Ned Leeds; Harry Osborn; Norman Osborn; Flash Thompson; Gwen Stacy; Aunt May; Joe Smith (introduction); Mary Jane Watson (cameo)
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 Spidey's head and our hero is plagued with goons trying to bump him off. Pete narrowly misses meeting Mary Jane.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Spider-Man Vs. the Chameleon!
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. Spidey's First Fearsome Fight with the Vulture!
    Spider-Man
  4. 3. Duel to the Death with the Vulture!
    Spider-Man
  5. 4. Spider-Man Vs. Mysterio!
    Spider-Man
  6. 5. ["Peter's not such a bad guy, but I sure wish he had a little spunk like Spider-Man!"]
    Spider-Man
  7. 6. ["I sure get a charge out of Electro!"]
    Spider-Man
  8. 7. ["A little more practice and I might make the Bolshoi!"]
    Spider-Man
  9. 8. ["I sure wish he'd stop humming rock-a-bye baby!"]
    Spider-Man
  10. 9. Just a Guy Named Joe!
    Spider-Man
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