Spider-Man Classics
#1
[Direct Edition]
(April 1993)
Marvel,
1993 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 1.25 USD; 1.60 CAD; 0.85 GBP
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1993-02-02
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A.
- Editing
- Eric Fein (credited) (reprint editor)
Issue Notes
© 1993 Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Spider-Man / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
- Reprints
-
in Spider-Man Classic (Planeta DeAgostini, 1993 series) #10 (Agosto 1994)
-
Indexer Notes
Cover art is an homage to the cover of Amazing Fantasy (Marvel, 1962 series) #15 (August 1962).
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Spider-Man!
Spider-Man / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko
- Inks
- Steve Ditko
- Colors
- Andy Yanchus
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Ben Parker; Crusher Hogan; Flash Thompson; Liz Allan; May Parker; the Burglar
- Synopsis
- Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider and gains the abilities of a spider. When he fails to stop a burglar who runs past him, his uncle Ben is later killed as a result. He therefore swears never to shirk his responsibility again.
- Reprints
-
from Amazing Fantasy (Marvel, 1962 series) #15 (September 1962 (see Notes))
-
Indexer Notes
Origin of Spider-Man.
The Origin of Dr. Strange
Doctor Strange / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited)
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko
- Inks
- Steve Ditko
- Colors
- Andy Yanchus
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange] (origin); Ancient One [Yao]; Baron Mordo [Karl Amadeus Mordo] (origin)
- Synopsis
- Dr. Stephen Strange, a top neurosurgeon, damages his hands in an accident and seeks out a mystic for help. He saves the seer from his treacherous student, becoming his pupil and finding a new purpose.
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #115 (December 1963)
-
Indexer Notes
Origin of Dr. Strange.
[Amazing Fantasy #15]
Spider-Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
- Reprints
- from Amazing Fantasy (Marvel, 1962 series) #15 [Regular] (September 1962 (see Notes))
-
[Amazing Fantasy #15 - alternate]
Spider-Man / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Indexer Notes
Unused cover for Amazing Fantasy #15.
Peter Parker as... Spider-Man
Spider-Man / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man
- Reprints
- from The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #1 ([September] 1964)
-
Indexer Notes
pin-up
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Spider-Man -
1.
Spider-Man!
Spider-Man -
2.
The Origin of Dr. Strange
Doctor Strange -
3.
[Amazing Fantasy #15]
Spider-Man -
4.
[Amazing Fantasy #15 - alternate]
Spider-Man -
5.
Peter Parker as... Spider-Man
Spider-Man
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Steve Coates
- Ruben Cortes
- Jochen G.
- Merlin Haas
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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