The Amazing Spider-Man #12 [Regular Edition]
(May 1964)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1964-02-11
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Non-Pareil Publishing Corp.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Unmasked by Doctor Octopus! (Table of Contents)

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

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Steve Ditko
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look who's back!!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Betty Brant; Doctor Octopus [Otto Octavius]; J. Jonah Jameson; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
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Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #12 [Regular Edition] Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #12 [British]
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Unmasked by Dr. Octopus! (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Man / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Steve Ditko (credited)
Inks
Steve Ditko (credited)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)
Job Number
[X-639]
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Take one of the most powerful super-villains of all time...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Liz Allan; Betty Brant; Doctor Octopus [Otto Octavius]; J. Jonah Jameson; Aunt May Parker; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Flash Thompson
Synopsis
Peter has the 24 hour flu when Doc Ock captures Betty Brant in hopes of luring Spider-Man into battle. Ock beats the under the weather web-head and unmasks him, but everyone thinks it’s just Peter trying to be brave by impersonating Spider-Man. Once he has recovered, Spider-Man battles through the wild animals Ock has released from the zoo to take on old six-arms himself.
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Keywords
bear; Coney Island; Daily Bugle; gorilla; kidnapping; lion; Midtown High; sculptor's studio; zoo

Indexer Notes

Job number revealed on original art. Info per Nick Caputo.

Liz Allan's name is misspelled as Liz Allen in this issue.

[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
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Indexer Notes

Includes a letter from Dave Cockrum and Special Announcements Section.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Unmasked by Doctor Octopus!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Unmasked by Dr. Octopus!
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Spider's Web
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