- Script
- Steve Ditko (plot - see notes); Stan Lee (credited) (script)
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (credited)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (credited)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (credited)
- Job Number
- X-797
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Forget everything you've ever read about Spidey before!!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers] (cameo); Giant-Man [Hank Pym] (cameo); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (cameo); Thor [Donald Blake] (cameo); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (cameo)
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Liz Allan; Betty Brant; Daredevil [Matt Murdock] (cameo); Doctor Octopus [Otto Octavius] (cameo); Green Goblin [Norman Osborn] (cameo); J. Jonah Jameson; Kraven the Hunter [Sergei Kravinoff] (cameo); Aunt May Parker; Sandman [Flint Marko]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Flash Thompson; The Vulture [Adrian Toomes] (cameo); Anna Watkins (May Parker's neighbor); Rocky Roberts (Car Thief); Irv (Cop)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- With the entire city thinking he is a coward, Spider-Man runs from Sandman. Peter's life is in shambles, and he contemplates giving up being Spider-Man to concentrate on his personal life.
- Reprints
- in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #13 (March 1968)
- in Marvel (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #13 (15 avril 1971) [Moins 2 pages/Minus 2 pages]
- in Hit Comics Die Spinne (BSV - Williams, 1971 series) #246 (1972)
- in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #12 (5 May 1973)
- in Die Spinne (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #20 ([Oktober] 1974)
- in The Amazing Spider-Man (Yaffa / Page, 1977 ? series) #196-197 (1979)
- in The Amazing Spider-Man (Pocket Books, 1977 series) #3 (82579-8) (March 1979)
- in Une Aventure de l'Araignée (Editions Lug, 1977 series) #7 - Mysterio et les Exécuteurs (3e trimestre 1979)
- in Spindelmannen (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) #8/1980 (1980)
- in Edderkoppen (Atlantic Forlag, 1978 series) #8/1980 ([august] 1980) [edited reprint]
- in El Asombroso Hombre Araña (Novedades, 1980 series) #17 (20 de agosto de 1980)
- in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #156 (October 1983)
which is reprinted- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #5 ([October] 1988)
which is reprinted- in Spider-Man Classic (Planeta DeAgostini, 1993 series) #11 (Octubre 1994)
- in Spider-Man Megazine (Marvel, 1994 series) #3 (December 1994)
- in The Essential Spider-Man (Marvel, 1996 series) #1 (December 1996) [black and white]
- in Spider-Man Komplett (Panini Deutschland, 1999 series) #v1964#[11] (August 1999)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #2 (July 2002)
- 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 The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (2007)
which is reprinted- in Marvel Gold. El Asombroso Spiderman: Poder y Responsabilidad (Panini España, 2014 series) (Abril 2014)
- in Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #2 - Great Responsibility (2016)
- in The Marvel Comics Library: Spider-Man (Taschen, 2022 series) #1 - 1962–1964 (2021)
- in The Amazing Spider-Man (Penguin Classics Marvel Collection) (Penguin Random House, 2022 series) (2022)
- in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (2022)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 [Third Edition] (2023)
The original End of Spider-Man story-line; continued next issue.
Steve Ditko plot credit from the letters page of Amazing Spider-Man #17: "As for ol' Spidey, next ish is gonna be real different! The whole plot was dreamed up by Sunny Steve and it was just nutty enough for Stan to okay it!”
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (illustration)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (illustration)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
Letters from Chuck Robinson, Frank Brunner (future comics artist), Greg Marlar, Benny Daily, Terry Larsen, Mark Taggart, Ken Dixon, Todd Freeman, Clarke Owens, Edward Willard, William Rose, and Lance Reidy; includes Special Announcements Section.