(November 1964)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1964-08-11
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

On-sale date from 1964 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The End of Spider-Man! (Table of Contents)

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

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Steve Ditko
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Sam Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Only mighty Marvel would dare to attempt such a tale!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Sandman [Flint Marko]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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The End of Spider-Man! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

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.
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Indexer Notes

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!”

4 More Marvel Masterpieces! (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 (illustration)
Inks
Steve Ditko (illustration)
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
typeset

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Indexer Notes

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.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The End of Spider-Man!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. The End of Spider-Man!
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. 4 More Marvel Masterpieces!
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Spider's Web
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Jason Czeskleba
  • Björn Eklöf
  • Del Gruber
  • Adam Knights
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Jim Van Dore