The Amazing Spider-Man #31 [Regular Edition]
(December 1965)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1965-09-09
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Non-Pareil Publishing Corp.
Brand
Marvel Pop Art Productions
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1965 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

If This Be My Destiny... (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

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

If This Be My Destiny...! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Steve Ditko (plot); Stan Lee (credited) (dialogue)
Pencils
Steve Ditko (credited)
Inks
Steve Ditko (credited)
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited) (pages 1-10); Artie Simek (pages 11-20)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A new era in the life of Spider-Man is about to begin, and you shall live it with him!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Betty Brant; Dr. Nicholas Bromwell; Frederick Foswell (also as Patch); J. Jonah Jameson; Ned Leeds; Master Planner [Otto Octavius]; Harry Osborn (introduction); Aunt May Parker; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Gwen Stacy (introduction); Flash Thompson; Professor Miles Warren (introduction); Foxy Briggs
Synopsis
Aunt May falls deathly ill on Peter's first day of college. Meanwhile, the Master Planner is stealing scientific gadgets.
Reprints
Keywords
Empire State University

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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

Spider's Web / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Steve Ditko (illustrations)
Inks
Steve Ditko (illustrations)
Colors
Marie Severin ?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Stanley J. Goldstein, Nick Bradford, Bill Makuta, Woody Walker, Donald McGregor, Mike Holt, Ken Jacobs, Robert Chandler, K. Krauss, Jerry Weber. Includes several illustrations taken from earlier issues and a membership form for the Merry Marvel Marching Society.

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. If This Be My Destiny...
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. ["Friend, dare you risk a dime 10¢?"]
  3. 2. If This Be My Destiny...!
    Spider-Man
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
  6. 5. ["Face front!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Spider's Web
  8. 7. ["This free book shows how you can make big money as an auto mechanic"]
  9. 8. ["He's looking for people who like to draw"]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Joshua Clark
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Björn Eklöf
  • Del Gruber
  • Steve Jenner
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore