- Script
- Stan Lee (signed)
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors
- Michael Kelleher of Kellustration (as Michael Kelleher & Kellustration)
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- V-789
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Like costume heroes?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Liz Allan; Sally Avril; The Burglar; Crusher Hogan; Ben Parker; May Parker; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Flash Thompson
- 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 is killed as a result. He therefore swears never to shirk his responsibility again.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Acme warehouse; Midtown High; radioactive rays; science experiment; web-shooter; wrestling ring
This story is divided into two untitled parts (6 pp, 5 pp).
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You will notice that the format of AMAZING has been changed.
- Reprints
Stan Lee's editorial explains: "We are omitting the word ADULT from our masthead. A number of our teen-age readers have written to say that it makes them feel a bit awkward to buy a magazine which seems to be written exclusively for older readers."
Lee also explained the new feature: "..The SPIDERMAN, who will appear every month in AMAZING. Perhaps, if your letters request it, we will make his stories even longer, or have TWO Spiderman stories per issue."
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited)
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (credited)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (credited)
- Colors
- Michael Kelleher of Kellustration (credited as Michael Kelleher & Kellustration)
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Spider-Man and the arch-foe of the Fantastic Four, face-to-face for the first time!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Liz Allan; Betty Brant; Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]; Doombot; J. Jonah Jameson; May Parker; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Flash Thompson
- Synopsis
- Dr. Doom tries to trick Spider-Man into helping him defeat the Fantastic Four. When Spider-Man turns him down, he decides to capture Spider-Man. Flash Thompson dresses up as Spider-Man for a prank and Dr. Doom mistakes him for the real Spider-Man and captures him instead, and Flash has to be saved by the real Spider-Man.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Baxter Building; Fantasti-car; spider-wave transmitter
This story is an example of Doctor Doom using a robot to take his place. The first instance of this was seen in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #5.
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited)
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (credited)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (credited)
- Colors
- Michael Kelleher of Kellustration (credited as Michael Kelleher & Kellustration)
- Letters
- Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)
- Job Number
- X-528
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How would you like to...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Liz Allan; J. Jonah Jameson (cameo); The Living Brain; May Parker (cameo); Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Flash Thompson; The Vulture [Adrian Toomes] (cameo); Mr. Petty; Mr. Warren
- Synopsis
- When two technicians try to steal a computer that is on display at Peter's school, they accidentally turn it into "The Living Brain" that goes wild and must be stopped by Spider-Man.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- boxing; International Computing Machines Corporation; Midtown High
Peter stops wearing his glasses after they are broken by Flash Thompson.