The Spectacular Spider-Man #60 [Direct]

(November 1981)

Beetlemania! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Roger Stern (credited)

Pencils

Ed Hannigan (credited) (breakdowns); Jim Mooney (credited) (finished art)

Inks

Jim Mooney (credited)

Colors

George Roussos (credited)

Letters

Diana Albers (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; The Beetle [Abner Jenkins] (villain); The Gibbon [Martin Blank]; Coach Barnstorm; Greg Salinger; Debra Whitman; Biff Rifkin; Lt. Kris Keating; Jose Rivera

Synopsis

The Beetle's new battlesuit gives him an advantage over Spider-Man when they fight, as does the well-meaning interference of the Gibbon. Later, Beetle challenges Spider-Man to a rematch, but it's the Gibbon who eventually delivers the knockout punch and gets all the credit for defeating the villain.

Reprints

• in Die Spinne Comic - Taschenbuch (Condor, 1979 series) #14
• in Edderkoppen pocket [Edderkoppen superseriepocket] (Atlantic Forlag, 1979 series) #8 (1982)
• in Nova (Editions Lug, 1978 series) #58 (5 novembre 1982)
• in Edderkoppen (Atlantic Forlag, 1978 series) #7/1983 ([juni] 1983)
• in Spindelmannen (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) #7/1983 ([Juli] 1983)
• in El Asombroso Hombre Araña (Novedades, 1980 series) #274 (24 de julio de 1985)
• in L'Uomo Ragno (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #3 (Luglio 1987)
• in Raccolta l'Uomo Ragno (Edizioni Star Comics, 1988 series) #1 ([Giugno 1988])
• in Essential Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2007)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 2017 series) #5 (2022)

The Birth of a Legend! (Table of Contents: 2)

Spider-Man / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

Roger Stern (credited)

Pencils

Greg LaRocque (credited)

Inks

Bob Wiacek (credited)

Colors

Glynis Oliver (credited as G. Wein)

Letters

Jean Simek (credited as J. Simek)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (origin retold); Aunt May Parker; Uncle Ben Parker; Flash Thompson; Liz Allan; Crusher Hogan; the Burglar

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

• in Die Spinne Comic - Taschenbuch (Condor, 1979 series) #14
• in Edderkoppen pocket [Edderkoppen superseriepocket] (Atlantic Forlag, 1979 series) #8 (1982)
• in Edderkoppen (Atlantic Forlag, 1978 series) #7/1983 ([juni] 1983)
• in Spindelmannen (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) #7/1983 ([Juli] 1983)
• in El Asombroso Hombre Araña (Novedades, 1980 series) #299 (15 de enero de 1986), #299 (15 de enero de 1986) [splash page with slight modifications used as cover]
• in Essential Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2007)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 2017 series) #5 (2022)

Keywords

origins; radioactivity; spiders; television

Indexer Notes

"Based on the original story by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko!"
Retelling of Spider-Man's origin from Amazing Fantasy (Marvel, 1962 series) #15. Many panels contain the original Stan Lee dialogue and/or art redrawn from Steve Ditko's layouts.

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