Comic Book: Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series)
What This Book is About:
After his debut in Amazing Fantasy #15, Spider-Man gets his own book, and the rest as they say, is history.
Data Sheet:
Mar 1963 to Nov 1998
1963
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Characters most frequently found in this comic book:
In order of appearances.
Comics Index
Total Indexed Comics:
25
Comics sorted by date. Oldest shown first. Up to 25 comics per page. Page navigator at the bottom of the page.
March 1963"Spider-Man"
Script: Stan LeeThe story opens with Peter regretting obtaining his powers as he gives a short recap of his origin from Amazing Fantasy #15. He notes also that since Uncle Ben’s death, he and Aunt May have been struggling financially. [...]
May 1963"Duel to the Death With the Vulture!"
Script: Stan LeeThis story opens with the revelation that a new danger has been troubling New York, just as said danger, The Vulture, swoops down and steals a briefcase full of bonds from a pedestrian. Over at “Jameson Publishing” the head of Now Magazine J. [...]
July 1963"Spider-Man versus Doctor Octopus"
Script: Stan LeeThe story opens with Spider-Man stopping a good, old-fashioned robbery while thinking that stopping crime has become too easy, almost wishing for someone to come along who could challenge him. [...]
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July 1964"The Green Goblin"
Script: Stan LeeThe Green Goblin hatches a foolproof plan to destroy Spider-Man. First he enlists the aid of the Enforcers in his scheme of revenge. Then, he promises Hollywood film producer B.J.Cosmos that he can deliver Spidey as the star of his next picture. [...]
December 1969"To Prowl No More!"
Script: Stan LeeWe see Peter Parker jumping through the window of J. Jonah Jameson's office. Using his spider powers, he lands on the ground safely and runs up the building. Meanwhile, the Prowler believes he's just killed Parker, and flees through the window as Jameson and Robbie Robertson enter the office. [...]
September 1971"The Spider or the Man?"
Script: Stan LeeAfter spoiling a robbery, Spider-Man reflects on what matters most to him: Gwen Stacy. The young couple wants to get married, but how could they live a normal life if he is Spider-Man? [...]
April 1973"The Gentlemans Name is... Hulk"
Script: Gerry ConwayPeter Parker's Aunt May receives a mysterious telegram from a Jean-Pierre Rimbaud in Montreal. Fearing a connection to Dr. Octopus, Peter decides to investigate as Spider-Man. Seeing on the TV news that the Hulk is in Canada, Peter persuades J. [...]
May 1973"The Fight and the Fury"
Script: Gerry ConwayAt the bottom of the lake, Hulk hurls the slab to which Spider-Man is clinging out of the water and Spidey leaps to safety. Hulk's underwater thrashing causes a massive tidal wave, preventing the army from following him as he leaps away. Returning to Montreal, Spidey captures one of Dr. [...]
May 1984"Homecoming!"
Script: Roger SternIt has been over a week since the majority of Earth’s superheroes mysteriously vanished. In the offices of the Daily Bugle, J. Jonah Jameson and Robbie Robertson plan the day’s front page while Robbie resists his boss’ urging to blame the disappearances on Spider-Man. [...]
January 1990"Shaws Gambit"
Script: David MichelinieThe Hulk is approached by a Hellfire Club member, Sebastian Shaw, who offers him lots of money to destroy Spider-man. Spidey however, has been granted the power cosmic, increasing his abilities. After ridding the Statue of Liberty from terrorists, Spider-Man flies across town to meet his wife. [...]
April 2006"Mr Parker goes to Washington, part 1 of 3"
Script: J. Michael StraczynskiPeter Parker and Mary Jane are asleep in their bedroom in Avengers Tower when a bird statue wakes them up. It's Tony Stark calling Peter to a meeting. MJ suspiciously asks Tony if he can see via the bird as well as communicate. [...]
May 2006"Mr Parker goes to Washington, part 2 of 3"
Script: J. Michael StraczynskiPeter Parker is waiting at an airport to board Tony Stark's private jet. Tony arrives in a limo and Peter asks why he left Avengers Tower at midnight last night. Stark says he had a meeting and won't elucidate further. (We see a flashback that tells us it was an Illuminati meeting. [...]
June 2006"Mr Parker goes to Washington, part 3 of 3"
Script: J. Michael StraczynskiSpider-Man is in Washington hanging on to a rocketing Titanium Man by a webline. He attaches another webline to the Washington Monument and swings the bad guy down to the Lincoln Memorial. Spidey glides over there with his new webwings. [...]
July 2006"The war at home, part 1 of 6"
Script: J. Michael StraczynskiIn the opening page Peter Parker tells Mary Jane and Aunt May that he's got to make a decision which might mean the end of Spider-Man. Then we go into flashbacks. [...]
August 2006"The night the war came home, part 2 of 6"
Script: J. Michael StraczynskiTony Stark and Spider-Man (in his standard costume) are holding a press conference where Spidey has just unmasked to show his support for the Superhuman Registration Act. Now he tells the world his name.An immediate reaction is for millions of people to Google the name, and crash the Internet. [...]
September 2006"The war at home, part 3 of 6"
Script: J. Michael StraczynskiThe issue begins with some of the pro-Registration team (Spider-Man, Ms Marvel, Wonder Man, Doc Samson and Invisible Woman) vs some of the Resistance (Captain America, Vision, Daredevil (actually Danny Rand), Cable, Goliath (Bill Foster), Hercules, Falcon, Luke Cage, Speed and Patriot). [...]
November 2006"The war at home, part 4 of 6"
Script: J. Michael StraczynskiPeter Parker can't sleep because of the things Tony Stark has him doing for the Superhuman Registration Act. Now he hears on late night news that Stark Enterprises (and Fantastic Four Incorporated) are making loads of money from building a secure facility to house arrested non-Registered. [...]
December 2006"The war at home, part 5 of 6"
Script: J. Michael StraczynskiSpider-Man drops from the sky near Avengers Tower, closely followed by Iron Man. They continue their fight but suddenly Tony Stark uses a passcode to disable the Iron Spider armour he made for Peter Parker. However Peter's only playing dead because he disabled that passcode. [...]
February 2007"The war at home, part 6 of 7"
Script: J. Michael StraczynskiPeter Parker, Mary Jane and Aunt May are in the motel they booked into last issue. Pete goes out to buy a Daily Bugle and a prostitute recognises him and turns him in, presumably to Kingpin rather than the cops. [...]
March 2007"The war at home, part 7 of 7"
Script: J. Michael StraczynskiKingpin's hitman is staking out the motel where the Parker family are hiding. Mary Jane and Aunt May are there but he's told to wait longer for Peter to show as well. But at some point they'll decide to take out the secondary targets anyway.Peter calls to say he won't be home for dinner. [...]
October 2010"Something blue"
Script: Joe QuesadaPeter Parker and Mary Jane Watson continue talking about what broke them apart. They've reached the time at Dr Strange's place where Peter made 1 of his wrong decisions. But MJ isn't so sure it was wrong anymore. [...]
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