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Issue: The Essential Spider-Man #3 [Second Edition]
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Content Items: 60 (23 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: This volume reprints Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #44-#65 and Annual #4 and is the true second edition. The first edition reprints Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #44-#68. The 2011 volume is listed in its indicia as the "Second edition, First printing" but is actually the third edition and adds The Spectacular Spider-Man (1968 series) #1 to the material reprinted in this edition.
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding: trade paperback
Publishing Format: collected editions
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Essential the Amazing Spider-Man Volume 3

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Where Crawls the Lizard!

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Where Crawls the Lizard!

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Spidey Smashes Out!

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Spidey Smashes Out!

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The Sinister Shocker!

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The Sinister Shocker!

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Would'ja Believe... Kraven the Hunter!

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In The Hands of the Hunter!

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From the Depths of Defeat!

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Spider-Man No More!

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Spider-Man No More!

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Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; May Parker; Anna Watson; Mary Jane Watson; Gwen Stacy; Harry Osborn; Miles Warren; Betty Brant; J. Jonah Jameson; Patch [Frederick Foswell]; Kingpin [Wilson Fisk]
Fearing for his aunt's health and tired of being hounded by Jameson, Peter gives up being Spider-Man and concentrates on being a simple college student. A kid finds the discarded Spidey suit in the trash can and brings it to the Daily Bugle where Jonah proudly puts it on display. Pete's personal life starts looking up but crime increases as the Kingpin gathers the mob under his leadership. Feeling guilty about the crime wave, Peter remembers the lessons taught to him by his uncle's death and decides to become Spider-Man once again.
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In the Clutches of the Kingpin!

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In The Clutches of the Kingpin!

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To Die A Hero!

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To Die A Hero!

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The Web and the Flame!

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Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Wizard [Bentley Wittman]; Mysterio [Quentin Beck]
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Rosen credit per Nick Caputo, July 2012. Previous indexer listed Jerry Feldman. Originally presented in color.
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The Web and the Flame!

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The Coffee Bean Barn!

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Peter Parker; May Parker; Mary Jane Watson; Gwen Stacy; Flash Thompson; Harry Osborn
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What the Well-Dressed Spider-Man Will Wear

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Spidey's Greatest Talent

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Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Hercules; Thor [Donald Blake]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]
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Say Hello to Spidey's Favorite Foes!

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Lizard [Curt Connors]; Green Goblin [Norman Osborn]; Sandman [Flint Marko]; Vulture [Blackie Drago]; Kraven [Sergei Kravinoff]; Doctor Octopus [Otto Octavius]; Rhino [Aleksei Sytsevich]; Electro [Max Dillion]
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from The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #4 [reprinted in black and white] (November 1967)
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Spider-Man's foes include the Lizard, Kraven the Hunter, Doctor Octopus, the Green Goblin, the New Vulture, Electro, Sandman and the Rhino. Romita appears to have drawn the Vulture and possibly the Green Goblin; the Sandman figure appears to be a Kirby/Sinnott stat. Originally presented in color.
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A Visit to Petey's Pad!

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Enter Dr Octopus

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The Tentacles and the Trap!

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Doc Ock Wins!

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Doc Ock Wins!

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Disaster!

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The Coming of Ka-Zar!

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To Kill a Spider-Man!

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To Kill A Spider-Man!

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The Brand of the Brainwasher!

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O, Bitter Victory!

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O Bitter Victory!

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O, What a Tangled Web We Weave..!

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What A Tangled Web We Weave..!

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Make Way For...Medusa!

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Wings in the Night!

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Wings in the Night!

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The Vulture's Prey!

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The Vulture's Prey

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Escape Impossible!

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The Impossible Escape!

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