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Issue: The Amazing Spider-Man (Penguin Classics Marvel Collection) #[nn]
Publication Date: January 2022
 
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Publisher: FlagPenguin Random House
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Indicia Publisher: Penguin Books
On Sale Date: 06/15/2022
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Pages: 388
ISBN: 9780143135739
UPC/EAN: 978014313573952800
Price: $37.00 CAD
£25.00 GBP
$28.00 USD
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Content Items: 57 (19 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
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Binding: paperback
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Contents

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Series Introduction

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Volume Introduction

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Spider Man

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First Line: Though the world may mock Peter Parker, the timid teenager... it will soon marvel at the awesome might of... Spider-Man!
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Spider-Man!

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Genres: superhero
First Line: Like costume heroes?
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.
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The Bell-Ringer!

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Old Pedros
First Line: This is the way this little tale was told to us...
Synopsis: On a small Mediterranean island of fisherfolk, Old Pedros is the town bell-ringer. One day the volcano atop the island begins to erupt. The villagers evacuate and put out to sea. Old Pedros, though, stays at the church. "The bells must be rung," he tells himself. "Someone will hear. For centuries someone has always heard!" Molten rock streams toward the church. Before it reaches Old Pedros, a ray of sunlight surrounds him. The superstitious villagers swear they saw him ride that ray into the sky. Did their eyes play tricks on them, or did Someone hear the bells?
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Man in the Mummy Case!

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Rocco Rank
First Line: A mummy case might seem to be as good a place as any to hide in!
Synopsis: A fugitive accepts a mummy's help to escape the police, only to find himself an ancient Egyptian slave.
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Important Announcement from the Editor!

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First Line: You will notice that the format of AMAZING has been changed.
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Disclose Notes: 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."

Based on job numbers researched by Will Murray, the stories that appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #'s-2 were likely prepared for the next issues of Amazing Fantasy. Publisher Martin Goodman cancelled the title before sales figures came in and immediately reinstated Spider-Man in a title of his own when he discovered how well the issue sold.
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There Are Martians Among Us!

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Genres: science fiction
First Line: The problem was... how to find the Martians??
Synopsis: The discovery of a crashed flying saucer frightens a small town, especially when the townspeople realize that the Martians are among them. A month goes by with the aliens still at large. A man leaves for the city and tells his wife to stay in the house where she is safe. Later that day, though, she has to go to the store for coffee. On her way home she is captured! When her husband gets home and finds her missing, he makes a desperate phone call ... to another Martian, who like him must have four arms.
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The Chameleon Strikes!

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First Line: The Fantastic Four think I'm trapped!
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Spider-Man

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First Line: Sure, you've read many stories about many different magazine heroes!
Synopsis: Spider-Man rescues John Jameson, J. Jonah Jameson's son, from his malfunctioning space capsule.
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Job Number: V-816
Disclose Notes: Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. A very brief recap of the events of Amazing Fantasy #15 are recounted.
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Spider-Man vs. the Chameleon!

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First Line: How can you defeat a man who can change his identity before you can catch him??
Synopsis: Spider-Man tries to join the Fantastic Four and stops the Chameleon.
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A Personal Message from Spider-Man

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Duel to the Death with the Vulture!

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First Line: The most colorful superhero of all...Spider-Man!
Synopsis: The Vulture is so confident in his abilities that he announces his plans to steal a diamond shipment to the police. When Spider-Man hears this he decides to stop the Vulture.
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The Uncanny Threat of the Terrible Tinkerer!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Dr. Cobbwell
First Line: He looks so harmless -- and yet the Tinkerer is one of the greatest menaces I've ever faced!
Synopsis: When Peter Parker discovers some alien modifications to a professor's radio he tracks down a group of aliens with plans to take over the Earth.
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Disclose Notes: One of the Tinkerer's helpers later becomes Mysterio.
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First Line: America's most exciting super-hero captured by the world's most dreaded super-villain!
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Spider-Man versus Doctor Octopus

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Character(s): Charlie (burglar); Mouse (burglar); Joe (policeman)
First Line: Doctor Octopus the only enemy ever to defeat Spider-Man!
Synopsis: When an experiment goes wrong, Otto Octavius gains control of his robotic arms and decides to take over an atomic facility, but Spider-Man stops him.
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Bonus Spider-Man Pin-Up Page!

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First Line: From your pal, Spider-Man
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First Line: The Amazing Spider-Man #1 was quite good as first issues go...
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Disclose Notes: First letters section. Letters from: Tom Jones, Jerome Haro, Fred Bronson, Bill Ryan, Frank Glen, Phil Leibfred, Buddy Saunders, Doug Arch, and Margaret Seth. Promo art of the new corner trademark featuring Spider-Man (the same one used on the cover). Steve Ditko was credited with the idea of the corner symbol in the letters section of Fantastic Four # 18.
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Nothing Can Stop... The Sandman!

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Nothing Can Stop...The Sandman!

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Character(s): Davis (principal)
Synopsis: The Sandman tries to hide from police in the high school where Peter Parker goes to school.
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Job Number: X-362
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First Line: Amazing Spider-Man #2 was again very good.
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Disclose Notes: Letters from: Dave Bibby, Gary Anderson, Paul Moslander, Larry Brown, Bill Schmuck, Arthur Davis Jr., and Rick Wood.
Includes Special Announcements Section and a house ad for X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #1 (September 1963).
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Adapting to Success: The Amazing Spider-Man #5-8

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The Defeat of Spider-Man!

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The Man Called Electro!

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First Line: Know something, little friend?
Synopsis: Electro decides to break some other criminals out of jail so they can help him with his crime spree. Spider-Man must balance taking care of Aunt May, who is in the hospital, and capturing Electro.
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The Enforcers!

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Disclose Notes: Enforcers drawn and inked by Steve Ditko. Spider-Man figure penciled (and possibly inked) by Jack Kirby.

The original, rejected cover by Steve Ditko has been published in Marvel Tales # 147, The Official Marvel Index to the Amazing Spider-Man # 2 and various Foreign reprints. Info per Nick Caputo.
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The Enforcers!

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Character(s): The Abbotts (May Parker's Neighbours)
First Line: Caution!
Synopsis: The Enforcers try to shake down Betty Brant, which brings them to the attention of Spider-Man.
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Job Number: [X-585]
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Spider-Man Unmasked: The Amazing Spider-Man #11-12

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Mysterio!

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First Line: We've done it!
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The Menace of... Mysterio!

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First Line: Can we believe our eyes?
Synopsis: Mysterio first frames Spider-Man for a crime wave, then challenges him to a battle on top of the Brooklyn Bridge.
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The Green Goblin!

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The Grotesque Adventure of the Green Goblin!

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Character(s): B. J. Cosmos (Movie Producer)
First Line: Only the merry Marvel madmen could have dreamed him up!
Synopsis: The Green Goblin hires the Enforcers to help him defeat Spider-Man. To further his plan he convinces B.J. Cosmos to film a movie of Spider-Man fighting Goblin and the Enforcers in the desert. While filming, Goblin and the Enforcers attack Spider-Man and accidentally awaken the Hulk.
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An Expanding Universe: The Amazing Spider-Man #15-16 and Annual #1

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The Return of the Green Goblin!

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The Return of the Green Goblin!

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Character(s): Mr. Allan
First Line: Look at ol' bookworm Parker!
Synopsis: Spider-Man attends a fan club meeting organized by Flash Thompson, but the Green Goblin crashes the meeting. Fortunately the Human Torch is in attendance to help Spider-Man. During the battle Spider-Man finds out that Aunt May is in the hospital and he leaves, causing everyone to believe that he is a coward.
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Disclose Notes: Letters from Doug Moench and Bill DuBay. Includes Special Announcements Section.
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The End of Spider-Man!

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First Line: Only mighty Marvel would dare to attempt such a tale!
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The End of Spider-Man!

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Character(s): Rocky Roberts (Car Thief); Irv (Cop)
First Line: Forget everything you've ever read about Spidey before!!
Synopsis: With the entire city thinking he is a coward, Spider-Man runs from Sandman. Peter's life is in shambles, and he contemplates giving up being Spider-Man to concentrate on his personal life.
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Spidey Strikes Back!

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Spidey Strikes Back!

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Character(s): Mr. Wormly; Rock Gimpy; Louie (Stool Pigeon)
First Line: Due to his aunt's serious illness last month, Peter Parker spent all his time at home, looking after her!
Synopsis: Sandman and the Enforcers capture the Human Torch. When Spider-Man questions a stool pigeon and learns of this he comes to the aid of the Human Torch.
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Job Number: X-816
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Appendix One: Goodbye to Linda Brown

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Goodbye to Linda Brown

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Linda Brown; Aunt May; Uncle Ben
Synopsis: A girl in a wheelchair living with her aunt and uncle begins sleepwalking. In her sleep, she wheels herself underwater. The couple are sad...but they knew their mermaid ward would one day go home.
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Disclose Notes: This story is a retelling of "The Sea Waits for Me!", drawn by Dick Ayers, from Journey Into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1951 series) #43 (March 1956).

Ditko evidentially used Aunt May and Uncle Ben here, as reference for Spider-Man's folks when they appeared two months later. They are nearly identical, only slightly younger.
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Appendix Two: How Stan Lee and Steve Ditko Create Spider-Man

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How Stan Lee and Steve Ditko Create Spider-Man!

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Character(s): Steve Ditko
Synopsis: Stan keeps bothering Steve Ditko while he tries to draw a Spider-man strip.
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Job Number: X-746
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Appendix Three: Cover Stories

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Spider Man

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First Line: Though the world may mock Peter Parker, the timid teenager... it will soon marvel at the awesome might of... Spider-Man!
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Amazing Fantasy #15 Unused Cover

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The Enforcers!

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Amazing Spider-Man #10 Unused Cover

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Suggestions for Further Reading

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Notes

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