Credits
Colorist(s):
? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres:
superhero
Character(s):
Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (introduction, origin); Ben Parker (introduction); Crusher Hogan; Flash Thompson (introduction); Liz Allen (introduction); May Parker (introduction); the Burglar
Synopsis:
Orphan Peter Parker, "professional wallflower", brought up by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben, is bitten by a radioactive spider and gains the proportionate abilities of an arachnid. Making a costume and devising webshooters, he chooses to use those abilities to achieve fame and make money, as Spider-Man, TV star. When he fails to stop a takings thief who runs past him, despite the ease with which he could have done so, his uncle is later killed as a result. He therefore learns to his cost that with great power there must also come great responsibility.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
10
Notes:
Part 2 title-page (original story page 7) omitted.
Pages 1-2 and 5-9 of this reprint are tinted green. Pages 3-4 are black & white. Page 10 is on the back coverof the comic and is in printed in full-color.