Dates
- Cover date
- March 2013
- On sale
- January 9, 2013
- Pages
- 32
Editions and covers (15)
Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct Edition
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Barcode 75960607912400111
Source ↗ - Variant Edition - Midtown Comics Exclusive! - J. Scott Campbell Connecting Cover
Barcode 75960607912400191
This edition’s page - 2nd printing
Second Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 75960607912400112
This edition’s page - Variant Edition - Hastings Exclusive - Mike Deodato Cover
Barcode 75960607912400116
This edition’s page - Variant Edition - Limited Edition Comix & London Super Comic Convention Exclusive - Adi Granov Cover
Barcode 75960607912400117
This edition’s page - 3rd printing
Third Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 75960607912400113
This edition’s page - 4th printing
Fourth Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 75960607912400114
This edition’s page - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07447061544602
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- Hero or Menace? · 21 pages
Octavius adjusts slowly to life in Peter Parker's body, but enjoys assuming Spider-Man's identity. Facing off against a new Sinister Six, he loses his temper, offended by the idea of third-rate villains he considers so far beneath him taking on the name of the group he founded years ago. He takes them down in an especially violent manner, only stopping at the last minute before beating Boomerang to death. He doesn't understand why he stopped, not yet realizing that some portion of Peter Parker's consciousness remains in his brain.
Reprinted in
Superior Spider-Man Omnibus (2023), Superior Spider-Man (2013), Marvel Now! Omnibus (2013), Superior Spider-Man (2013), Astonishing Spider-Man (2013), Spider-Man Firsts (2014), Superior Spider-Man No. 1 Halloween Comic Fest 2018 (2018)