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Cover of The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #2
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CATALOG RECORD

The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #2

Marvel · Series began 1964 · [September] 1965

first appearance of Xandu

WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

  • Xandu (Marvel) — introduction

Dates

Cover date
[September] 1965
On sale
June 1, 1965
Pages
76

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #2 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Creators

script: Stan Lee, Steve Ditkopencils: Steve Ditkoinks: Steve Ditkocolors: Stan Goldbergletters: Sam Rosen, Jon D'Agostino, Artie Simek

Stories

  • The Wondrous World of Dr. Strange! · 20 pages

    Xandu sends his two henchmen to retrieve half of the Wand of Watoomb from Dr. Strange. Spider-Man mistakes the henchmen for burglars and tries to stop them, leading to a team up between Spider-Man and Dr. Strange to stop Xandu's plan.

  • Spider-Man · 14 pages
  • The Uncanny Threat of the Terrible Tinkerer! · 10 pages
  • Marked for Destruction by Dr. Doom! · 21 pages

Characters

Peter ParkerSpider-ManStephen StrangeDoctor StrangeJ. Jonah JamesonMay ParkerFlash ThompsonJohn JamesonPhineas MasonTinkererXandu

Reprinted in

The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (2007), Marvel Tales (1966), Doctor Strange (1968), Fantastic Summer Special (1968), Spider-Man Comics Weekly (1973), Doctor Strange Master of the Mystic Arts (1979), Doctor Strange Master of the Mystic Arts (1979), Stan Lee Presents the Marvel Comics Illustrated Version of Spider-Man His Greatest Team-Up Battles (1981), Marvel Masterworks (1987), Spider-Man's Greatest Team-Ups (1996), The Essential Spider-Man (1996), Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (2003), Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (2003), Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man - Barnes & Noble Edition (2003), Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (2009), Spider-Man: Fever (2010), Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (2010), Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (2013), Doctor Strange Omnibus (2016), Doctor Strange Epic Collection (2016)

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