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The Amazing Spider-Man #38

Marvel · Series began 1963 · July 1966

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WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

Joe Smith (actor, Marvel) — First appearance

Dates

Cover date: July 1966
On sale: April 12, 1966
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #38 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition12¢ cover
Source ↗
UK pence edition10d [0-0-10 GBP] cover

British

Printed cover price 10d [0-0-10 GBP].
This edition’s page

Creators

script: Stan Lee, Steve Ditkopencils: Steve Ditko, Jack Kirbyinks: Steve Ditko, Joe Sinnott, Sol Brodsky, Dick Ayersletters: Sam Rosen, Artie Simek

Stories

Just a Guy Named Joe! · 20 pages
Average Joe, Joe Smith, fails at being a fighter and tries his hand at acting. Dressed up as a robotic monster, he is zapped with electricity and chemicals which causes him to go on a violent spree against those who doubted his abilities. Meanwhile, Norman Osborn puts a price on Spider-Man’s head and our hero is plagued with goons trying to bump him off. Pete narrowly misses meeting Mary Jane.

Characters

Peter ParkerSpider-ManMary Jane WatsonJ. Jonah JamesonMay ParkerGwen StacyFlash ThompsonHarry OsbornNed LeedsJoe Smith

Reprinted in

The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (2007), The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964), Marvel Tales (1966), Spider-Man Comics Weekly (1973), Marvel Masterworks (1987), The Essential Spider-Man (1996), Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (2003), Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (2009), Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (2013), Marvel Comics Digest (2017), Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (2021)