Dates
- Cover date
- November 1966
- On sale
- August 2, 1966
- Pages
- 76
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- ...To Become an Avenger! · 21 pages
The Avengers decide to ask Spider-Man to join the team but first he has to complete a test to prove himself. The test is to capture the Hulk.
- Turning Point · 21 pages
Betty's brother has gotten himself into trouble with gambling debts and Betty is forced to help in Doc Ock's plot to break Blackie Gaxton out of prison to keep her sibling alive. Spider-Man interrupts the escape and Blackie shoots Bennett during the conflict. Gaxton is captured but Doc Ock gets away. Peter tries to comfort Betty over the loss of her brother.
- Unmasked by Dr. Octopus! · 22 pages
Peter has the 24 hour flu when Doc Ock captures Betty Brant in hopes of luring Spider-Man into battle. Ock beats the under the weather web-head and unmasks him, but everyone thinks it’s just Peter trying to be brave by impersonating Spider-Man. Once he has recovered, Spider-Man battles through the wild animals Ock has released from the zoo to take on old six-arms himself.
Publisher’s description
The Avengers have assembled and are trying to determine whether or not to invite Spider-Man into their esteemed ranks. Also features reprints of tales from The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #11 and The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #12.
Characters
Reprinted in
Spider-Man Comics Weekly (1973), Giant-Size Spider-Man (1974), Marvel Masterworks (1987), The Essential Spider-Man (1996), Spider-Man's Greatest Team-Ups (1996), Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (2003), The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (2007), Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (2009), Spider-Man: Am I an Avenger? (2011), Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (2013), Decades: Marvel in the '60s - Spider-Man Meets the Marvel Universe (2019), Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (2021)