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The Amazing Spider-Man #1

Marvel · Series began 1999 · January 1999

first Spider-Man solo title

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first Spider-Man solo title

Dates

Cover date: January 1999
On sale: November 11, 1998
Pages: 54

Editions and covers (4)

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 75960604716100111
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Sunburst Cover

Barcode 75960604716100121
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The Romitas Cover

Barcode 75960604716100131
This edition’s page
Newsstand edition

Newsstand Edition

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 72527402457501
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Creators

pencils: John Byrne, Rafael Kayananinks: John Byrne, Scott Hanna, Jimmy Palmiottiletters: Comicraft, John Marasigan, Richard Starkings, Liz Agraphiotis, John Byrnescript: Howard Mackie, John Byrnecolors: Gregory Wright, John Kalisz

Stories

Where R U Spider-Man??? · 30 pages
Peter Parker gets a new job at Tri Corp Research Foundation. Spider-Man is impersonated by somebody else (to be revealed in issue #2).
Rebirth! · 4 pages
Scorpion gets a new costume.
The Secrets of Spider-Man · 4 pages
Recap of Spider-Man's origin.

Characters

Peter ParkerSpider-ManSteve RogersCaptain AmericaTony StarkIron ManThorBen GrimmThe ThingThor OdinsonReed RichardsJohnny StormHuman TorchMister FantasticSusan Storm RichardsMatt MurdockDaredevilWanda MaximoffScarlet WitchMary Jane WatsonVisionInvisible WomanJ. Jonah JamesonNorman OsbornMay ParkerOtto OctaviusDoctor OctopusRobbie RobertsonGreen GoblinBetty Brant

Reprinted in

Spider-Man: The Next Chapter (2011), Spider-Man by John Byrne Omnibus (2019)