WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
first Spider-Man
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker) — introduction · origin
- May Parker (Peter Parker's aunt) — introduction
- Flash Thompson (bully then friend of Peter Parker) — introduction
- Ben Parker (Peter Parker's uncle) — introduction
- Crusher Hogan (wrestler from Spider-Man) — introduction
- Sally Avril (Marvel, Bluebird) — introduction, only first name revealed
- Maxwell Shiffman (television producer) — introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- September 1962
- On sale
- 1962
- Pages
- 36
Values
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Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #15 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Original edition12¢ coverThis edition’s page
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Amazing Fantasy #15 Facsimile Edition (2019). A facsimile reproduces this issue with a modern cover price and barcode; check before buying.
Publisher’s description
The first appearance of the Amazing Spider-Man! When young Peter Parker gains remarkable abilities from a radioactive spider, he must step up and try to become a hero — while also dealing with the fantastic pressures of an everyday teenager! For with great power, there must also come great responsibility!
Reprinted in
Amazing Stories of Suspense (1963), Marvel Milestone Edition: Amazing Fantasy #15 (1992), Amazing Fantasy Vol. 1 No. 15 [Spider-Man Classics Reprint] (2001), The 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time (2001), The Amazing Spider-Man Pop-Up (2007), Amazing Fantasy Omnibus (2007), Amazing Fantasy #15 Facsimile Edition (2019), The Amazing Spider-Man (Penguin Classics Marvel Collection) (2022), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019), The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (1985), The Essential Spider-Man (1996), Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (2003), Spider-Man Collectible Series (2006), The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (2007), Out of This World (1963), The Amazing Spider-Man (1963), Marvel Tales Annual (1964), Marvel Tales (1966), The Mighty World of Marvel (1972), Origins of Marvel Comics (1974)