| Issue | #11 |
| Published | April 1964 |
| Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Characters | Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Doctor Octopus [Otto Octavius] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko; Jack Kirby (see notes) |
| Inks | Steve Ditko; Jack Kirby (see notes) |
| Notes | Alterations on Dr. Octopus' face and Spider-Man's legs by Jack Kirby. The unaltered cover was published as the cover to Marvel Tales # 148. (additional information provided by Nick Caputo) |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #148; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #5; in Spider-Man Classics (Marvel, 1993 series) #12; in Essential Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1996 series) #1 (December 1996); In Target Spider-Man / Doctor Octopus: Greatest Battles (Marvel, 2004 series) #[nn] |
| Characters | Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Doctor Octopus [Otto Octavius]; Betty Brant; Bennet Brant (Death); May Parker; Blackie Gaxton |
| Synopsis | 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. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Letters | Sam Rosen |
| Notes | continued next issue |
| Reprinted | in Amazing Spider-Man Annual, The (Marvel, 1964 series) #3; in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #148; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #5; in Spider-Man Classics (Marvel, 1993 series) #12; in Essential Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1996 series) #1 (December 1996); In Target Spider-Man / Doctor Octopus: Greatest Battles (Marvel, 2004 series) #[nn] |
| Notes | House ad for Avengers #4 |
| Synopsis | Promo for Daredevil #1 |