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Issue Details

Issue #12
Published May 1964
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details - "Unmasked by Doctor Octopus!"

Characters Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Dr. Octopus [Otto Octavius]; J. Jonah Jameson; Betty Brant
Genre superhero
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko
Reprinted in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #149; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #5; in Spider-Man Classics (Marvel, 1993 series) #13; in Essential Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1996 series) #1 (December 1996); in Spider-Man: Black and Blue and Read All Over (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (November 2006); In Target Spider-Man / Doctor Octopus: Greatest Battles (Marvel, 2004 series) #[nn]

22 page Spider-Man story "Unmasked by Dr. Octopus!"

Characters Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Dr. Octopus [Otto Octavius]; J. Jonah Jameson; Betty Brant; May Parker; Flash Thompson; Liz Allan
Synopsis 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 is just Peter trying to be brave by impersonating Spidey. Once he has recovered, Spider-Man battles through the wild animals Ock has released from the zoo to take on old six-arms himself.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko
Letters Art Simek
Notes Liz Allan's name mis-spelled as Liz Allen in this issue.
Reprinted in Amazing Spider-Man Annual, The (Marvel, 1964 series) #3; in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #149; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #5; in Spider-Man Classics (Marvel, 1993 series) #13; in Essential Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1996 series) #1 (December 1996); in Spider-Man: Black and Blue and Read All Over (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (November 2006); In Target Spider-Man / Doctor Octopus: Greatest Battles (Marvel, 2004 series) #[nn]