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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published 1974
Cover Price 1.50 USD
Pages 100
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details

Genre superhero
Pencils John Romita
Inks John Romita

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "A Message from Spidey's Godfather"

Characters Stan Lee (photo)
Script Stan Lee
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover.

1 page Contents page credits "The Spectacular Spider-Man"

Script Stan Lee
Pencils John Romita
Inks Tony Mortellaro
Letters typeset

2 page filler "Daily Bugle Extra"

Script Gerry Conway
Pencils Marie Severin
Inks Marie Severin
Letters typeset

22 page Spider-Man story "The Green Goblin"

Characters Green Goblin
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko
Letters Artie Simek
Notes reprints first app of Green Goblin
Reprinted from Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #14 (July 1964)

4 page Spider-Man story "The Secrets of Spider-Man!"

Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko
Letters Artie Simek
Reprinted from Amazing Spider-Man Annual, The (Marvel, 1964 series) #1 (1964)

6 page Spider-Man story "Spider-Man Tackles the Torch"

Characters Human Torch, Doris Evans
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Steve Ditko
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #8 (January 1964)

20 page Spider-Man story "The Birth of a Super-Hero!"

Characters John Jameson
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils John Romita
Inks John Romita
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #42 (November 1966)

1 page Spider-Man story "Spider-Man vs. the Shocker"

Characters Shocker
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils John Buscema
Inks Jim Mooney
Letters Sam Rosen
Notes 1 page excerpt
Reprinted from Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #72 (May 1969)

20 page Spider-Man story "The Reprehensible Riddle of the Sorcerer"

Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Ross Andru
Inks Bill Everett
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #14 (May 1968)

19 page Spider-Man story "And Death Shall Come"

Characters Doctor Octopus
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks John Romita
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #90 (November 1970)

1 page Spider-Man illustration "Pin-up"

Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Larry Lieber
Inks Larry Lieber
Letters Sam Rosen

1 page Spider-Man cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover gallery"

Genre superhero
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover
Reprinted from Amazing Fantasy (Marvel, 1962 series) #15; from Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #1; from Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #3; from Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #14; from Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #28; from Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #31; from Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #33; from Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #50; from Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #90; from Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #100; from Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #121; from Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #2

1 page Spider-Man (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix* "Back cover"

Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils John Romita
Inks John Romita
Letters typeset