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1March 1963
$0.12

The Amazing Spider-Man #1

Marvel · March 1963 · on sale 1962-12-10

First appearance: J. Jonah JamesonFirst appearance: John JamesonFirst appearance: Dmitri Smerdyakov1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
March 1963
Key date
1963-03-00
On-sale date
1962-12-10
Indicia publisher
Non-Pareil Publishing Corp.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of J. Jonah Jameson - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character. An independent public reference records the same first appearance.

First appearance of John Jameson - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character. An independent public reference records the same first appearance.

First appearance of Dmitri Smerdyakov - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Chameleon - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Chameleon Strikes!cover1script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek, Sol BrodskyBen Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Mister Fantastic, Peter Parker, Reed Richards, Spider-Man, Johnny Storm, Susan Storm Richards, The Thing
2Spider-Mancomic story14script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Johnny DeeLiz Allan, J. Jonah Jameson First, John Jameson First, May Parker, Peter Parker, Spider-Man, Flash Thompson, The Burglar
8Spider-Man vs. The Chameleon!comic story10script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: John DuffiChameleon First, Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Mister Fantastic, Peter Parker, Reed Richards, Dmitri Smerdyakov First, Spider-Man, Johnny Storm, Susan Storm Richards, The Thing
11A Personal Message from Spider-Manpromo (ad from the publisher)1script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby, Sol Brodsky; inks: Sol Brodsky; colors: Stan Goldberg

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 13 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 9d [0-0-9 GBP]

Where to read it

CollectionYear
The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21965On eBay ›
The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #71970On eBay ›
Marvel Tales #1381982On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #1
ISBN 0-87135-305-9		1987On eBay ›
Spider-Man Classics #21993On eBay ›
The Essential Spider-Man #1
ISBN 0-7851-0286-8		1996On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

  • Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Wikidata, Q1992523 (J. Jonah Jameson), first-appearance property (CC0)
  • Wikidata, Q2423326 (John Jameson), first-appearance property (CC0)

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