The Amazing Spider-Man #19 for Sale - First Appearance of Ned Leeds - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue: #19
Publication date: December 1964
Key date: 1964-12-00
On-sale date: 1964-09-08
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 Ned Leeds - 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.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Spidey Strikes Back!	cover	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Raymond Bloch, Jackson Brice, Daniel Brito, Fancy Dan, Human Torch, Flint Marko, Montana, Ox, Peter Parker, Sandman, Spider-Man, Johnny Storm
1	Spidey Strikes Back!	comic story	22	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: S. Rosen	Liz Allan, Raymond Bloch, Betty Brant, Jackson Brice, Daniel Brito, Fancy Dan, Mac Gargan, Human Torch, J. Jonah Jameson, Ned Leeds First, Flint Marko, Montana, Ox, May Parker
2	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen
3	-	letters page	2	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel Tales #14	1968	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #5 ISBN 0-87135-480-2	1988	On eBay ›
Spider-Man Megazine #4	1995	On eBay ›
The Essential Spider-Man #1 ISBN 0-7851-0286-8	1996	On eBay ›
Marvel Tales #157	1983	On eBay ›
The Amazing Spider-Man #3 (82579-8) ISBN 0-671-82579-8	1979	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q29053559 (Ned Leeds), first-appearance property (CC0)

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