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Publishers / Marvel / The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) / #21

21February 1965
$0.12

The Amazing Spider-Man #21

Marvel · February 1965 · on sale November 10, 1964

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Identification plate

Series: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue: #21
Publication date: February 1965
Key date: February 1965
On-sale date: November 10, 1964
Indicia publisher: Non-Pareil Publishing Corp.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Beetle, Human Torch, Abner Jenkins, Peter Parker, Spider-Man, Johnny Storm
1	Where Flies the Beetle...!	comic story	20	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: S. Rosen	Beetle, Betty Brant, Doris Evans, Human Torch, J. Jonah Jameson, Abner Jenkins, May Parker, Peter Parker, Spider-Man, Johnny Storm, Flash Thompson
2	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Marie Severin; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen
3	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers, Chic Stone; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen, Artie Simek
4	-	letters page	2	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg
5	Spider-Man	illustration	1	pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Peter Parker, Spider-Man

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel Tales #16	1968	On eBay ›
Giant-Size Spider-Man #5	1975	On eBay ›
Marvel Tales #158	1983	On eBay ›
Marvel Tales #159	1984	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #10 ISBN 0-87135-596-5	1989	On eBay ›
Spider-Man Megazine #6	1995	On eBay ›
The Essential Spider-Man #2	1997	On eBay ›
Marvel Tales #82	1977	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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