The Amazing Spider-Man #27 for Sale - First Appearance of Barney Bushkin - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue: #27
Publication date: August 1965
Key date: 1965-08-00
On-sale date: 1965-05-11
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 Barney Bushkin - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character. An independent public reference records the same first appearance.

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	Bring Back My Goblin to Me!	cover	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Crime-Master, Green Goblin, Nick Lewis, Norman Osborn, Peter Parker, Spider-Man
2	Bring Back My Goblin to Me!	comic story	20	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Betty Brant, Barney Bushkin First, Crime-Master, Frederick Foswell, Green Goblin, J. Jonah Jameson, Nick Lewis, Norman Osborn, May Parker, Peter Parker, Patch, Spider-Man
3	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers, Chic Stone; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen
4	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frank Giacoia; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek, Sam Rosen
5	The Merry Marvel Bullpen Page	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko, Marie Severin; inks: Steve Ditko, Marie Severin; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Spider-Man; Green Goblin
6	-	letters page	2	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel Tales #22	1969	On eBay ›
Marvel Tales #165	1984	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #10 ISBN 0-87135-596-5	1989	On eBay ›
The Essential Spider-Man #2	1997	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #2627 of 443#28 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q115359812 (Barney Bushkin), first-appearance property (CC0)

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