The Amazing Spider-Man #43 (1966) for Sale - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue: #43
Publication date: December 1966
Key date: 1966-12-00
On-sale date: 1966-09-08
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

Origin story on record for: Aleksei Sytsevich, Rhino.

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	Rhino on the Rampage!	cover	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: John Romita; inks: John Romita; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Peter Parker, Rhino, Spider-Man, Aleksei Sytsevich
2	Rhino on the Rampage!	comic story	20	script: Stan Lee; pencils: John Romita; inks: John Romita; letters: Artie Simek	Betty Brant, Curt Connors, Frederick Foswell, J. Jonah Jameson, John Jameson, Ned Leeds, May Parker, Matt Murdock, Foggy Nelson, Harry Osborn, Karen Page, Peter Parker, Rhino Origin, Spider-Man
3	Earth-Shattering Essays, Eloquent Epithets, and Exaggerated Endorsements Which You Can Easily Live Without!	in-house column	1	letters: typeset	Spider-Man
4	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1		Namor; Hulk; Captain America; Iron Man; Thor
5	-	letters page	2	script: Stan Lee; pencils: John Romita, Steve Ditko; inks: Mike Esposito, Steve Ditko	Green Goblin; Spider-Man

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

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel Tales #32	1971	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #22 ISBN 0-87135-914-6	1992	On eBay ›
The Essential Spider-Man #2	1997	On eBay ›
Marvel Tales #179	1985	On eBay ›
Marvel Tales #183	1986	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man #5 ISBN 0-7851-1190-5	2004	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)

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