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46March 1967
$0.12

The Amazing Spider-Man #46

Marvel · March 1967 · on sale 1966-12-06

First appearance: Herman SchultzFirst appearance: ShockerOrigin: Herman Schultz1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue
#46
Publication date
March 1967
Key date
1967-03-00
On-sale date
1966-12-06
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 Herman Schultz - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

Origin story on record for: Herman Schultz, Shocker.

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 Sinister Shocker!cover1script: Stan Lee; pencils: John Romita; inks: John Romita; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam RosenPeter Parker, Herman Schultz First, Shocker First, Spider-Man
2The Sinister Shocker!comic story20script: Stan Lee; pencils: John Romita; inks: John Romita; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Sam RosenFrederick Foswell, J. Jonah Jameson, May Parker, Harry Osborn, Peter Parker, Patch, Herman Schultz First, Shocker First, Spider-Man, Gwen Stacy, Flash Thompson, Anna Watson, Mary Jane Watson
3Nutty Notes and Nonsensical Name-Dropping, Featuring Naturally Non-Essential News of the Nation's Top Non-Entities!in-house column1letters: typesetPeter Parker, Spider-Man
4-letters page2script: Stan Lee; pencils: John Romita; inks: John RomitaPeter Parker, Spider-Man

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 10d [0-0-10 GBP]

Where to read it

CollectionYear
The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #81971On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #22
ISBN 0-87135-914-6		1992On eBay ›
The Essential Spider-Man #3
ISBN 0-7851-0658-8		1998On eBay ›
Marvel Tales #1821985On eBay ›
Marvel Tales #1861986On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man #5
ISBN 0-7851-1190-5		2004On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

  • Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Wikidata, Q27996066 (Herman Schultz), first-appearance property (CC0)

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