The Amazing Spider-Man #6 for Sale - First Appearance of Curt Connors - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue: #6
Publication date: November 1963
Key date: 1963-11-00
On-sale date: 1963-08-08
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 Curt Connors - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

First appearance of Martha Connors - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character. An independent public reference records the same first appearance.

First appearance of Billy Connors - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character. An independent public reference records the same first appearance.

Origin story on record for: Curt Connors, Lizard.

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	-	cover	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Curt Connors First, Lizard First, Peter Parker, Spider-Man
1	Face-to-Face With...the Lizard!	comic story	21	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Art Simek	Liz Allan, Betty Brant, Billy Connors First, Curt Connors First, Martha Connors First, J. Jonah Jameson, Lizard First, May Parker, Peter Parker, Spider-Man, Flash Thompson, Adrian Toomes, The Vulture
2	Another Marvel Masterpiece	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Captain America [Carl Zante; also as The Acrobat]
3	Another Marvel Masterpiece	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Don Heck; inks: Don Heck; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Living Eraser
4	-	letters page	2	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
British	price 9d [0-0-9 GBP]

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel Tales #3	1966	On eBay ›
Marvel Special Edition Featuring The Spectacular Spider-Man #1	1975	On eBay ›
Marvel Tales #143	1982	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #1 ISBN 0-87135-305-9	1987	On eBay ›
Spider-Man Classics #7	1993	On eBay ›
The Essential Spider-Man #1 ISBN 0-7851-0286-8	1996	On eBay ›
The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #10	1986	On eBay ›
The Amazing Spider-Man #81433 [1] ISBN 0-671-81443-5	1977	On eBay ›
Spider-Man Collectible Series #12	2006	On eBay ›
Spider-Man Collectible Series #13	2006	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, Q63933757 (Curt Connors), first-appearance property (CC0)
Wikidata, Q39052969 (Martha Connors), first-appearance property (CC0)
Wikidata, Q39069914 (Billy Connors), first-appearance property (CC0)

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