Amazing Fantasy #15 Facsimile Edition

(December 2019)

Spider-Man! (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Man / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

V-789

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Like costume heroes?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (introduction, origin); Ben Parker (introduction); Crusher Hogan; Flash Thompson (introduction); Liz Allen (introduction); May Parker (introduction); the Burglar

Synopsis

Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider and gains the abilities of a spider. When he fails to stop a burglar who runs past him, his uncle is killed as a result. He therefore swears never to shirk his responsibility again.

Reprints

• from Amazing Fantasy (Marvel, 1962 series) #15 (September 1962 (see Notes))

Keywords

Acme Warehouse; Midtown High; radioactive rays; science experiment; web-shooter; wrestling ring

Indexer Notes

This story is divided into two untitled parts (6 pp, 5 pp).
This is the first Spider-Man story published, the Burglar has never been definitively named.
Winner of the 1962 "Best Short Story" Alley Award.

The Bell-Ringer! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

V-792

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is the way this little tale was told to us...

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Old Pedros

Synopsis

On a small Mediterranean island of fisherfolk, Old Pedros is the town bell-ringer. One day the volcano atop the island begins to erupt. The villagers evacuate and put out to sea. Old Pedros, though, stays at the church. "The bells must be rung," he tells himself. "Someone will hear. For centuries someone has always heard!" Molten rock streams toward the church. Before it reaches Old Pedros, a ray of sunlight surrounds him. The superstitious villagers swear they saw him ride that ray into the sky. Did their eyes play tricks on them, or did Someone hear the bells?

Reprints

• from Amazing Fantasy (Marvel, 1962 series) #15 (September 1962 (see Notes))

Man in the Mummy Case! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

V-791

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A mummy case might seem to be as good a place as any to hide in!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Rocco Rank

Synopsis

A fugitive accepts a mummy's help to escape the police, only to find himself an ancient Egyptian slave.

Reprints

• from Amazing Fantasy (Marvel, 1962 series) #15 (September 1962 (see Notes))

Keywords

museum

There Are Martians among Us! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

V-790

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The problem was... how to find the Martians??

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

The discovery of a crashed flying saucer frightens a small town, especially when the townspeople realize that the Martians are among them. A month goes by with the aliens still at large. A man leaves for the city and tells his wife to stay in the house where she is safe. Later that day, though, she has to go to the store for coffee. On her way home she is captured! When her husband gets home and finds her missing, he makes a desperate phone call ... to another Martian, who like him must have four arms.

Reprints

• from Amazing Fantasy (Marvel, 1962 series) #15 (September 1962 (see Notes))

Keywords

bloodhounds; spaceship