The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #2
Marvel Comics
United States
- Published
- 1965
- Page count
- 20
- Cover price
- 0.25 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/18845
Credits
- Editing
- Stan Lee
Issue contents
Cover
The Wondrous World of Dr. Strange!
(Spider-Man)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Spider-Man
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man
Credits
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Art
- Steve Ditko
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Editing
- Stan Lee
Reprint history
- Printed in
- in Giant-Size Spider-Man (Marvel, 1974 series) #4 (April 1975)
in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #167
in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #16 (1991)
in Spider-Man's Greatest Team-Ups (Marvel, 1996 series) #nn (June 1996)
in Essential Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1996 series) #2 (July 1997)
1Featuring
- Feature
- Spider-Man
- Genre
- Superhero; occult
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Guest Star: Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Villain: Xandu (Introduction); barroom brawlers (unnamed)
Credits
- Script
- Stan Lee (plot & dialogue)
Steve Ditko (plot) - Art
- Steve Ditko
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
Synopsis
As Spidey swings on patrol, Xandu, a wizard, observes a barroom brawl, then hypnotically recruits the 2 toughest fighters to do his bidding. Breaking into Strange's sanctum, they overcome him due to their mindless state, and steal "The Wand of Watoomb." Spidey happens across them as they exit, and is also beaten into submission. But he tosses a spider-tracer on one of them before they depart. Xandu uses the power of the Wand to observe anyone from a distance, deciding Strange will be his first victim. But Spidey arrives! Just as he's being sucked into another dimension, he grabs the Wand, hoping it'll force someone to come after him. Strange recovers and arrives at Xandu's home just as the two thugs are bringing Spidey back with the Wand. Spidey & Doc team-up to defeat Xandu, and Strange mystically erases Xandu's memories and evil ambitions. The two heroes part: "May the Vishanti watch over thee!" "And may your amulet never tickle!"
Notes
1st recorded meeting of Spider-Man & Dr. Strange, Steve Ditko's 2 most famous creations. Xandu would return in Marvel Team-Up (Marvel, 1972 series) #21 (May 1974). The scene of Spidey being sucked down thru the dimensional opening may have inspired a similar scene in the 1969 Spider-Man cartoon, "Revolt In The Fifth Dimension." Synopsis and notes provided by Henry Kujawa (July 2007).
2Featuring
- Feature
- Spider-Man
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- V-816
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; J. Jonah Jameson (intro); Aunt May Parker; John Jameson
Credits
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Art
- Steve Ditko
- Letters
- John D'Agostino [as Johnny Dee]
Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Spider-Man
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- X-171
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Terrible Tinkerer [Professor Cobbwell]; Flash Thompson (cameo);
Credits
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Art
- Steve Ditko
- Letters
- Art Simek
Reprint history
- First print
-
The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #2 (May 1963) — The Uncanny Threat of the Terrible Tinkerer!
- Also printed
-
The Amazing Spider-Man (Newton, 1974 series) #1 ([May 1975]) — The Uncanny Threat of the Terrible Tinkerer!
-
The Amazing Spider-Man (Pocket, 1977 series) #81443 [1] (September 1977) — The Uncanny Threat of the Terrible Tinkerer
-
The Amazing Spider-Man (Yaffa/Page, 1977 series) #174 (November 1977) — The Uncanny Threat of the Terrible Tinkerer!
-
Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #139 (May 1982) — The Uncanny Threat of the Terrible Tinkerer
-
Marvel Tales Starring Spider-Man (Federal, 1984? series) #1 (1984) — The Uncanny Threat of the Terrible Tinkerer!
-
Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #1 (1987) — The Uncanny Threat of the Terrible Tinkerer
-
The Essential Spider-Man (Marvel, 1996 series) #1 (December 1996) — The Uncanny Threat of the Terrible Tinkerer!
-
Spider-Man: Amazing Fantasy (Marvel, 2005 series) (2005) — The Uncanny Threat of the Terrible Tinkerer!
Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
4Featuring
- Feature
- A Gallery of Spider-Man's Most Famous Foes
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- The Circus of Crime [The Clown; Cannonball; The Great Gambonnos; The Ringmaster; Princess Python]; The Scorpion; The Beetle; Jonah's Robot; The Crime-Master
Credits
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Art
- Steve Ditko
5Featuring
- Feature
- Spider-Man
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Dr. Doom [Victor Von Doom]; Liz Allan; Flash Thompson (as Spider-Man); J. Jonah Jameson; Aunt May Parker; Fantastic Four (cameo) [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl; The Thing; The Human Torch]; Betty Ross (cameo)
Credits
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Art
- Steve Ditko
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.