The Amazing Spider-Man #1
Newton Comics Pty. Ltd.
Australia
Issue contents
Cover
Historic First Edition
(The Amazing Spider-Man)
Cover, 1 page
1Featuring
- Feature
- The Amazing Spider-Man
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- [V-816]
Credits
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Art
- Steve Ditko
- Letters
- John D'Agostino (as Johnny Dee)
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
Reprint history
- First print
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The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #1 (March 1963) — Spider-Man
- Also printed
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Strange Tales (Horwitz, 1963 series) #5 ([1963?]) — Spider-Man
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Giant Team-Up Annual Featuring Spider-Man (Newton, 1975) (October 1975) —Giant Team-Up Annual Featuring Spider-Man with the X-Men Human Torch Thing — Untitled [Spider-Man]
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The Amazing Spider-Man (Yaffa/Page, 1977 series) #173 (October 1977) — Spiderman!
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The Amazing Spider-Man (Yaffa/Page, 1977 series) #174 (November 1977) — Spider-Man, Part 2
Notes
This reprint has minor changes to the first page to accommodate an indicia and omits the final page of part three.
![The Amazing Spider-Man (Newton, 1974 series) #1 — Untitled [Freak! Public Menace!] (page 1)](/image/95936/page-1-amazing-spider-man-newton-1974-series-1-untitled-freak-publi.jpg "The Amazing Spider-Man (Newton, 1974 series) #1 — Untitled [Freak! Public Menace!] (page 1)")
2Featuring
- Feature
- The Amazing Spider-Man
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- X-171
Credits
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Art
- Steve Ditko
- Letters
- Art Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee
Reprint history
- First print
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The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #2 (May 1963) — The Uncanny Threat of the Terrible Tinkerer!
- Also printed
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The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #2 (1965) — The Uncanny Threat of the Terrible Tinkerer!
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The Amazing Spider-Man (Pocket, 1977 series) #81443 [1] (September 1977) — The Uncanny Threat of the Terrible Tinkerer
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The Amazing Spider-Man (Yaffa/Page, 1977 series) #174 (November 1977) — The Uncanny Threat of the Terrible Tinkerer!
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Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #139 (May 1982) — The Uncanny Threat of the Terrible Tinkerer
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Marvel Tales Starring Spider-Man (Federal, 1984? series) #1 (1984) — The Uncanny Threat of the Terrible Tinkerer!
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Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #1 (1987) — The Uncanny Threat of the Terrible Tinkerer
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The Essential Spider-Man (Marvel, 1996 series) #1 (December 1996) — The Uncanny Threat of the Terrible Tinkerer!
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Spider-Man: Amazing Fantasy (Marvel, 2005 series) (2005) — The Uncanny Threat of the Terrible Tinkerer!
Synopsis
When Peter Parker discovers some alien modifications to a professor's radio he tracks down a group of aliens with plans to take over the Earth.
3"Watch for Captain America soon in a Newton Comics Marvel Collector Classic."
Featuring
- Feature
- Captain America
- Genre
- Superhero
Notes
This illustration is a centrefold pinup.
4Featuring
- Feature
- The Amazing Spider-Man
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Art
- Steve Ditko
- Colours
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- John Duffy
- Editing
- Stan Lee
Reprint history
- First print
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The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #2 (May 1963) — Duel to the Death with the Vulture!
- Also printed
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The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #7 (December 1970) — Duel to the Death with the Vulture
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The Amazing Spider-Man (Pocket, 1977 series) #81443 [1] (September 1977) — Duel to the Death with the Vulture
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Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #139 (May 1982) — Duel to the Death With the Vulture
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Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #1 (1987) — Duel to the Death with the Vulture
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The Essential Spider-Man (Marvel, 1996 series) #1 (December 1996) — Duel to the Death with the Vulture!
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Spider-Man: Amazing Fantasy (Marvel, 2005 series) (2005) — Duel to the Death with the Vulture
Synopsis
The Vulture is so confident in his abilities that he announces his plans to steal a diamond shipment to the police. When Spider-Man hears this he decides to stop the Vulture.
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Notes
The on-sale date for this issue is based on contemporary advertising in the Sunday Observer (Melbourne, Vic.), which prominently promoted the new Newton Comics line from 25 May 1975. (http://notesfromthejunkyard.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-amazing-spider-man-1-newton-edition.html).
This issue includes two in-house promotions. The first is for Planet of the Apes #1, scheduled for publication the following week on 7 June 1975, and The Fantastic Four #1, advertised as on sale a week later on 14 June 1975.
Indicia
The Amazing Spiderman is published by Newton Comics Pty. Ltd., of 1 Newton Street, Richmond, Victoria, 3121, by authority of Transworld Feature Syndicate, Inc. Copyright 1962 by Non-Pareil Publishing Corporation, part of the Marv el Comics Group, a division of Cadence Industries Corporation. All rights reserved. The trademarks included in this issue, and the distinctive likenesses thereof are trademarks of the Marvel Comics Group, and this publication is under license from the Marvel Comics Group. Copyright 1975 by Newton Comics Pty. Ltd. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part is prohibited. Printed by Regal Publications Pty. Ltd., 1 Newton Street, Richmond, Victoria, 3121. Distributed by Sungravure.