The Amazing Spider-Man #1

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The Amazing Spider-Man #1 is a landmark 1963 Marvel comic book that launched Spider-Man’s solo series and introduced key supporting characters and themes central to the franchise.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Marvel Comics publication
comic book issue
colorist Stan Goldberg NERFINISHED
continuity Earth-616 NERFINISHED
countryOfPublication United States of America
surface form: United States
coverArtist Jack Kirby NERFINISHED
Steve Ditko NERFINISHED
depictsEvent Spider-Man attempts to join the Fantastic Four
Spider-Man is framed by the Chameleon
era Silver Age of Comic Books NERFINISHED
featuresCharacter Aunt May NERFINISHED
Betty Brant NERFINISHED
Chameleon NERFINISHED
Fantastic Four NERFINISHED
Flash Thompson NERFINISHED
J. Jonah Jameson NERFINISHED
Liz Allan NERFINISHED
Peter Parker NERFINISHED
Spider-Man NERFINISHED
format ongoing series first issue
genre superhero
hasColor full color
imprint Marvel Comics Silver Age
inker Steve Ditko NERFINISHED
introducesCharacter Chameleon NERFINISHED
J. Jonah Jameson NERFINISHED
language English
launchesSeries The Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) NERFINISHED
letterer John Duffy NERFINISHED
medium print
penciller Steve Ditko NERFINISHED
preceededBy Amazing Fantasy #15 NERFINISHED
publicationMonth March 1963
publicationYear 1963
publisher Marvel Comics
series The Amazing Spider-Man NERFINISHED
significance early development of Spider-Man supporting cast
first issue of Spider-Man solo title
storyTitle Spider-Man NERFINISHED
Spider-Man vs. the Chameleon NERFINISHED
targetAudience general comic book readers
theme financial struggle
media sensationalism
public mistrust of superheroes
responsibility
title The Amazing Spider-Man #1 NERFINISHED
writer Stan Lee NERFINISHED

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J. Jonah Jameson firstAppearance The Amazing Spider-Man #1