Amazing Fantasy

    (Marvel, 1962, 1995-1996, 2021, 2022)
™ and ©1961 Marvel

During the fifties, Marvel Comics was largely a publisher of monster and science-fiction stories. Super-heroes had largely been a phenomenon of the war years and had since fallen into disuse. The early sixties saw them beginning to make a come-back. Companies began mass-producing gimmick super-heroes based on various animals: apes, cheetahs, flies—whatever hadn’t been done already.

In 1961, Marvel’s Stan Lee decided he wanted to make his next super-hero a shy boy who lived with his aunt and got beat up at school. Lee figured that readers would identify more with such a character than the stereotypically perfect heroes. Since Amazing Fantasy (formerly Amazing Adult Fantasy) was already slated for cancellation, there was no risk in using it to introduce the character. That character was Peter Parker, the Amazing Spider-Man. When sales results came in months later, it was clear they had a hit. Today, Spider-Man is Marvel’s most popular character.
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  • 15-3
    #15 - 3rd printing
    Reprint packaged with Spider-Man movie DVD
    Aug 2002
    W: Stan Lee, Steve Ditko  ·  A: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko
    1st appearance of Aunt May; 1st appearance of Peter Parker; 1st appearance of Spider-Man; 1st appearance of Uncle Ben; Death of Uncle Ben; Origin of Spider-Man; Reprint packaged with Spider-Man movie DVD
    4 copies from $13.00
  • 15-4
    #15 - 4th printing
    1st Appearance Spider-Man action figure insert
    May 2005
    W: Stan Lee, Steve Ditko  ·  A: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko
    1st Appearance of Aunt May Parker; 1st Appearance of Ben Parker; 1st Appearance of Flash Thompson; 1st Appearance of May Parker; 1st Appearance of Peter Parker; 1st Appearance of Spider-Man (Peter Parker); 1st Appearance of Uncle Ben Parker; Death of Ben Parker; Origin of Spider-Man (Peter Parker); Marvel Legends 1st Appearance Spider-Man action figure insert
    1 copy for $29.95
  • 15-9
    #15 - 9th printing
    Old Navy reprint free with shirt purchase
    Aug 2009
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Stan Lee, Steve Ditko  ·  A: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko
    1st appearance of Aunt May; 1st Appearance of Aunt May Parker; 1st Appearance of Ben Parker; 1st appearance of Flash Thompson; 1st Appearance of Flash Thompson; 1st Appearance of May Parker; 1st appearance of Peter Parker; 1st Appearance of Peter Parker; 1st appearance of Spider-Man; 1st Appearance of Spider-Man (Peter Parker); 1st appearance of Uncle Ben; 1st Appearance of Uncle Ben Parker; Death of Ben Parker; Death of Uncle Ben; Origin of Spider-Man; Origin of Spider-Man (Peter Parker); Old Navy reprint free with shirt purchase
    1 copy for $149.95
  • 15/A
    #15 Variation A
    Aug 2012
    Cover: $3.99
    W: Stan Lee  ·  A: Steve Ditko
    Collects material from Amazing Fantasy #15 and Amazing Spider-Man #1; Includes Digital Copy code; Remastered Colors
    5 copies from $18.98
  • 16
    #16
    Dec 1995
    Cover: $3.95
    W: Kurt Busiek  ·  A: Paul Lee
    Fills in gaps between Amazing Fantasy #15 and Amazing Spider-Man #1; Revival of series in December 1995
    28 copies from $1.25
  • 17
    #17
    Cardstock cover by Paul Lee
    Jan 1996
    Cover: $3.95
    W: Kurt Busiek  ·  A: Alexi Taylor, Greg Loudon, Ken Myers Jr., Paul Lee, Teresa Nielsen-Hayden
    1st appearance of Josephine Pulaski
    12 copies from $0.99
  • 18
    #18
    Cardstock cover by Paul Lee
    Mar 1996
    Cover: $3.95
    W: Kurt Busiek  ·  A: Paul Lee, Richard Starkings
    15 copies from $2.26
  • 1000
    #1000
    Regular Cover by John Romita Jr
    Oct 2022
    Cover: $7.99
    W: Anthony Falcone, Michael Cho, Dan Slott, Armando Iannucci, Rainbow Rowell, Ho Che Anderson, Kurt Busiek, Jonathan Hickman, Neil Gaiman  ·  A: Michael Cho, Jim Cheung, Ryan Stegman, Olivier Coipel, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Terry Dodson, Marco Checchetto, Steve McNiven
    9 copies from $3.20
  • 1000-2
    #1000 - 2nd printing
    2nd Printing Cover by Steve McNiven
    Dec 2022
    Cover: $7.99
    W: Anthony Falcone, Michael Cho, Dan Slott, Armando Iannucci, Rainbow Rowell, Ho Che Anderson, Kurt Busiek, Jonathan Hickman, Neil Gaiman  ·  A: Michael Cho, Jim Cheung, Ryan Stegman, Olivier Coipel, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Terry Dodson, Marco Checchetto, Steve McNiven
    3 copies from $5.75
  • 1000/B
    #1000 Variation B
    Cover B by J. Scott Campbell
    Oct 2022
    Cover: $7.99
    W: Anthony Falcone, Michael Cho, Dan Slott, Armando Iannucci, Rainbow Rowell, Ho Che Anderson, Kurt Busiek, Jonathan Hickman, Neil Gaiman, Mike Pasciullo  ·  A: Michael Cho, Jim Cheung, Ryan Stegman, Olivier Coipel, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Terry Dodson, Marco Checchetto, Steve McNiven, Todd Nauck
    1 copy for $5.00
  • 1000/E
    #1000 Variation E
    Cover E by Steve McNiven
    Oct 2022
    Cover: $7.99
    W: Anthony Falcone, Michael Cho, Dan Slott, Armando Iannucci, Rainbow Rowell, Ho Che Anderson, Kurt Busiek, Jonathan Hickman, Neil Gaiman  ·  A: Michael Cho, Jim Cheung, Ryan Stegman, Olivier Coipel, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Terry Dodson, Marco Checchetto, Steve McNiven
    3 copies from $4.98
  • 1000/G
    #1000 Variation G
    Cover G by Peach Momoko
    Oct 2022
    Cover: $7.99
    W: Anthony Falcone, Michael Cho, Dan Slott, Armando Iannucci, Rainbow Rowell, Ho Che Anderson, Kurt Busiek, Jonathan Hickman, Neil Gaiman  ·  A: Michael Cho, Jim Cheung, Ryan Stegman, Olivier Coipel, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Terry Dodson, Marco Checchetto, Steve McNiven
    4 copies from $9.50
  • 1000/K
    #1000 Variation K
    Oct 2022
    Cover: $7.99
    W: Anthony Falcone, Michael Cho, Dan Slott, Armando Iannucci, Rainbow Rowell, Ho Che Anderson, Kurt Busiek, Jonathan Hickman, Neil Gaiman  ·  A: Michael Cho, Jim Cheung, Ryan Stegman, Olivier Coipel, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Terry Dodson, Marco Checchetto, Steve McNiven
    1 copy for $19.00
  • 1000/N
    #1000 Variation N
    PX DCD 40th Virgin Cover N by Peach Momoko
    Oct 2022
    Cover: $7.99
    W: Anthony Falcone, Michael Cho, Dan Slott, Armando Iannucci, Rainbow Rowell, Ho Che Anderson, Kurt Busiek, Jonathan Hickman, Neil Gaiman  ·  A: Michael Cho, Jim Cheung, Ryan Stegman, Olivier Coipel, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Terry Dodson, Marco Checchetto, Steve McNiven
    4 copies from $12.00