Spider-Man Classics

    (Marvel, 1993-1994)
™ and ©1993 Marvel Entertainment Group

Thirty-two years after his first appearance in 1961, Marvel presented Spider-Man Classics, a series reprinting the webslinger’s earliest adventures.

The title kicked off with a reprint of Amazing Fantasy #15. That doomed title introduced the bookish Peter Parker, a kid who was probably much like Marvel’s average reader at the time. Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider while watching a science demonstration and found himself with incredible abilities. Initially, he became the Amazing Spider-Man in order to make it big on the talk-show circuit. But when he refused to help a security guard catch a robber, Parker set himself up for a tragic lesson. Soon afterward, that same robber would murder Parker’s beloved Uncle Ben. This taught Parker that with great power comes great responsibility.
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  • 1
    #1
    Reprints Amazing Fantasy #15 with new cover by Tom Lyle
    Apr 1993
    Cover: $1.25
    W: Stan Lee, Steve Ditko  ·  A: Steve Ditko
    Reprints Strange Tales #115; 1st appearance of Aunt May; 1st appearance of Aunt May Parker; 1st appearance of Ben Parker; 1st appearance of Crusher Hogan; 1st appearance of May Parker; 1st appearance of Peter Parker; 1st appearance of Spider-Man; 1st appearance of Uncle Ben; 1st appearance of Uncle Ben Parker; Death of Uncle Ben; Origin of Doctor Strange; Origin of Dr. Strange; Origin of Spider-Man
    11 copies from $0.90
  • 2
    #2
    Reprints Amazing Spider-Man #1 with new cover & 1-page cover gallery
    May 1993
    Cover: $1.25
    W: Stan Lee, Steve Ditko  ·  A: Steve Ditko
    1st appearance of Chameleon; 1st appearance of J. Jonah Jameson; Origin of Spider-Man
    7 copies from $2.25
  • 3
    #3
    Reprints Amazing Spider-Man #2 with new cover & 1-page cover gallery
    Jun 1993
    Cover: $1.25
    W: Stan Lee, Steve Ditko  ·  A: Steve Ditko
    1st appearance of Mysterio (as “alien”); 1st appearance of Tinkerer; 1st appearance of Vulture
    7 copies from $2.00
  • 3/NS
    #3 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Tom Lyle
    Jun 1993
    Cover: $1.25
    W: Stan Lee, Steve Ditko  ·  A: Steve Ditko
    1st appearance of Mysterio (as “alien”); 1st appearance of Tinkerer; 1st appearance of Vulture
    1 copy for $6.98
  • 4
    #4
    Reprints Amazing Spider-Man #3 with new cover & 1-page cover gallery
    Jul 1993
    Cover: $1.25
    W: Stan Lee, Steve Ditko  ·  A: Steve Ditko
    1st appearance of Dr. Octopus; Origin of Dr. Octopus
    3 copies from $3.75
  • 5
    #5
    Reprints Amazing Spider-Man #4 with new cover & 1-page cover gallery
    Aug 1993
    Cover: $1.25
    W: Stan Lee, Steve Ditko  ·  A: Steve Ditko
    1st appearance of Betty Brant; 1st appearance of Sandman (Marvel); Origin of Sandman (Marvel)
    3 copies from $1.25
  • 6
    #6
    Reprints Amazing Spider-Man #5 with new cover & 1-page cover gallery
    Sep 1993
    Cover: $1.25
    W: Stan Lee, Steve Ditko  ·  A: Steve Ditko
    2 copies from $1.11
  • 7
    #7
    Reprints Amazing Spider-Man #6 with new cover & 1-page cover gallery
    Oct 1993
    Cover: $1.25
    W: Stan Lee, Steve Ditko  ·  A: Steve Ditko
    Reprints Amazing Spider-Man #6; 1st appearance of Curt Connors; 1st appearance of Lizard; Origin of Lizard
    1 copy for $4.00
  • 8
    #8
    Reprints Amazing Spider-Man #7 with new cover & 1-page cover gallery
    Nov 1993
    Cover: $1.25
    W: Stan Lee, Steve Ditko  ·  A: Steve Ditko
    2nd Appearance of Vulture; Versus Vulture
    2 copies from $1.00
  • 9
    #9
    Reprints Amazing Spider-Man #8 with new cover & 1-page cover gallery
    Dec 1993
    Cover: $1.25
    W: Stan Lee, Steve Ditko  ·  A: Steve Ditko
    1st appearance of The Living Brain
    3 copies from $2.00
  • 10
    #10
    Reprints Amazing Spider-Man #9 with new cover & 1-page cover gallery
    Jan 1994
    Cover: $1.25
    W: Stan Lee, Steve Ditko  ·  A: Steve Ditko
    1st appearance of Dr. Bromwell; 1st appearance of Electro; Origin of Electro
    3 copies from $1.75
  • 12/NS
    #12 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Chris Sprouse
    Mar 1994
    Cover: $1.25
    W: Stan Lee, Steve Ditko  ·  A: Steve Ditko
    2nd Appearance of Doctor Octopus
    1 copy for $9.99
  • 15/CS
    #15 Collector’s Set
    Reprints Amazing Spider-Man #14 with new cover & 1-page cover gallery
    Jun 1994
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Stan Lee, Steve Ditko  ·  A: Steve Ditko
    1st appearance of Green Goblin I (Norman Osborn); Polybagged with animation print & 16-page comic about new animated TV series
    7 copies from $1.98
  • 16
    #16
    Reprints Amazing Spider-Man #15 with new cover & 1-page cover gallery
    Jul 1994
    Cover: $1.25
    W: Stan Lee, Steve Ditko  ·  A: Steve Ditko
    1st appearance of Kraven the Hunter; Final issue
    3 copies from $2.50