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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Spider-Man Classics #1

April, 1993
Cover Price: $1.25
14 copies available from $1.00
Reprints Amazing Fantasy #15 with new cover by Tom Lyle; Reprints Strange Tales #115; 1st appearance of Spider-Man; 1st appearance of Peter Parker; 1st appearance of Uncle Ben Parker; 1st appearance of Ben Parker; 1st appearance of Uncle Ben; 1st appearance of Aunt May Parker; 1st appearance of May Parker; 1st appearance of Aunt May; 1st appearance of Crusher Hogan; Death of Uncle Ben; Origin of Doctor Strange; Origin of Dr. Strange; Origin of Spider-Man Stan Lee, Steve DitkoSteve Ditko
Spider-Man Classics #2

May, 1993
Cover Price: $1.25
9 copies available from $1.40
Reprints Amazing Spider-Man #1 with new cover & 1-page cover gallery; 1st appearance of J. Jonah Jameson; 1st appearance of Chameleon; Origin of Spider-Man Stan Lee, Steve DitkoSteve Ditko
Spider-Man Classics #3

June, 1993
Cover Price: $1.25
8 copies available from $1.60
Reprints Amazing Spider-Man #2 with new cover & 1-page cover gallery; 1st appearance of Tinkerer; 1st appearance of Vulture; 1st appearance of Mysterio (as “alien”) Stan Lee, Steve DitkoSteve Ditko
Spider-Man Classics #3 Newsstand Edition

June, 1993
Cover Price: $1.25
1 copy available for $6.98
Newsstand Edition by Tom Lyle; 1st appearance of Mysterio (as “alien”); 1st appearance of Tinkerer; 1st appearance of Vulture Stan Lee, Steve DitkoSteve Ditko
Spider-Man Classics #4

July, 1993
Cover Price: $1.25
4 copies available from $2.40
Reprints Amazing Spider-Man #3 with new cover & 1-page cover gallery; 1st appearance of Dr. Octopus; Origin of Dr. Octopus Stan Lee, Steve DitkoSteve Ditko
Spider-Man Classics #5

August, 1993
Cover Price: $1.25
4 copies available from $0.80
Reprints Amazing Spider-Man #4 with new cover & 1-page cover gallery; 1st appearance of Sandman (Marvel); 1st appearance of Betty Brant; Origin of Sandman (Marvel) Stan Lee, Steve DitkoSteve Ditko
Spider-Man Classics #6

September, 1993
Cover Price: $1.25
3 copies available from $0.64
Stan Lee, Steve DitkoSteve Ditko
Spider-Man Classics #7

October, 1993
Cover Price: $1.25
3 copies available from $1.20
Reprints Amazing Spider-Man #6 with new cover & 1-page cover gallery; Reprints Amazing Spider-Man #6; 1st appearance of Lizard; 1st appearance of Curt Connors; Origin of Lizard Stan Lee, Steve DitkoSteve Ditko
Spider-Man Classics #8

November, 1993
Cover Price: $1.25
3 copies available from $0.60
Reprints Amazing Spider-Man #7 with new cover & 1-page cover gallery; 2nd Appearance of Vulture; Versus Vulture Stan Lee, Steve DitkoSteve Ditko
Spider-Man Classics #9

December, 1993
Cover Price: $1.25
4 copies available from $1.20
Reprints Amazing Spider-Man #8 with new cover & 1-page cover gallery; 1st appearance of The Living Brain Stan Lee, Steve DitkoSteve Ditko
Spider-Man Classics #10

January, 1994
Cover Price: $1.25
4 copies available from $1.20
Reprints Amazing Spider-Man #9 with new cover & 1-page cover gallery; 1st appearance of Dr. Bromwell; 1st appearance of Electro; Origin of Electro Stan Lee, Steve DitkoSteve Ditko
Spider-Man Classics #11

February, 1994
Cover Price: $1.25
1 copy available for $1.40
Stan Lee, Steve DitkoSteve Ditko
Spider-Man Classics #12

March, 1994
Cover Price: $1.25
1 copy available for $0.88
Reprints Amazing Spider-Man #11 with new cover & 1-page cover gallery; 2nd Appearance of Doctor Octopus Stan Lee, Steve DitkoSteve Ditko
Spider-Man Classics #12 Newsstand Edition

March, 1994
Cover Price: $1.25
1 copy available for $9.99
Newsstand Edition by Chris Sprouse; 2nd Appearance of Doctor Octopus Stan Lee, Steve DitkoSteve Ditko
Spider-Man Classics #13

April, 1994
Cover Price: $1.25
1 copy available for $0.96
Stan Lee, Steve DitkoSteve Ditko
Spider-Man Classics #14

May, 1994
Cover Price: $1.25
1 copy available for $0.80
Reprints Amazing Spider-Man #13 with new cover & 1-page cover gallery; 1st appearance of Mysterio Stan Lee, Steve DitkoSteve Ditko
Spider-Man Classics #15

June, 1994
Cover Price: $1.25
1 copy available for $0.40
Reprints Amazing Spider-Man #14 with new cover & 1-page cover gallery; 1st appearance of Green Goblin I (Norman Osborn) Stan Lee, Steve DitkoSteve Ditko
Spider-Man Classics #15 Collector’s Set

June, 1994
Cover Price: $2.95
10 copies available from $1.93
Reprints Amazing Spider-Man #14 with new cover & 1-page cover gallery; 1st appearance of Green Goblin I (Norman Osborn); Polybagged with animation print & 16-page comic about new animated TV series Stan Lee, Steve DitkoSteve Ditko
Spider-Man Classics #16

July, 1994
Cover Price: $1.25
4 copies available from $1.40
Reprints Amazing Spider-Man #15 with new cover & 1-page cover gallery; 1st appearance of Kraven the Hunter; Final issue Stan Lee, Steve DitkoSteve Ditko