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Creation & Design

Spider-Man was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, first appearing in Amazing Fantasy #15 in 1962. The character was designed to be a relatable teenager dealing with everyday problems while also being a superhero.

Early Years

Peter Parker, a high school student, gains spider-like abilities after being bitten by a radioactive spider. He initially uses his powers for personal gain but learns the importance of responsibility after the death of his Uncle Ben.

Character Development

Over the years, Spider-Man has evolved from a teenage superhero to a more mature character dealing with complex issues such as loss, responsibility, and the balance between his personal life and superhero duties.

Cultural Reception

Spider-Man is one of the most popular and enduring superheroes, praised for his relatability and the depth of his character. He has received critical acclaim and has a massive fanbase.

Cultural Legacy

Spider-Man has become a cultural icon, inspiring countless adaptations across television, film, and video games. The character's slogan, 'With great power comes great responsibility,' has permeated popular culture. Spider-Man remains one of the best-selling superheroes of all time and continues to influence new generations of comic book writers and readers.

Character Details

Real Name:
Peter Parker
First Appearance:
Marvel Treasury Edition #25
Aliases:
Spidey, Web-Slinger, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
Species:
Human
Gender:
Male
Affiliations:
Avengers, Fantastic Four, Spider-Verse
Abilities:
Superhuman strength, Wall-crawling, Spider-sense, Genius-level intellect
Equipment:
Web-shooters, Spider-Tracers, Costume
Weight:
167lbs
Height:
6' 7"
Eye Color:
hazel
Hair Color:
brown
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Marvel Treasury Edition #25
Marvel ⋅ 1980
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Marvel Treasury Edition #25
 
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Classic battle of Spider-Man vs the Hulk, oversized issue

Amazing Spider-Man Annual #15
Marvel ⋅ 1981
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Amazing Spider-Man Annual #15
 
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Classic story: Spider-Man Threat or Menace?

Marvel Treasury Edition #28
Marvel ⋅ 1981
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Marvel Treasury Edition #28
 
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62-page, oversized DC/Marvel crossover featuring Spider-Man and Superman

Battle of Superman vs the Hulk

First part of the crossover trilogy began in Superman vs The Amazing Spider-Man #1 and continues in DC Special Series #27 with Hulk and Batman

Amazing Spider-Man #220
Marvel ⋅ 1981
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Amazing Spider-Man #220
 
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Early team-up of Moon Knight and Spider-Man -The characters first meeting, battle and team-up occurs in Spectacular Spider-Man #22 and #23

Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #60
Marvel ⋅ 1981
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Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #60
 
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Origin of Spider-Man retold

Avengers, The #236
Marvel ⋅ 1983
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Avengers, The #236
 
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Spider-Man is denied membership to the Avengers

Comics Journal #85
Fantagraphics ⋅ 1983
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Comics Journal #85
 
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First published sketch of Spider-Man's black costume, side view of the suit

Amazing Heroes #35
Fantagraphics ⋅ 1983
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Amazing Heroes #35
 
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Preview sketch of Spider-Man's black costume, rear view of the suit

Amazing Heroes #35
Fantagraphics ⋅ 1983
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Amazing Heroes #35
 
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Preview sketch of Spider-Man's black costume, rear view of the suit

Spider-Man and Power Pack #1
Marvel ⋅ 1984
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Spider-Man and Power Pack #1
 
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1st and only appearance of Skip Westcott, a teenage neighbor who inappropriately touched Peter Parker when he was a young boy

16-page giveaway co-published by Marvel Comics and the National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse

Reprinted many times until the year 2000 - original has the word FREE printed on the cover and no sponsor logo in the upper-right corner

It was never confirmed or denied that this origin story is actually a part of Spider-Man's canon (official history)

Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #87
Marvel ⋅ 1984
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Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #87
 
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Spider-Man reveals his identity to Black Cat

Amazing Heroes #45
Fantagraphics ⋅ 1984
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Amazing Heroes #45
 
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Solicitation for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1

Preview of Spider-Man’s Symbiote suit

Amazing Spider-Man #252
Marvel ⋅ 1984
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Amazing Spider-Man #252
 
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1st appearance of Spider-Man's black costume

Cover art inspired by Amazing Fantasy #15

The symbiote costume was designed by a Marvel fan from Illinois named Randy Schueller. Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter purchased the design idea from Randy for $220

Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #90
Marvel ⋅ 1984
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Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #90
 
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2nd appearance of Spider-Man's black costume

According to solicitations from 1984, The Amazing Spider-Man #252 went on sale January 31

Marvel Team-up #141 and The Spectacular Spider-Man #90 both went on sale February 14

Marvel Team-Up #141
Marvel ⋅ 1984
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Marvel Team-Up #141
 
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2nd appearance of Spider-Man's black costume, tied with Spectacular Spider-Man #90

According to solicitations from 1984, The Amazing Spider-Man #252 went on sale January 31

Marvel Team-up #141 and The Spectacular Spider-Man #90 both went on sale February 14

Amazing Spider-Man #258
Marvel ⋅ 1984
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Amazing Spider-Man #258
 
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Reed Richards discovers Spider-Man's black costume is an alien symbiote

Debut of Spider-Man’s Bombastic Bag Man costume, a temporary disguise consisting of a Fantastic Four uniform with a brown paper bag for a mask

Amazing Spider-Man #259
Marvel ⋅ 1984
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Amazing Spider-Man #259
 
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Spider-man returns to his classic costume

Origin of Mary Jane Watson

Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #8
Marvel ⋅ 1984
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Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #8
 
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"Secret Wars" part 8

Origin of the black symbiote costume that later bonds with Eddie Brock to become Venom

2nd appearance of Spider-Woman, Julia Carpenter

Web of Spider-Man #1
Marvel ⋅ 1985
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Web of Spider-Man #1
 
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Third ongoing Spider-Man series

Amazing Spider-Man #275
Marvel ⋅ 1986
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Amazing Spider-Man #275
 
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Origin of Spider-Man retold

Amazing Spider-Man #282
Marvel ⋅ 1986
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Amazing Spider-Man #282
 
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Specialty border printed on select covers published in November 1986 celebrating Marvel's 25th Anniversary or more precisely, the 25th year since Fantastic Four #1 was published in November 1961

Spider-Man vs. Wolverine #1
Marvel ⋅ 1987
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Spider-Man vs. Wolverine #1
 
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Death of Ned Leeds

Wolverine discovers Peter Parker is Spider-Man

Spider-Man inadvertently kills a woman by punching her, thinking Wolverine snuck up on him

Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21
Marvel ⋅ 1987
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Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21
 
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Marriage of Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson

Amazing Spider-Man #290
Marvel ⋅ 1987
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Amazing Spider-Man #290
 
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Peter proposes to Mary Jane, she declines in the next issue

Amazing Spider-Man #292
Marvel ⋅ 1987
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Amazing Spider-Man #292
 
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Mary Jane Watson accepts Peter's second marriage proposal

Amazing Spider-Man #300
Marvel ⋅ 1988
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Amazing Spider-Man #300
 
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1st full appearance of Venom

Amazing Spider-Man #308
Marvel ⋅ 1988
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Amazing Spider-Man #308
 
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Cover and interior art by Todd McFarlane featuring Spider-Man versus Taskmaster

Kidnapped is misspelled 'Kidnaped' on the cover

Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #158
Marvel ⋅ 1989
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Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #158
 
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Spider-Man gains cosmic powers

Amazing Spider-Man #329
Marvel ⋅ 1990
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Amazing Spider-Man #329
 
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1st appearance of the Tri-Sentinel

Debut of Spider-Man’s Captain Universe suit

Spider-Man gains cosmic powers in The Spectacular Spider-Man #158

Avengers, The #316
Marvel ⋅ 1990
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Avengers, The #316
 
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Spider-Man is offered membership to The Avengers but it is revoked in Avengers #318

Spider-Man #1
Platinum ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1990
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Spider-Man #1
 
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Platinum edition

Spider-Man #1
Walmart ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1990
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Scarce second printing sold at Walmart

Identified by two factors:

UPC/barcode in lower left corner

Gold cover

Amazing Spider-Man #361
Marvel ⋅ 1992
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Amazing Spider-Man #361
 
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1st full appearance of Carnage, spawned from the extraterrestrial parasite known as the Venom symbiote

Amazing Spider-Man #373
Marvel ⋅ 1993
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Amazing Spider-Man #373
 
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Back-up story featuring Venom

Amazing Spider-Man #375
Marvel ⋅ 1993
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Amazing Spider-Man #375
 
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Gold holofoil cover

1st appearance of Ann Weying, Eddie Brock’s ex-wife who later becomes She-Venom

1st appearance of Carl Brock, Eddie's father

Web of Spider-Man #100
Marvel ⋅ 1993
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Web of Spider-Man #100
 
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Debut of Spider-Armor MK I, armor developed by Peter Parker to withstand gunfire from The New Enforcers

Amazing Spider-Man #330
JC Penney ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1993
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Amazing Spider-Man #330
 
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JC Penney second print variant available from Christmas catalogs issued in the early 90s

Identified by the 30th Anniversary swinging Spider-Man in the UPC box

Spider-Man 2099 Meets Spider-Man
Marvel ⋅ 1995
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Spider-Man 2099 Meets Spider-Man
 
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1st appearance of Spider-Man 2211, a high-tech Timespinner Spider-character that exists in the future

1st appearance of Hobgoblin 2211, the daughter of Max Borne

First meeting of Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2099 in a story

Sensational Spider-Man #0
Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1996
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Sensational Spider-Man #0
 
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Variant lenticular cover with red webbing, limited to 3,000 copies

Amazing Spider-Man #418
Marvel ⋅ 1996
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Amazing Spider-Man #418
 
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Peter and Mary Jane discover their baby is stillborn

Amazing Spider-Man #432
Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1998
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Amazing Spider-Man #432
 
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Variant cover by John Romita

Spider-Man #90
Marvel ⋅ 1998
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Spider-Man #90
 
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Debut of Spider-Man's Negative Zone suit, a black and white distortion of his traditional costume

Amazing Spider-Man #1
Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1999
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Amazing Spider-Man #1
 
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Variant cover art by John Byrne depicting the Statue of Liberty appearing from behind the clouds

Peter Parker: Spider-Man #1
Dynamic Forces ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1999
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Variant cover art by John Romita Jr., limited to 12,000 copies

Dynamic Forces edition

Amazing Spider-Man #35
Marvel ⋅ 2001
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Amazing Spider-Man #35
 
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Aunt May discovers Peter Parker is Spider-Man

📖 Spider-Verse Reading Order: read The Amazing Spider-Man #35, then The Amazing Spider-Man #47

Amazing Spider-Man #36
Marvel ⋅ 2001
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Amazing Spider-Man #36
 
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September 11th, 2001 tribute issue depicting various Marvel teams and characters working alongside emergency services as New York native, Spider-Man narrates the experience

Amazing Spider-Man #36
International ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2001
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Published in India by Gotham Comics

Reprint of The Amazing Spider-Man #36, the 9/11 issue

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New Avengers #3
Marvel ⋅ 2005
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New Avengers #3
 
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Spider-Man officially joins the Avengers

Marvel Zombies #1
2nd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2006
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Marvel Zombies #1
 
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Second printing

Cover art inspired by Spider-Man #1 (1991)

Marvel Zombies #1
3rd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2006
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Third printing

Cover art inspired by The Amazing Spider-Man #50

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