Title: The Amazing Spider-Man
Issue Number: Annual 1
Release Date: August 1964
Highlights- Doctor Octopus's arms are removed from his body
- First appearance of the Sinister Six - Sandman, Kraven the Hunter, Mysterio, Doctor Octopus, Electro and Vulture
- Uncle Ben's death recap
- Aunt May meets Doctor Octopus and we can see the kindling of her becoming smitten with him
- Fun rogues gallery pinup section after the main story
- Great secondary story showcasing the origin of Spider-Man, as well as, his skills, powers and devices which help him with his crime fighting
Low Points
- Peter Parker loses his Spider-Man powers yet again...Then randomly gets them bask as soon as the fighting starts because it was all psychosomatic
- Temporarily losing his powers serves no purpose other than to include a whole bunch of random cameos from other Marvel heroes to give shameless plugs to other comic books
- Overall story is contradictive from page to page - Characters say one thing, then do the opposite - See "Oddities" below
- Kraven the Hunter gives up almost immediately, once again flip flopping between vicious hunter and cowardice prey (see The Amazing Spider-Man 15)
- Sandman defeats himself with his own airtight trap
Oddities
- Doctor Octopus has a telepathic link to his removed metal arms and can still control them
- Uncle Ben's death is established as happening only months ago, yet Peter seems confused that Aunt May is not over it yet
- The Sinister Six believe they can defeat Spider-Man if they all attack him at once, then proceed to attack him individually
- The Sinister Six randomly draw cards to determine who will attack Spider-Man first
- Though the cards are drawn randomly, Doctor Octopus claims the cards denote a specific location he's chosen because said location is suited specifically to each villains strengths - So then the cards weren't random?
- Electro battles Spider-Man first and claims that "he" has selected the battle site, but previously it was stated that Doctor Octopus had
- Spider-Man survives a fully charged electric blast from Electro because he ties a grounding wire around his ankle
- Kraven the Hunter states to the other villains that he doesn't hunt in a pack because only solo victory will give him the revenge he seeks, but then brings two giant leopards to the fight with him
- Spider-Man's webbing acts like Silly Putty, transferring images to it by pressing it into the ink
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