Order Of Battle: The Amazing Spider-Man Comic Books 1 - 99

 

Due to the increasing size of my comic book collection, I have found it necessary to not only break them up by title, but for some of the larger series, by groups. This will be an ongoing post of my Marvel published The Amazing Spider-Man comic books issues 1 through 99, as I obtain them. All photos are actual scans.

Issue Number: 15
Kraven the Hunter!
August 1964
Key Comic Collector Note: 1st appearance of Kraven the Hunter
Key Comic Collector Note: 2nd appearance of the Chameleon
Key Comic Collector Note: First mention of Mary Jane Watson

Issue Number: 20
The Coming of the Scorpion! (or Spidey Battles Scorpy)
January 1965
Key Comic Collector Note: 1st appearance and origin of Scorpion, Mac Gargan appears in The Amazing Spider-Man #19

Issue Number: 25
Captured By J. Jonah Jameson
June 1965
Key Comic Collector Note: 1st appearance of Spencer Smythe and the Spider-Slayers
Key Comic Collector Note: 1st cameo appearance of Mary Jane Watson, face is obscured by a tree
Misconception: cited by some sources as the first appearance of Mary Jane but she does not appear in full until The Amazing Spider-Man #42

Issue Number: 26
The Man In The Crime Master's Mask
July 1965
Key Comic Collector Note: 1st appearance of Bennett Brant as Crime Master

Issue Number: 27
Bring Back My Goblin To Me!
August 1965
Key Comic Collector Note: Death of Crime Master

Issue Number: 28
The Menace of the Molton Man
September 1965
Key Comic Collector Note: 1st appearance and origin of Molten Man
Key Comic Collector Note: Peter Parker graduates from high school

Issue Number: 29
Never Step on a Scorpion!
October 1965
Key Comic Collector Note: 2nd appearance of Scorpion

Issue Number: 31
If This Be My Destiny
December 1965
Key Comic Collector Note: 1st appearance of Gwen Stacy
Key Comic Collector Note: 1st appearance of Harry Osborn
Key Comic Collector Note: 1st appearance of Miles Warren, later becomes the Jackal
Key Comic Collector Note: First time Doctor Octopus is referred to as the Master Planner

Issue Number: 32
Man on a Rampage!
January 1966
Key Comic Collector Note: 2nd appearance of Curt Connors in human form throughout - does not turn into the Lizard again until The Amazing Spider-Man #44

Issue Number: 33
The Final Chapter
February 1966
Key Comic Collector Note: Debut of new power, Spider-Man displays incredible strength

Issue Number: 34
The Thrill of the Hunt!
March 1966
Key Comic Collector Note: 2nd appearance of Gwen Stacy
Key Comic Collector Note: 2nd appearance of Harry Osborne

Issue Number: 39
How Green Was My Goblin!
August 1966
Key Comic Collector Note: Green Goblin and Spider-Man discover one another's identities
Key Comic Collector Note: First artwork on The Amazing Spider-Man by John Romita

Issue Number: 40
How Green Was My Goblin!
August 1966
Key Comic Collector Note: Origin of Green Goblin

Issue Number: 41
The Horns of the Rhino!
October 1966
Key Comic Collector Note: 1st appearance of Rhino

Issue Number: 42
The Birth of a Super-Hero!
November 1966
Key Comic Collector Note: 2nd appearance of the Rhino
Key Comic Collector Note: 1st full appearance of Mary Jane Watson, final panel
Key Comic Collector Note: Mary Jane Watson delivers her iconic line "Face it, Tiger…you just hit the jackpot!"

Issue Number: 43
Rhino on the Rampage!
December 1966
Key Comic Collector Note: 2nd appearance of Mary Jane Watson
Key Comic Collector Note: Peter and Mary Jane's first date
Key Comic Collector Note: 3rd appearance and origin of Rhino

Issue Number: 46
The Sinister Shocker!
March 1966
Key Comic Collector Note: 1st appearance of the Shocker

Issue Number: 50
Spider-Man No More!
July 1967
Key Comic Collector Note: 1st appearance of the Kingpin, Wilson Fisk
Key Comic Collector Note: Story includes the iconic interior panel of Peter Parker walking away from his Spider-Man suit that is discarded in a garbage can

Issue Number: 51
In the Clutches Of...The Kingpin!
August 1967
Key Comic Collector Note: 1st appearance of Robbie Robertson, a mentor to Peter Parker at the Daily Bugle and a foil to J. Jonah Jameson
Key Comic Collector Note: 2nd full appearance and 1st cover of Kingpin

Issue Number: 52
To Die A Hero!
September 1967
Key Comic Collector Note: 3rd appearance of Kingpin

Issue Number: 56
To Die A Hero!
September 1967
Key Comic Collector Note: 1st appearance of Captain George Stacy

Issue Number: 59
The Brand of the Brainwasher!
April 1968
Key Comic Collector Note: 1st cover appearance of Mary Jane Watson
Key Comic Collector Note: First kiss between Gwen Stacy and Peter Parker
Key Comic Collector Note: 1st appearance of Brainwasher, alter ego of Kingpin

Issue Number: 61
What a Tangled Web We Weave...!
June 1968
Key Comic Collector Note: 1st cover appearance of Gwen Stacy

Issue Number: 62
Make Way For...Medusa!
July 1968
Key Comic Collector Note: Classic cover art by John Romita Sr. featuring Medusa, an Inhuman Royal and wife of Black Bolt

Issue Number: 68
Crisis on the Campus!
January 1969
Key Comic Collector Note: Introduction of the Tablet of Life and Time

Issue Number: 70
Spider-Man Wanted!
March 1969
Key Comic Collector Note: 1st cameo appearance of Vanessa Fisk, Kingpin's wife

Issue Number: 73
The Web Closes!
June 1969
Key Comic Collector Note: 1st appearance of Silvermane
Key Comic Collector Note: 1st appearance of Man-Mountain Marko

Issue Number: 75
Death Without Warning!
August 1969
Key Comic Collector Note: Iconic cover art by John Romita Sr.

Issue Number: 78
The Night of the Prowler
November 1969
Key Comic Collector Note: 1st appearance of the Prowler, Hobie Brown

Issue Number: 79
To Prowl No More!
December 1969
Key Comic Collector Note: 2nd appearance of Prowler

Issue Number: 80
On the Trail of...the Chameleon!
January 1970
Key Comic Collector Note: None

Issue Number: 83
The Coming of the Schemer!
April 1970
Key Comic Collector Note: 1st appearance of the Schemer, later revealed to be Richard Fisk, the son of Kingpin
Key Comic Collector Note: 1st full appearance of Vanessa Fisk, Kingpin's wife

Issue Number: 85
The Secret of the Schemer!
June 1970
Key Comic Collector Note: None

Issue Number: 86
Beware the Black Widow!
July 1970
Key Comic Collector Note: Debut of Black Widow's skin-tight costume

Issue Number: 87
Unmasked at Last!
August 1970
Key Comic Collector Note: None

Issue Number: 88
The Arms of Doctor Octopus!
September 1970
Key Comic Collector Note: None

Issue Number: 89
Doc Ock Lives!
October 1970
Key Comic Collector Note: None

Issue Number: 90
And Death Shall Come
November 1970
Key Comic Collector Note: Death of Captain George Stacy

Issue Number: 91
To Smash the Spider!
December 1970
Key Comic Collector Note: None

Issue Number: 92
When Iceman Attacks
January 1971
Key Comic Collector Note: First battle of Spider-Man versus Iceman

Issue Number: 93
The Lady and the Prowler
February 1971
Key Comic Collector Note: 1st appearance of Arthur Stacy

Issue Number: 94
On Wings of Death
March 1971
Key Comic Collector Note: None

Issue Number: 95
Trap For a Terrorist
April 1971
Key Comic Collector Note: Spider-Man visits London

Issue Number: 96
...And Now, the Goblin!
May 1971
Key Comic Collector Note: Published without approval from the Comics Code Authority due to a sub-plot about drug use

Key Comic Collector Note: The depiction of drugs in a negative light was well-received by readers which led to the Comics Code Authority easing-up on creative restrictions

Issue Number: 97
In the Grip of the Goblin
June 1971
Key Comic Collector Note: Drug addiction plot

Issue Number: 98
The Goblin's Last Gasp
July 1971
Key Comic Collector Note: Drug addiction plot

Issue Number: 99
A Day in the Life of...Featuring
August 1971
Key Comic Collector Note: Appearances by Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon from the Tonight Show Key Comic Collector Note: The characters first appeared in Marvel Comics in The Amazing Spider-Man #50

This post continues with issues 100 - 199.

 

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