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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published November 1968
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details - "At Long Last -- The Parents of Peter Parker!"

Characters Spider-Man; Aunt May; Gwen Stacy; Captain George Stacy; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Betty Brant; John Jameson; Harry Osborn; Flash Thompson; Ben Parker; Frederick Foswell
Genre superhero
Pencils John Romita (signed)
Inks John Romita (signed)
Reprinted in Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #22 (1979); in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #264 (August 1992); in Essential Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1996 series) #4 (December 2000); in Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 2003 series) #7 (April 2005)

40 page Spider-Man story "The Parents of Peter Parker!"

Characters Richard Parker (intro in flashback; death; Spider-Man's Dad); Mary Parker (intro in flashback; death; Spider-Man's Mom); Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; VILLAINS: Red Skull; Red Skull of 1950's (flashback); Sandor (intro); the Finisher (intro, dies); Ahab; GUEST APPEARANCE: Fantastic Four [Human Torch; Thing; Mr. Fantastic]
Synopsis Peter learns the truth about his parents.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Larry Lieber
Inks Mike Esposito (as Mickey Demeo)
Letters Art Simek
Reprinted in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #264 (August 1992) [first 20 pp.]; in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #265 (September 1992) [final 20 pp.]; in Essential Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1996 series) #4 (December 2000); in Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 2003 series) #7 (April 2005)

6 page Spider-Man illustration

Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Larry Lieber
Inks Mike Esposito
Letters Art Simek (?)
Notes Contains "A Day at the Daily Bugle", "Peter Parker, the Super Sports Star!", "Where It's At!", and Spidey as drawn by other artists for other publications.
Reprinted in Essential Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1996 series) #4 (December 2000); in Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 2003 series) #7 (April 2005)

3 page story "Here We Go-a-Plotting"

Characters Stan Lee; John Romita; Larry Lieber; Roy Thomas
Genre Humor
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Marie Severin
Inks Frank Giacoia
Reprinted in Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #22 (1979); in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #264 (August 1992); in Essential Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1996 series) #4 (December 2000); in Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 2003 series) #7 (April 2005); in Marvel Visionaries: Stan Lee (Marvel, 2005 series) #[nn]; in Marvel Deluxe : Stan Lee (Panini, 2007 series) #1