| Characters |
FEATURE: Spider-Man (origin recap); GUESTS: Aunt May; Anna May Watson; Harry Osborn; Professor Warren; Gwen Stacy; J. Jonah Jameson; Betty Brant; Mary Jane Watson; VILLAINS: Frederick Foswell; Kingpin; The Mob; CAMEOS: Johnny Carson; Ed McMahon; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Uncle Ben Parker; The Burglar |
| Synopsis |
Fearing for his aunt's health and tired of being hounded by Jameson, Peter gives up being Spider-Man and concentrates on being a simple college student; A kid finds the discarded Spidey suit in the trash can and brings it to the Daily Bugle where Jonah proudly puts it on display; Pete's personal life starts looking up but crime increases as the Kingpin gathers the mob under his leadership; Feeling guilty about the crime wave, Peter remembers the lessons taught to him by his uncle's death and decides to become Spider-Man once again. |
| Genre |
superhero |
| Script |
Stan Lee |
| Pencils |
John Romita |
| Inks |
Mike Esposito (as Mickey Demeo) |
| Letters |
Sam Rosen |
| Notes |
Continued in the next 2 issues. |
| Reprinted |
in Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #8; in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #190; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #22; in Essential Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1996 series) #3 (May 1998); in Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 2003 series) #5 |