Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 3

Amazing Spider-Man #3
Previous Issue	Amazing Spider-Man #2
Next Issue	Amazing Spider-Man #4
Art by: Steve Ditko
Cover Date	July, 1963
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Stan Lee
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Country	USA

1. ""Spider-Man Versus Doctor Octopus""
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Stan Lee Steve Ditko
Penciler(s)	Steve Ditko
Inker(s)	Steve Ditko
Letterer(s)	John Duffy
Editor(s)	Stan Lee

Appearing in ""Spider-Man Versus Doctor Octopus""

Featured Characters:

• Spider-Man (Peter Parker)

Supporting Characters:

• Aunt May Parker
• Daily Bugle
  • J. Jonah Jameson
• Flash Thompson
•  Human Torch (Johnny Storm) 
• Liz Allan
• Sally Avril

Adversaries:

• Charlie
• Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius)  (First appearance) (Origin revealed)

Other Characters:

• Army Personnel
• New York Police Department
  • Joe  (First appearance)
• Peter Parker's High School Classmates
• Unnamed thieves
• The Staff of Bliss Private Hospital

Locations:

• United States of America
  • New York City, New York
    • Manhattan
      • Daily Bugle Building
      • Bliss Private Hospital
    • US Atomic Research Center
    • Forest Hills, Queens
      • Aunt May's House
      • Midtown High School

Items:

• Spider-Man's Web-Shooters
• Spider-Man's Utility Belt
• Spider-Man's Spider-Signal
• Doctor Octopus' Tentacles

Vehicles:

Synopsis for ""Spider-Man Versus Doctor Octopus""

• Synopsis not yet written

Notes

• Spider-Man uses his Spider Signal for the first time in this story.
• This issue is reprinted in Amazing Spider-Man # 1 (Pocket Books).

Trivia

• Spider-Man is erroneously called "Super-Man" once in this story.
• Doctor Octopus' last name is mislettered "Octavious" in this story, as it is in several other early Spider-Man stories.
• This issue also includes a Spider-Man pin-up page and the first "Spider's Web" letters section (two pages long).
• The cover of this issue is one of the 32 that appear in the comic collection from the 2000 video game Spider-Man.

See Also

• 2 image(s) from Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 3
• 5 reprint(s) of Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 3

Recommended Reading

• Spider-Man last appeared in Amazing Spider-Man # 2 (Last Issue); He appears next in Amazing Spider-Man # 4 (Next Issue).
• Doctor Octopus appears next in Amazing Spider-Man # 11.

Links and References

• http://www.spiderfan.org/comics/reviews/spiderman_amazing/003.html
• http://www.samruby.com/AmazingSpider-ManA/amazing_spiderman_003.htm