THOUGH THE WORLD MAY MOCK PETER PARKER, THE TIMID TEEN-AGER
CONFIDENTIALLY, WE IN THE COMIC MAG BUSINESS REFER TO THEM AS “LONG UNDERWEAR CHARACTERS”!

AT THE AWESOME SIGHT OF SPIDER-MAN
BUT ALAS OTHER TEENAGERS CAN SOMETIMES, UNWITTINGLY, BE SO VERY CRUEL TO A SHY YOUNG MAN

BUT WE THINK YOU MAY FIND OUR SPIDER-MAN JUST A BIT... DIFFERENT!
THE FACULTY AT MIDTOWN HIGH WAS ALSO FOND OF THE CLEAN CUT-CUT, HARD-WORKING STUDENT!
YES, FOR SOME, BEING A TEENAGER HAS SOME HEART-BREAKING MOMENTS!
THE AUTO WHICH NARROWLY MISSES HIM, UNTIL THE LAST INSTANT!

SAY GANG, WE NEED ONE MORE GUY FOR THE DANCE!
THE ONE I DIDN’T STOP WHEN I HAD THE CHANCE!

HOW ABOUT PETER PARKER OVER THERE?
MY HEAD-- IT FEELS STRANGE! I-I NEED SOME AIR!
BUT THE REST OF THE WORLD CAN GO HANG FOR ALL I CARE!
AND A LEAN SILENT FIGURE SLOWLY FADES INTO THE GATHERING DARKNESS, AWARE

ARE YOU KIDDIN? THAT BOOKWORM WOULDN’T KNOW A CHA-CHA FROM A WALTZ!

PETER PARKER? HE’S MIDTOWN HIGH’S ONLY PROFESSIONAL WALLFLOWER!
AT LEAST THAT IN THIS WORLD WITH GREAT POWER
IN SOME MIRACULOUS WAY, HIS BITE HAS TRANSFERRED HIS OWN POWER -- TO ME!
HERE’S MY CARD! CALL ME!

AS YOU MAY HAVE GATHERED, PETER PARKER WAS FAR FROM THE BIGGEST MAN ON CAMPUS!
TOO BAD! HE MUST HAVE A WEAK STOMACH!

BUT HIS UNCLE BEN THOUGHT HE WAS A PRETTY SPECIAL LAD...
YOU’RE THE GREATEST FAMILY A FELLA EVER HAD

YOU’RE NOT FOOLIN’ ME, PETEY! I KNOW YOU’RE AWAKE,
I COOKED YOUR FAVOURITE BREAKFAST, PETEY-- WHEATCAKES!

AND IT’S TIME FOR SCHOOL!




AS FOR PETE’S AUNT MAY,
CRACKERS AND MILK, BLESS’EM-- IF ONLY THEY KNEW!
SHE THOUGHT THE SUN ROSE AND SET UPON HER NEPHEW!
WAIT! WE WANT AN INTERVIEW!

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, PARKER, AND YOU’RE SURE SURE TO RATE
A SCHOLARSHIP WHEN YOU GRADUATE!
I’LL FASTEN ONE TO EACH ARM-- IT’LL OPERATE
THE NEIGHBOURS ARE LOOKING AFTER HER! WAIT!

I’LL DO MY BEST, SIR!
LISTEN, FRIEND, I’M A TV PRODUCER!
YOU’LL NEVER ESCAPE AGAIN, MURDERER!
AND A NEW NAME IS ADDED TO THE ROSTER

SALLY, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU’RE BUSY TONIGHT!
LOOK, THERE’S A GREAT NEW EXHIBIT AT THE SCIENCE HALL TONIGHT!

PETER, FOR THE UMPTEENTH TIME, YOU’RE JUST NOT MY TYPE!
TO PLAY IN THIS DRAMA WE CALL LIFE!

NOT WHEN DREAMBOATS LIKE FLASH THOMPSON ARE AROUND!

I ADMIRE YOUR GOOD TASTE, DOLL!

GET LOST, BOOKWORM!

WOULD ANY OF YOU LIKE TO GO WITH ME?
SOME DAY THEY’LL BE SORRY--SORRY THAT THEY LAUGHED AT ME!
THEY’RE THE ONLY ONES WHO’VE EVER BEEN KIND TO ME!
I’LL SEE TO IT THAT *THEY’RE* ALWAYS HAPPY,

ACCIDENTALLY ABSORBING A FANTASTIC AMOUNT OF RADIOACTIVITY
WHAT’S HAPPENING TO ME?
I FEEL DIFFERENT! AS THOUGH MY ENTIRE BODY
IS CHARGED WITH SOME SORT OF FANTASTIC ENERGY!

AND THEN, UNNOTICED BY THE RIDERS, HE UNTHINKINGLY LEAPS TO SAFETY!
WHAT’S COME OVER ME?
GIVES HIM THE RIGHT TOUCH OF MYSTERY!
UNCLE BEN-- DEAD! NO! NO, IT CAN’T BE!

SCIENCE HALL! HAH!


YOU STICK TO SCIENCE, SON! WE’LL TAKE THE CHICKS!
THIS LITTLE DEVICE SHOULD JUST DO THE TRICK!

AND NOW FOR THE DEMONSTRATION OF HOW WE CAN CONTROL
A SPIDER WHOM FATE HAS GIVEN A STARRING, IF BRIEF ROLE

RADIOACTIVE WAVES HERE IN THE LABORATORY

BUT, AS THE EXPERIMENT BEGINS, NO ONE NOTICES

A TINY SPIDER, DESCENDING FROM THE CEILING
BITES THE NEAREST LIVING THING
MOMMY! LOOK AT THE MAN WALKING UP THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING!
I MUST BE SEEING THINGS!

ON AN ALMOST INVISIBLE STRAND OF WEB
AT THE SPLIT SECOND BEFORE LIFE EBBS
NOW LET’S SEE-- A SPIDER NEEDS A WEB!
AS EFFORTLESSLY
AS THE SPIDER ITSELF CAN GLIDE ALONG ITS WEB
AND AFTER ALL, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME *YOU* SAW A MAN WITH HIS OWN FANTASTIC SPIDER WEB???

GOSH, UNCLE BEN
YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN
HM, THIS WILL BE A GOOD CHANCE TO TEST MY POWER AGAIN!
LATER, AT HOME AGAIN...

THE DYING INSECT, IN SUDDEN SHOCK
I’M SCALING THIS WALL JUST AS EASILY AS I CAN WALK
BUT-- WHAT IF I FAIL? I DON’T WANT TO BE A LAUGHING STOCK!
YOU’RE WORSE THAN A ROOM FULL OF ALARM CLOCKS!

OW!
IT HAS TO BE, SOMEHOW!
I CAN HARDLY OUT-WRESTLE HIM NOW!
MADE IT! I’M SAFE NOW!
I HATE DO IT, BUT WE’LL HAVE TO RUSH HIM NOW!

FROM ITS RADIOACTIVE BODY
THAT COP CAN NEVER GET DOWN TO THE LOBBY
SAVE YOUR BREATH, BUDDY!

A-A SPIDER! IT BIT ME! BUT WHY IS IT BURNING SO?
YOU’D BE A SMASH ON ED SULLIVAN’S SHOW!


THAT’S THE LAST HORROR MOVIE I TAKE YOU TO, YOUNG MAN!
WELL, YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE HOW THE PUBLIC REACTED TO SPIDERMAN!


AND, A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY...
SO THEY LAUGHED AT ME FOR BEING A BOOKWORK, EH?
WHY IS IT GLOWING THAT WAY?
AND.. OH, HI, AUNT MAY!
IF HE MAKES IT TO THE ELEVATOR HE’LL GET AWAY!

LOOKS AS THOUGH OUR EXPERIMENT UNNERVED YOUNG PARKER!

BUT WHAT A LEAP IT IS!

THAT WAS ONE EGGHEAD WHO WON’T DAYDREAM
GREATEST ACT I’VE EVER SEEN!

ANY MORE WHEN HE CROSSES THE STREET

IT’S INCREDIBLE!
I REACHED THE ROOF IN JUST A FEW SECONDS!

WHAT’S THIS? I CRUSHED THE PIPE AS THOUGH IT WERE PAPER!
A FEW MINUTES LATER...
A FEW MINUTES LATER...
AND A FEW HOURS LATER...

IT’S THE SPIDER!

I CAN WALK DOWN THIS CABLE

I-I’VE GOT TO HAVE TIME TO THINK!
I’VE GOT TO PLAN WHAT TO DO!
WITH THIS UNBELIEVABLE ABILITY
WHICH FATE GAS GIVEN ME

FILLED WITH EXCITEMENT, PETE RACES HOME AND

I’LL FIND SOME WAY TO DISGUISE MYSELF!
LOOKS PRETTY GOOD, IF I DO SAY SO MYSELF




I’LL TRY FOR THAT HUNDRED DOLLARS, CRUSHER!
STEP UP SUCKER!

WELL WELL,
IT WILL SOON MARVEL
IF IT AIN’T FOR A LITTLE MASKED MARVEL!

NOW JUST RELAX SHORTY!

I’LL TRY TO MAKE THIS AS PAINLESS AS POSSIBLE!

IT WORKS! I HAVE THE SPEED, THE AGILITY, VERY STRENGTH OF A GIGANTIC SPIDER!
HEY!

PUT ME DOWN! YOU WIN! YOU WIN!
AND AS YOU KNOW, THEY’RE A DIME A DOZEN!
I OUGHTTA RUN YOU IN!

YOU-- YOU’RE NOT HUMAN! NOBODY CAN DO THAT!

WANNA BET?
HE HASN’T SEEN ANYTHING YET!

SENSATIONAL! FANTASTIC! AND THAT MASKED GIMMICK
HE WAS TERRIFIC!

HMMM, THAT MASKED CHARACTER MAY BE JUST WHAT I’VE BEEN LOOKING FOR!
AND SO A LEGEND IS BORN
LEAVE ’EM BEGGIN’ FOR MORE!


WITH THAT ACT OF YOURS I CAN MAKE YOU A FORTUNE!

AND KEEP THE MASK ANGLE, IT’S GREAT SHOWMANSHIP!

THANKS...

SHOWMANSHIP?!

SINCE I HAVE THE POWERS OF A SPIDER, I’LL DESIGN MYSELF A SPIDER COSTUME!

YOU LOOKED A LITTLE TIRED, PETEY, SO WE BROUGHT YOU SOME CRACKERS AND MILK!



BY THE SLIGHTEST PRESSURE OF ANY FINGER!

I’LL NEED A NAME-- WELL I GUESS SPIDERMAN IS AS GOOD AS ANY!

WELL, ONLY A SCIENCE MAJOR COULD HAVE CREATED A DEVICE LIKE THIS!

WITH SOME LIQUID CEMENT AT THE END,
I CAN PULL MYSELF UP ANYWHERE WITH MY LITTLE WEB

AND MY COSTUME IS THIN ENOUGH TO WEAR, UNSEEN, UNDER MY STREET CLOTHES!
LIKE COSTUMED HEROES?
NOW ANYONE WITH THE INTELLIGENCE OF A SEVEN YEAR OLD KNOWS

THAT IF A MAN APPEARED ON TV
WHO SEEMED TO BE MORE SPIDER THAN HUMAN, HE’D BE
A SENSATION, ESPECIALLY
WHEN HIS FEATS WERE PERFORMED WITHOUT THE USE OF TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY!

I’M SEEIN’ IT WITH MY OWN EYES, AND I STILL DON’T BELIEVE IT!
ALL YOU HADDA DO WAS HIM TRIP HIM, OR HOLD HIM FOR JUST A MINUTE!

SURE THEY LOOK AMAZED, INCREDULOUS AWESTRICKEN! WOULDN’T YOU???

OKAY SPIDER-MAN-- CUT! THAT’S ENOUGH! DON’T SHOW’EM TOO MUCH!

AS HIS FIRST TV SPECTACULAR ENDS,
PETER PARKS BREATHES THE FIRST SWEET SCENT OF FAME AND SUCCESS!

SIGN WITH ME! I’LL PUT YOU IN THE MOVIES!
SEE MY AGENT, BOYS, I’M BUSY!

WHEM! RID OF’EM AT LAST! HEY! WHAT’S GOIN ON??


STOP! THIEF! STOP HIM!
WHO DID IT?? WHO SHOT HIM??
IT WAS A BURGLAR-- YOUR UNCLE SURPRISED HIM!
I’VE GOT TO GO! I’VE GOT TO GET HIM!

AS FAST I CAN IN THIS HIGH-SPEED EXPRESS ELEVATOR!

LUCKY FOR ME THAT GOON
IN A COSTUME
DIDN’T STOP ME!

WHAT’S WITH YOU, MISTER??

SORRY, PAL! THAT’S YOUR JOB!

I’VE GOT THINGS TO DO!

PETER, YOU KNOW THAT MICROSCOPE YOU’VE ALWAYS WANTED?

YOUR UNCLE AND I BOUGHT IT FOR YOU THIS AFTERNOON!

GOSH, THAT’S TERRIFIC

IN THE DAYS THAT FOLLOW, THE SPIDERMAN BECOMES THE SENSATION OF THE NATION!

AND, ONE EVENING AS PETER RETURNS HOME FROM A PERSONAL APPEARANCE...

A POLICE CAR! IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE!
I KNOW THE OLD ACME WAREHOUSE!

WHAT CAN BE WRONG??
BAD NEWS SON--
YOUR UNCLE HAS BEEN SHOT-- MURDERED!

BUT DON’T WORRY, LAD!
WE’VE GOT HIM TRAPPED!
IF ONLY I HAD STOPPED HIM WHEN I COULD HAVE!

HE’S IN THE OLD ACME HOUSE AT THE WATERFRONT, WE’LL GET HIM!
SOMEDAY I’LL SHOW THEM! [SOB]
HE’S IN THERE SOMEWHERE, BUT HE’LL PICK US OFF LIKE FLIES IF WE CHARGE HIM!

YOUR AUNT IS NEXT DOOR--


DON’T FATTEN HIM UP TOO MUCH, DEAR!
WRAPPED IN HIS THOUGHTS, PETER DOESN’T HEAR
I’LL PUT ON SOME OLD CLOTHES AND LEAVE MY GLASSES HERE!
IT’S BEEN DESERTED FOR YEARS!

A KILLER COULD HOLD OFF AN ARMY IN THAT GLOOMY, OLD PLACE!
BUT HE WON’T HOLD OFF-- SPIDERMAN!

ALL I’VE GOTTA DO IS HOLD’EM OFF TILL THE MOON GOES DOWN!
THE WAREHOUSE IS AT THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN!

MEANWHILE...

THEN I OUGHTTA BE ABLE TO SLIP AWAY IN THE DARK!
CAN’T TAKE A CHANCE OF HIM SLIPPING BY IN THE DARK!

HUH??
WHAT THE--???

SURPRISED TO SEE ME??
NOT HALF AS SURPRISED AS YOU’RE GOING TO BE!
THERE’S NO PLACE ON EARTH WHERE YOU CAN HIDE FROM ME!

GOTTA GET AWAY, GOTTA HIDE!
...BUT I’LL BE THERE IN NO TIME!

FIRST MY WEB WILL RELIEVE YOU OF YOUR GUN!
AND THEN MY FISTS WILL DO THE REST!

THAT-- THAT FACE! IT’S OH NO, IT CAN’T BE!
IT’S THE FUGITIVE WHO RAN PAST ME!

CAPTAIN-- LOOK!

IT’S HIM!

ON A SPIDER’S WEB!
MY FAULT-- ALL MY FAULT!

I’M FROM LIFE! WE’LL PAY ANY PRICE!
FOR A PICTURE SPREAD!
BUT I DIDN’T-- AND NOW --UNCLE BEN-- IS DEAD..




OF THOSE WHO MAKE THE WORLD OF FANTASY
THERE MUST ALSO COME-- GREAT RESPONSIBILITY!
THE MOST EXCITING REALM OF ALL!
BE SURE TO SEE THE NEXT ISSUE OF AMAZING FANTASY--

FOR THE FURTHER AMAZING EXPLOITS OF AMERICA’S MOST DIFFERENT NEW TEEN-AGE IDOL-- SPIDERMAN!