Amazing Fantasy #15 for Sale - First Appearance of Peter Parker - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Amazing Fantasy (Marvel, 1962 series)
Issue: #15
Publication date: September 1962 (see Notes)
Key date: 1962-09-00
On-sale date: 1962-06-05
Indicia publisher: Atlas Magazines Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Peter Parker - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character. An independent public reference records the same first appearance.

First appearance of Spider-Man - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of May Parker - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character. An independent public reference records the same first appearance.

First appearance of Flash Thompson - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character. An independent public reference records the same first appearance.

First appearance of Liz Allan - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character. An independent public reference records the same first appearance.

First appearance of Ben Parker - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of The Burglar - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character. An independent public reference records the same first appearance.

First appearance of Crusher Hogan - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character. An independent public reference records the same first appearance.

First appearance of Sally Avril - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Raymond Warren - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character. An independent public reference records the same first appearance.

First appearance of Maxwell Shiffman - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character. An independent public reference records the same first appearance.

First appearance of Eric Schwinner - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Baxter Bigelow - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character. An independent public reference records the same first appearance.

First appearance of Bernard O'Brien - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Seymour O'Reilly - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character. An independent public reference records the same first appearance.

Origin story on record for: Peter Parker, Spider-Man.

Death on record for: Ben Parker.

On the record: Alley Awards - Best Short Story (1962).

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Spider Man	cover	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Peter Parker First, Spider-Man First
2	Spider-Man!	comic story	11	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Liz Allan First, Crusher Hogan First, Ben Parker First, May Parker First, Peter Parker First, Spider-Man First, Flash Thompson First, The Burglar First, Maxwell Shiffman First, Sally Avril First, Baxter Bigelow First, Bernard O'Brien First, Seymour O'Reilly First, Eric Schwinner First
5	The Bell-Ringer!	comic story	3	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Old Pedros
8	Man in the Mummy Case!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Rocco Rank
11	Important Announcement from the Editor!	text article	1	script: Stan Lee
13	There Are Martians Among Us!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 14 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
British	price 9d [0-0-9 GBP]

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel Tales Annual #1	1964	On eBay ›
Origins of Marvel Comics #[nn] ISBN 0-671-21863-8	1974	On eBay ›
Marvel Tales #137	1982	On eBay ›
The Amazing Spider-Man #275	1986	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #1 ISBN 0-87135-305-9	1987	On eBay ›
Spider-Man Classics #1	1993	On eBay ›
The Essential Spider-Man #1 ISBN 0-7851-0286-8	1996	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q135186181 (Peter Parker), first-appearance property (CC0)
Wikidata, Q2453332 (May Parker), first-appearance property (CC0)
Wikidata, Q552000 (Flash Thompson), first-appearance property (CC0)
Wikidata, Q1132203 (Liz Allan), first-appearance property (CC0)
Wikidata, Q606569 (The Burglar), first-appearance property (CC0)
Wikidata, Q118421157 (Crusher Hogan), first-appearance property (CC0)
Wikidata, Q66133287 (Sally Avril), first-appearance property (CC0)
Wikidata, Q111795164 (Raymond Warren), first-appearance property (CC0)
Wikidata, Q111320603 (Maxwell Shiffman), first-appearance property (CC0)
Wikidata, Q119007332 (Baxter Bigelow), first-appearance property (CC0)
Wikidata, Q111795513 (Seymour O'Reilly), first-appearance property (CC0)

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