The Amazing Spider-Man #10 - First Appearance of Fancy Dan, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue: #10
Publication date: March 1964
Key date: March 1964
On-sale date: December 9, 1963
Indicia publisher: Non-Pareil Publishing Corp.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (cover) of Fancy Dan - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Daniel Brito - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Montana - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Jackson Brice - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Frederick Foswell - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story. An independent public reference records the same first appearance.

First appearance (cover) of Ox - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of Raymond Bloch - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance (cover) of The Big Man - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

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	The Enforcers!	cover	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby; inks: Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	The Big Man First, Raymond Bloch First, Jackson Brice First, Daniel Brito First, Fancy Dan First, Frederick Foswell First, Montana First, Ox First, Peter Parker, Spider-Man
1	The Enforcers!	comic story	22	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen, Ray Holloway	Liz Allan, The Big Man First, Raymond Bloch First, Betty Brant, Jackson Brice First, Daniel Brito First, Fancy Dan First, Frederick Foswell First, J. Jonah Jameson, Montana First, Ox First, May Parker, Peter Parker, Spider-Man
2	Another Marvel Masterpiece	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: George Roussos; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek
3	-	letters page	2	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg

Printings and variants

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

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel Tales #7	1967	On eBay ›
Marvel Tales #147	1983	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #1 ISBN 0-87135-305-9	1987	On eBay ›
Spider-Man Classics #11	1994	On eBay ›
The Essential Spider-Man #1 ISBN 0-7851-0286-8	1996	On eBay ›
The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #12	1986	On eBay ›
The Amazing Spider-Man #2 (81444) ISBN 0-671-81444-3	1978	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q66193113 (Jackson Brice), first-appearance property (CC0)
Wikidata, Q2032965 (Frederick Foswell), first-appearance property (CC0)

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