The Amazing Spider-Man #26 for Sale - First Appearance of Crime-Master - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue: #26
Publication date: July 1965
Key date: 1965-07-00
On-sale date: 1965-04-08
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 of Crime-Master - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Nick Lewis - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

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 Man in the Crime-Master's Mask!	cover	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Crime-Master First, Green Goblin, Nick Lewis First, Norman Osborn, Peter Parker, Spider-Man
2	The Man in the Crime-Master's Mask!	comic story	20	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: S. Rosen	Liz Allan, Betty Brant, Crime-Master First, Frederick Foswell, Green Goblin, J. Jonah Jameson, Nick Lewis First, Norman Osborn, May Parker, Peter Parker, Patch First, Spider-Man, Flash Thompson
3	Two More Triumphs for Marvel..!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frank Giacoia, Vince Colletta; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek, Sam Rosen
4	Two More Triumphs for Marvel..!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby, Wally Wood; inks: Carl Hubbell, Wally Wood; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek, Sam Rosen
5	If you haven't joined yet...	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Carl Hubbell; inks: Carl Hubbell; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	J. Jonah Jameson
6	-	letters page	2	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Tales of Suspense #67	1965	On eBay ›
Marvel Tales #21	1969	On eBay ›
Marvel Tales #164	1984	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #10 ISBN 0-87135-596-5	1989	On eBay ›
The Essential Spider-Man #2	1997	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)

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