The Amazing Spider-Man #48 for Sale - First Appearance of Blackie Drago - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue: #48
Publication date: May 1967
Key date: 1967-05-00
On-sale date: 1967-02-14
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 Blackie Drago - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character. An independent public reference records the same first appearance.

First appearance of The Vulture - 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	-	cover	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: John Romita; inks: John Romita; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Blackie Drago First, Peter Parker, Spider-Man, The Vulture First
2	The Wings of the Vulture!	comic story	20	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Johnny Romita; inks: Johnny Romita; letters: Sammy Rosen	Blackie Drago First, Harry Osborn, May Parker, Peter Parker, Spider-Man, Gwen Stacy, Adrian Toomes, The Vulture, The Vulture First, Miles Warren, Anna Watson, Mary Jane Watson
3	-	in-house column	1	letters: typeset
4	-	letters page	2	script: Stan Lee; pencils: John Romita; inks: John Romita	Spider-Man

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

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
British	price 10d [0-0-10 GBP]

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel Tales #34	1972	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #22 ISBN 0-87135-914-6	1992	On eBay ›
The Essential Spider-Man #3 ISBN 0-7851-0658-8	1998	On eBay ›
Marvel Tales #188	1986	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man #5 ISBN 0-7851-1190-5	2004	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Check spine ticks and cover gloss in the photos; silver-age Marvels chip at the edges easily.
Look for tanning at the page edges and transfer stains on the inside covers.
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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q3640800 (Blackie Drago), first-appearance property (CC0)

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