Peter Parker: Spider-Man #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Stewart Ward - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Peter Parker: Spider-Man (Marvel, 1999 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: January 1999
Key date: 1999-01-00
On-sale date: 1998-11-18
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $2.99; 4.50 CAD
Pages: 54
Barcode: 75960604717800111
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Ranger - 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 New Beginning!	cover	2	pencils: John Romita Jr.; inks: Scott Hanna	Peter Parker, Spider-Man
1	Power without Responsibility!	comic story	25	script: Howard Mackie; pencils: John Romita Jr.; inks: Scott Hanna, Jimmy Palmiotti; colors: Gregory Wright; letters: Liz Agraphiotis, Comicraft, RS	Betty Brant, J. Jonah Jameson, May Parker, Peter Parker, Ranger First, Robbie Robertson, Spider-Man, Jill Stacy, Stewart Ward First, Mary Jane Watson
2	The Scintillating Spider-Man Scrapbook	filler	7	pencils: John Romita Jr.	J. Jonah Jameson, Peter Parker, Robbie Robertson, Spider-Man, Mary Jane Watson
3	Memories	comic story	6	script: Howard Mackie; pencils: Andy Smith; inks: Brad Vancata; colors: Mark Bernardo; letters: Comicraft, LA, RS	May Parker, Ben Parker, Peter Parker, Mary Jane Watson

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Direct Edition - Sunburst Cover	barcode 75960604717800121
Dynamic Forces Cover	price [none]
Newsstand	barcode 00929101321101

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Spider-Man: The Next Chapter #1 ISBN 978-0-7851-5759-5	2011	On eBay ›
Spider-Man Firsts #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-8901-5	2014	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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