Issue | #2 |
Published | 1965 |
Cover Price | 0.25 USD |
Pages | 20 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Characters | Spider-Man |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Stan Lee |
Pencils | Steve Ditko |
Inks | Steve Ditko |
Letters | Sam Rosen |
Reprinted | in Giant-Size Spider-Man (Marvel, 1974 series) #4 (April 1975); in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #167; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #16 (1991); in Spider-Man's Greatest Team-Ups (Marvel, 1996 series) #nn (June 1996); in Essential Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1996 series) #2 (July 1997) |
Characters | Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Guest Star: Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Villain: Xandu (Introduction); barroom brawlers (unnamed) |
Synopsis | As Spidey swings on patrol, Xandu, a wizard, observes a barroom brawl, then hypnotically recruits the 2 toughest fighters to do his bidding. Breaking into Strange's sanctum, they overcome him due to their mindless state, and steal "The Wand of Watoomb." Spidey happens across them as they exit, and is also beaten into submission. But he tosses a spider-tracer on one of them before they depart. Xandu uses the power of the Wand to observe anyone from a distance, deciding Strange will be his first victim. But Spidey arrives! Just as he's being sucked into another dimension, he grabs the Wand, hoping it'll force someone to come after him. Strange recovers and arrives at Xandu's home just as the two thugs are bringing Spidey back with the Wand. Spidey & Doc team-up to defeat Xandu, and Strange mystically erases Xandu's memories and evil ambitions. The two heroes part: "May the Vishanti watch over thee!" "And may your amulet never tickle!" |
Genre | superhero; occult |
Script | Stan Lee (plot & dialogue); Steve Ditko (plot) |
Pencils | Steve Ditko |
Inks | Steve Ditko |
Letters | Sam Rosen |
Notes | 1st recorded meeting of Spider-Man & Dr. Strange, Steve Ditko's 2 most famous creations. Xandu would return in Marvel Team-Up (Marvel, 1972 series) #21 (May 1974). The scene of Spidey being sucked down thru the dimensional opening may have inspired a similar scene in the 1969 Spider-Man cartoon, "Revolt In The Fifth Dimension." Synopsis and notes provided by Henry Kujawa (July 2007). |
Reprinted | in Doctor Strange (Marvel, 1968 series) #179 (April 1969); in Giant-Size Spider-Man (Marvel, 1974 series) #4 (April 1975); in Doctor Strange Master of the Mystic Arts (Simon and Schuster, 1979) #nn (1979); in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #167 (September 1984); in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #16 (1991); in Spider-Man's Greatest Team-Ups (Marvel, 1996 series) #nn (June 1996); in Essential Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1996 series) #2 (July 1997) |
Characters | Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; J. Jonah Jameson (intro); Aunt May Parker; John Jameson |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Stan Lee |
Pencils | Steve Ditko |
Inks | Steve Ditko |
Letters | John D'Agostino [as Johnny Dee] |
Notes | Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Reprinted | from Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #1 (March 1963) |
Characters | Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Terrible Tinkerer [Professor Cobbwell]; Flash Thompson (cameo); |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Stan Lee |
Pencils | Steve Ditko |
Inks | Steve Ditko |
Letters | Art Simek |
Notes | Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Reprinted | from Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #2 (May 1963) |
Characters | The Circus of Crime [The Clown; Cannonball; The Great Gambonnos; The Ringmaster; Princess Python]; The Scorpion; The Beetle; Jonah's Robot; The Crime-Master |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Stan Lee |
Pencils | Steve Ditko |
Inks | Steve Ditko |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #16 (1991) [3 pp.]; in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #165 [1 p.]; in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #166 [1 p.]; in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #168 [1 p.]; in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #169 [1 p.] |
Characters | Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Dr. Doom [Victor Von Doom]; Liz Allan; Flash Thompson (as Spider-Man); J. Jonah Jameson; Aunt May Parker; Fantastic Four (cameo) [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl; The Thing; The Human Torch]; Betty Ross (cameo) |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Stan Lee |
Pencils | Steve Ditko |
Inks | Steve Ditko |
Letters | Sam Rosen |
Reprinted | from Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #5 (October 1963) |