| Issue | #12 |
| Published | May 1964 |
| Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Characters | Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Dr. Octopus [Otto Octavius]; J. Jonah Jameson; Betty Brant |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #149; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #5; in Spider-Man Classics (Marvel, 1993 series) #13; in Essential Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1996 series) #1 (December 1996); in Spider-Man: Black and Blue and Read All Over (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (November 2006); In Target Spider-Man / Doctor Octopus: Greatest Battles (Marvel, 2004 series) #[nn] |
| Characters | Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Dr. Octopus [Otto Octavius]; J. Jonah Jameson; Betty Brant; May Parker; Flash Thompson; Liz Allan |
| Synopsis | Peter has the 24 hour flu when Doc Ock captures Betty Brant in hopes of luring Spider-Man into battle. Ock beats the under the weather web-head and unmasks him, but everyone thinks it is just Peter trying to be brave by impersonating Spidey. Once he has recovered, Spider-Man battles through the wild animals Ock has released from the zoo to take on old six-arms himself. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Letters | Art Simek |
| Notes | Liz Allan's name mis-spelled as Liz Allen in this issue. |
| Reprinted | in Amazing Spider-Man Annual, The (Marvel, 1964 series) #3; in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #149; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #5; in Spider-Man Classics (Marvel, 1993 series) #13; in Essential Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1996 series) #1 (December 1996); in Spider-Man: Black and Blue and Read All Over (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (November 2006); In Target Spider-Man / Doctor Octopus: Greatest Battles (Marvel, 2004 series) #[nn] |