Key factsKey issue
- 1st appearance of Betty Brant
- 1st appearance of Adrian Toomes
- 1st appearance of The Vulture
- 1st appearance of Tinkerer (Phineas Mason)
This is the regular first-print edition (Cover A). Collect the 1 variant cover on their own pages.
Market value
Market value (all grades)
- Low
- $2,899
- Mid
- $3,858
- High
- $6,999
Updated 12 Oct 2026
- Graded copies for sale
- $567 - $42,700
- 20 graded copies for sale, Updated 10 Oct 2026
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The Vulture is so confident in his abilities that he announces his plans to steal a diamond shipment to the police. When Spider-Man hears this he decides to stop the Vulture.
Cover date
May 1, 1963
On sale date
February 12, 1963
Pages
36
Cover price
$0.12
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Editor
S.L
Price history
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Characters
Adrian Toomes (1st appearance); Betty Brant (1st appearance); Phineas Mason (1st appearance); The Vulture (1st appearance); Tinkerer (1st appearance); Peter Parker; Spider-Man; aliens; Aunt May; Flash Thompson; high school students (guest); J. Jonah Jameson; Liz Allen; numerous other unnamed Midtown High School students (guest); numerous other unnamed officers]; NYPD [Officer Chuck (cameo, first appearance); Officer Charlie (cameo, first appearance); Professor Cobbwell; Raymond Warren; Sally Avril; Uncle Ben Parker
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- Marvel Masterworks #1
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