#38

Synopsis

Average Joe, Joe Smith, fails at being a fighter and tries his hand at acting. Dressed up as a robotic monster, he is zapped with electricity and chemicals which causes him to go on a violent spree against those who doubted his abilities. Meanwhile, Norman Osborn puts a price on Spider-Man’s head and our hero is plagued with goons trying to bump him off. Pete narrowly misses meeting Mary Jane.

Notes

Reprinted in

• The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #7
• Marvel Tales #177
• Marvel Masterworks #16
• The Essential Spider-Man #2
• Marvelserien #1
• Spindelmannen #1/1978
• Edderkoppen #1/1978
• L'Uomo Ragno [Collana Super-Eroi] #32
• Die Spinne #39
• Spider-Man Comics Weekly #32
• El Sorprendente Hombre Araña #57
• El Hombre Araña / El Asombroso Hombre Araña #31
• HIP Comics #1911
• Hit Comics #11
• Spiderman: Stan Lee y Steve Ditko #3
• Strange #36
• Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man #4
• The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus #1
• Edderkoppen #1
• Marvel Gold. El Asombroso Spiderman: ¡Si éste es mi Destino...! #[nn]
• Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection #2
• Marvel Comics Digest #1
• Spider-Man Komplett #38 [4]
• Marvel : Les origines #1
• The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus #1 [Fifth Edition]
• Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man #4
• Marvel Origins #52
• Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man #4 [Second Edition]

Credits

Script

Stan Lee

Plot

Steve Ditko

Pencils

Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby

Inks

Steve Ditko, Dick Ayers, Sol Brodsky, Joe Sinnott

Colours

Stan Goldberg, Marie Severin

Letters

Sam Rosen, Artie Simek

Editor

Stan Lee

Dialogue

Stan Lee

Illustrations

Steve Ditko, Marie Severin, Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott

Characters

• Spider-Man
• Joe Smith
• Peter Parker
• Ned Leeds
• Gwen Stacy
• Flash Thompson
• Harry Osborn
• J. Jonah Jameson
• May Parker
• Mary Jane Watson

Other printings & variants

• British