The Annotated Amazing Fantasy #15 by Mark Alford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7 OK, so you know all about Peter, Flash, and Liz, but do you know Sally, Seymour, and Baxter? - Just keep scrolling down en-us 2017-07-05 13:55:24 UTC 2023-01-24 19:51:01 UTC hello@padlet.com The Cover lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178111002 This cover by Jack Kirby was commissioned second - something about Ditko's original cover just didn't strike Lee enough. The cover has been homaged time and time again. Of course, questions abound - who is the man Spider-Man is carrying? Why is Spider-Man revealing his identity? Why are there so many people standing on rooftops?]]> 2017-07-05 14:00:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178111002 Read It! lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178111998 on Marvel Unlimited]]> 2017-07-05 14:12:41 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178111998 The Original Ditko Cover lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178112231 Color by Steve Dutton http://www.catspawdynamics.com/amazing-fantasy-15/]]> 2017-07-05 14:16:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178112231 Why does Spidey have colored word balloons? lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178112700 Well, Deadpool does have a history of passing himself off as '60s Spidey...]]> 2017-07-05 14:21:46 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178112700 Cover Homage lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178115410 So many comics pay tribute to this iconic cover. This website shows many of them.]]> 2017-07-05 14:53:55 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178115410 Splash Page lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178116006 I'm worried about the size of that spider casting a shadow against that wall!]]> 2017-07-05 15:02:14 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178116006 Early Appearance of Ditko? lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178116076 Take a look at this photo and self portrait and compare it with Peter Parker here.  It seems that Ditko took the hero that could be you to its full extreme. (Photo and self portrait from Wikipedia)]]> 2017-07-05 15:03:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178116076 Be Cool! lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178116514 Here is how you Cha Cha]]> 2017-07-05 15:09:30 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178116514 Be Cool! lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178116567 Here is how you waltz - now you don't have to be a professional wallflower]]> 2017-07-05 15:10:25 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178116567 But if you are into wallflowers... lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178116791  ]]> 2017-07-05 15:13:17 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178116791 Page 2 lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178117279 The exposition, folks.]]> 2017-07-05 15:19:19 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178117279 First appearance of Aunt May and Uncle Ben? lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178117833 Well.... sort of.  In Strange Tales  #97, written by Stan Lee and drawn by Steve Ditko two months before Amazing Fantasy #15, we have a story featuring Uncle Ben and Aunt May before they took in young Peter... (Images from Read Comics Online)]]> 2017-07-05 15:25:57 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178117833 Goodbye to Linda Brown Page 1 lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178118705 2017-07-05 15:35:13 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178118705 Goodbye to Linda Brown Page 2 lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178118842 2017-07-05 15:36:31 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178118842 Goodbye to Linda Brown Page 3 lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178119117 2017-07-05 15:41:37 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178119117 Goodbye to Linda Brown Page 4 lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178119182 Notice the ad for Amazing Adult Fantasy!]]> 2017-07-05 15:43:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178119182 Aunt May's Wheatcake Recip lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178120567 Thanks to Untold Tales of Spider-Man Annual #1]]> 2017-07-05 16:06:02 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178120567 First Appearance - Raymond Warren lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178122069 Peter's science teacher and brother to Peter's college science professor, Miles Warren (AKA the Jackal).  He later gets Peter involved in a boxing match with Flash, the Tinkerer (indirectly), and the Living Brain (pre-Ock infested).  It is Untold Tales of Spider-Man #25 that resolves the fact that his high school teacher and college professor have the same name.]]> 2017-07-05 16:30:57 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178122069 First Appearance - Midtown High School lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178122728 Not a real school, but according to 

The Marvel Comics Guide to New York City, it is based on Forest Hills High School in NY.  Why that is not featured on their school web site is a mystery.

]]> 2017-07-05 16:41:25 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178122728 Not to be confused with... lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178122975 This image that BD woke up Tom DeFalco at 3am in order to see if it was the real Ditko (spoiler - it's not)]]> 2017-07-05 16:46:14 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178122975 First Appearance - Sally Avril lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178123534 She turns down Peter here when he asks her out. While this is the last we ever see of her in Amazing, she has a career in other titles. Sally, helping Spider-Man defeat a villain and loving the press and glory of it, puts her gymnastic talents to the test and becomes the hero Bluebird. Spider-Man talked her out of it (since she stunk at it anyway) and she decided to try and take pictures of Spider-Man like Peter did. On her way to a fight, she gets in a car wreck and dies.]]> 2017-07-05 16:54:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178123534 First Appearance - Seymour O'Reilly lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178124231 He is Flash's lackey and was always hanging around him in the early ASM issues.  He's the guy who says, "You stick to science, son!  We'll take the chicks!"  Later in life, he learned of Spider-Man's secret identity, but before he could do anything about it, he had his neck broken by Venom (Marvel Knight Spider-Man #7)]]> 2017-07-05 17:05:15 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178124231 Page 3 lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178126631 A bit of Narrative Hook for ya!]]> 2017-07-05 17:43:48 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178126631 First Appearance - The Radioactive Spider lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178126854 For some reason, writers felt compelled to mess with this arachnid, as if radioactive death wasn't enough!  And is it me, or did that "tiny spider" seem to grow large while on Peter's hand?  If I saw a spider like that on me, the glowing part would be the least of my concerns!  Ezekial Sims later revealed that this spider was an incarnation of a spider diety. However, the sorcerer Driddil revealed that the spider hatched from the egg of an Arachnix, a species of demon spider.]]> 2017-07-05 17:48:59 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178126854 First Appearance - General Techtronics Corporation East lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178127148 This is the name of the company that sponsored the radiation experiment.]]> 2017-07-05 17:56:20 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178127148 First Appearance - Cindy Moon A.K.A. Silk (not shown) lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178127549 Even though the narrator says that the spider bites Peter "at the split second before life ebbs from its radioactive body", we are later told that in that "split second" it scurried away, bit a lady (maybe shown in the top left panel on this page) and gave her powers too.]]> 2017-07-05 18:04:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178127549 First Appearance - Carl King A.K.A. The Thousand (not shown) lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178127775 One bully at Midtown High that was not lucky enough to go hang out with Flash and Seymour and the Chicks went to the science experiment presumably to pick on Peter some more.  After the spider died, it is picked up by Carl who thinks, for whatever reason on this earth, that it would be a good idea to eat it.  This turns him into a thousand spiders all with the same mind.  And he's still out there...  This story is in Tangled Web #1, 2, and 3 and thankfully Marvel has spared us and has NOT put this on Unlimited.  ]]> 2017-07-05 18:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178127775 Jessica Campbell A.K.A. Jessica Jones (not shown) lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178128991 Jessica was a student at Midtown that had a crush on Peter and followed him to the experiment, but didn't get a chance to talk to Peter since he left after the spider bite.]]> 2017-07-05 18:28:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178128991 First AppearanceHector Cervantez A.K.A. Spectro (not shown) lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178129296 The hockey playing boyfriend of Cindy Moon who attended the experiment with her. He later becomes super powered from other causes.]]> 2017-07-05 18:33:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178129296 First Appearance - Dr. Eric Schwinner lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178131216 He's the guy performing the experiment. He was unnamed until Spider-Man Final Adventure #1, a comic I had no idea existed and is not currently on Unlimited.]]> 2017-07-05 19:03:54 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178131216 First Appearance - Jason Ionella lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178132778 One of the guys who hangs around Flash Thompson and makes fun of Peter.  He plays a bigger role in Untold Tales of Spider-Man.]]> 2017-07-05 19:32:35 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178132778 This Guy lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178135541 It seems as if the driver of this car never got another mention. No super powers, no villainy, no call to be a herald of Galactus - nothing (unless you know differently - then post a comment and let me know!]]> 2017-07-05 20:35:19 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178135541 Page 4 lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178135883 Rising Action]]> 2017-07-05 20:41:36 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178135883 The Amazing Fantasy Boy lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178136038 That little boy who spots Peter grows up to be a surly teenager (redundant, I know) who is an alley smoking one day when he finally puts two and two together and comes up with three.  He reveals Peter's secret to the Daily Bugle.  The only thing is he doesn't know the name and the description he gives of Peter is less than enough to look like Peter now.  His story is in Marvel Comics Presents #120. This came out in January 1993.]]> 2017-07-05 20:44:30 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178136038 Gorgo lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178137568 What movie was that little boy watching before he saw Spider-Man on the wall?  I looked through movies that would have been out about that time and I feel it was most likely Gorgo. The trailer declares that this is "incredibly realistic!"]]> 2017-07-05 21:13:31 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178137568 Or was it like this... lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178137909 Fred Hembeck told the same story half a year earlier July 1992, in Marvel Age #114 but the boy, now grown, could only remember that the guy climbing the walls wore horn-rim glasses.]]> 2017-07-05 21:20:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178137909 $100 lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178138174 According to Dollar Times, $100 in 1962 had the same spending power as $804.77 in 2017.]]> 2017-07-05 21:26:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178138174 Page 5 lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178138411 More Rising Action]]> 2017-07-05 21:31:31 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178138411 Crusher Hogan lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178138612 Joseph Hogan to his mother
Bonesaw Crusher ends up being a janitor at a gym telling everyone that he is Spider-Man's pal and that he designed the web shooters and stuff. At one point, Spider-Man breaks into the gym after hearing gunshots and defeats some bad guys doing bad guy stuff. He validates that he owes everything to Crusher and the guy becomes a local hero. Meanwhile, Nathan Lubinsky, the old fart that May was dating, ends up in the hospital which makes Aunt May mad at Peter since she asked him to keep an eye on him for her.]]> 2017-07-05 21:35:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178138612 Bonesaw Is Ready! lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178139029 It took Macho Man to make something better than the original]]> 2017-07-05 21:42:07 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178139029 Max Shiffman lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178139199 He's the cigar smoking agent that capitalizes on Spider-Man's talents. He has to stop after Jameson makes it too hard to promote the masked vigilante. He only reappears once and that is to try and defeat Spider-man after Mysterio tricks him. Shiffman was led to believe that Mysterio could bring back his dead wife.]]> 2017-07-05 21:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178139199 First Appearance - Flash Thompson and Liz Allan lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178139645 But we already know them pretty well, so what's the fun in them?]]> 2017-07-05 21:50:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178139645 Where's Harry Osborn? lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178139717 Sorry kiddies.  Despite what cartoons and movies would have you think, Harry doesn't show up until the college years along with Gwen Stacy.]]> 2017-07-05 21:51:25 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178139717 Page 6 lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178139888 More Rising Action]]> 2017-07-05 21:54:36 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178139888 The Ed Sullivan Show lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178140166 Back in the old days, you had very limited choices for what to watch. Ed Sullivan was a hit for a long time. Here is a clip from a show about the time this issue came out.]]> 2017-07-05 21:59:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178140166 "Let's check up on Peter." lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178140276 "That's right, we wouldn't want to lose another kid to the ocean..."]]> 2017-07-05 22:01:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178140276 Agggh! No hyphen! lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178140354 2017-07-05 22:03:18 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178140354 They laughed at me for being a bookworm, eh? lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178141941 Well, if that doesn't sound like something from a villain origin...]]> 2017-07-05 22:34:41 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178141941 Page 7 lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178142013 Starts Part 2 - nothing to annotate.  What?  If you want to read the whole comic, go to Unlimited!]]> 2017-07-05 22:37:15 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178142013 Page 8 lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178142196 The Plot Thickens! (but still rising action...)]]> 2017-07-05 22:41:54 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178142196 The Burglar lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178142269 The Spider-Man movie had Peter not help the guy being robbed because the man had just cheated him out of money.  The real burglar story is much more impactful because Peter will have to pay for his selfishness with a severe price. He makes a comeback in issue #200. His name? Dennis Carradine. His goal? To find hidden riches that he believes is buried in the Parker house. He and Mysterio fakes Aunt May's death and tore the house a part looking for the money. When Spider-Man catches up to him again, he is so scared, he has a heart attack. He has a daughter, Jessica, and she later dated Ben Reilly. Couldn't tell you how that ended because it was clone stuff and ...]]> 2017-07-05 22:43:06 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178142269 Baxter Bigelow lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178142627 That's the name of the security guard.  He's a millionaire who created the Baxter Building and just guards for the fun of it and for a short while dated Aunt May.  

Ok, I'm lying.  There is nothing else about him outside of this comic.]]> 2017-07-05 22:53:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178142627 The Microscope lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178188082 Peter's microscope was the perfect thing to show that his aunt and uncle cared for him and to emphasize the whole science buff thing.  The microscope was a constant image in the background of Ditko comics and Peter used it to assist with crime fighting and developing his webbing (I remember him using it to help make ice crystal webbing to take on the Torch).  In issue 181, he leaves it at Uncle Ben's grave site in what was supposed to be an emotional look back.  However, as soon as he leaves some guy comes along and steals it to give to his son because he had not yet bought a birthday present for his kid.  I need to remember to check the graveyards before my kid's next birthday.  There must be an Untold Tale where Spider-Man swings back by, beats up the old caretaker and takes his microscope back because in issue 290, he is upset that Aunt May allowed some guys from the orphanage to take his microscope to sell at an auction and rushes off to get it.

]]> 2017-07-06 12:17:59 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178188082 Page 9 lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178189907 Yet more Rising Action]]> 2017-07-06 12:42:46 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178189907 First Appearance - Bernard O'Brien lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178190038 That's the cop that informs Peter that his Uncle was shot.]]> 2017-07-06 12:44:26 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178190038 First Appearance - Mary Jane Watson (not shown) lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178191337 Thanks to the wonder of Parallel Lives, Mary Jane is now present during this scene.]]> 2017-07-06 13:00:59 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178191337 Give Our Regards to the Atom Smashers! lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178192361 This line inspired the title of a Sean Howe book about comic book writers.]]> 2017-07-06 13:11:25 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178192361 The Acme Warehouse lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178192501 Only seen here in the Marvel Universe. The term Acme is used generically now, but in the 1920s, it was a very popular name for companies because the word means the best, but more importantly, it starts with the letters AC, which puts it pretty much first in the phone book]]> 2017-07-06 13:12:57 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178192501 Acme and Bat-Man lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178193279 I figured that maybe that warehouse used to sell the Acme Bat-Man suits (especially since they use the hyphen).]]> 2017-07-06 13:22:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178193279 Page 10 lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178193674 The last of the Rising Action!  But sadly nothing to annotate.]]> 2017-07-06 13:27:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178193674 Page 11 lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178193758 Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution]]> 2017-07-06 13:28:20 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178193758 WHIZZZZT! ??????? lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178194524 Is something wrong with Spider-Man's web shooters? No. Ditko never used Thwip! until issue #36. He used it again in #37. When Romita picks up, he uses Thwip! right away and it's been that way ever since.]]> 2017-07-06 13:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178194524 But Wait! There's More! lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178194880 There were other stories in this issue and you can read all about them in an earlier Cobwebs post!]]> 2017-07-06 13:42:40 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178194880 Get it right lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178195071 Please note that the actual phrase is: With great power there must also come  -- great responsibility.]]> 2017-07-06 13:44:36 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178195071 What Big Eyes You Have... lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178195336 I looked for why the eyes are shown here, hoping for some great insight, but all I could find was the either it is just for dramatic effect or the idea that the mask lenses are opaque is not yet solidified. I'm betting it is just to show how shocked he is. 

So, a bit of extra credit - can anyone tell me who this lovely young lady is? Maybe I'll do a post on her one day...]]> 2017-07-06 13:48:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178195336 Next Issue? lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178195543 Well, there is a theory that Stan had written a follow up.  We know that Goodman cancelled the series and it wasn't until sales came in that he decided to let Lee create the new title.  Will Murray wrote an article on it titled "The Untold Secret Origin of Spider-Man" and I am trying to get my hands on a copy.  It is in Comic Book Marketplace vol 2 #44 in the Feb. 1997 issue. I know there is one at the Michigan State University Reading Room, but as I don't live there, I'm having a hard time getting my hands on it. If anyone out there has a copy of this issue and/or can get me a scan of it, I would be eternally grateful, give you a no-prize, and name you the Official Crawlspacer of the Year.]]> 2017-07-06 13:52:46 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178195543 Your Turn lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178196119 OK, go back to the post and leave in the comments section either something I mentioned that you did not already know or what I missed!]]> 2017-07-06 14:02:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178196119 Wait! I thought Uncle Ben died in a hospital while Peter cursed God. lordalford https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178221750 You know, I was going to put a link in here to the Amazing Grace issues that had that hospital scene, but I just can't do that to anyone who has been spared of that awful comic. In fact, I dare you to find anything worse than these. Instead, I'll just leave you with the Drop that Chicken panel.]]> 2017-07-06 22:11:20 UTC https://padlet.com/lordalford/bpjsu8j6nzb7/wish/178221750