The Amazing Spider-Man #3

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The Amazing Spider-Man #3 is a 1963 Marvel comic book issue best known for introducing the iconic supervillain Doctor Octopus into Spider-Man’s rogues’ gallery.

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The Amazing Spider-Man #3 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Marvel comic ⓘ
comic book issue ⓘ
canonicalStatus main continuity story ⓘ
conflictType superhero vs supervillain ⓘ
countryOfPublication United States ⓘ
coverArtist Steve Ditko ⓘ
editor Stan Lee ⓘ
featuresCharacter Aunt May ⓘ
Betty Brant ⓘ
Doctor Octopus ⓘ
J. Jonah Jameson ⓘ
Otto Octavius ⓘ
linked to: Doctor Octopus

Peter Parker ⓘ
Spider-Man ⓘ
Uncle Ben (in flashback) ⓘ
featuresLocation New York City ⓘ
featuresOrganization Daily Bugle ⓘ
follows The Amazing Spider-Man #2 ⓘ
genre superhero comic ⓘ
hasContinuity Earth-616 ⓘ
hasFormat single-issue comic book ⓘ
hasLegacy established Doctor Octopus as a major Spider-Man villain ⓘ
hasTheme heroism ⓘ
responsibility ⓘ
self-doubt ⓘ
imprint Marvel Comics ⓘ
inker Steve Ditko ⓘ
introducesCharacter Doctor Octopus ⓘ
Otto Octavius ⓘ
linked to: Doctor Octopus
language English ⓘ
letterer John Duffy ⓘ
mainAntagonist Doctor Octopus ⓘ
mainProtagonist Spider-Man ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
notableFor first appearance of Doctor Octopus ⓘ
partOf The Amazing Spider-Man (1963 comic series) ⓘ
penciller Steve Ditko ⓘ
plotter Stan Lee ⓘ
precedes The Amazing Spider-Man #4 ⓘ
printedInColor true ⓘ
publicationMonth July 1963 ⓘ
publicationYear 1963 ⓘ
publisher Marvel Comics ⓘ
seriesNumber 3 ⓘ
setInUniverse Marvel Universe ⓘ
writer Stan Lee ⓘ

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Doctor Octopus → firstAppearance → The Amazing Spider-Man #3 ⓘ