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Liz Allan
Liz Allan

Liz Allan

311 appearances · Silver Age · 1963–2026 · 12 key issues
Who is Liz Allan?

Liz Allan debuted as a popular student at Midtown High School and one of Peter Parker's classmates, a normal teenager with no powers. Years later, her life became deeply entangled with the Osborn legacy through her marriage to Harry Osborn, and she eventually bonded with the Misery symbiote, gaining its formidable abilities.

From the very first year of The Amazing Spider-Man, Liz Allan has been woven into the fabric of Marvel's most beloved corner of New York — a Silver Age original, debuting in 1963 alongside Stan Lee and Steve Ditko's earliest vision of Peter Parker's world. She's one of those rare characters whose roots run all the way back to the beginning, sharing pages with icons like Flash Thompson, Betty Brant, J. Jonah Jameson, and Aunt May across an extraordinary 63-year publishing history. With 161 catalog appearances and a dozen key issues to her name, Liz has proven herself far more than a supporting player — her prominence in series like Cult of Carnage: Misery and Red Goblin speaks to a character who has grown and evolved with the Marvel Universe itself. For collectors who love discovering how deep the roots of Spider-Man's world truly go, Liz Allan is essential reading.

Identity

Real name. Elizabeth "Liz" Allan (Allan-Osborn)

Powers. Originally a normal human civilian (no powers). Later, as host of the Misery symbiote: superhuman strength/speed/agility/durability, wall-crawling, organic webbing, shapeshifting/camouflage, and undetectability to Spider-Man's spider-sense.

Affiliations. Midtown High School (student); Osborn family (wife of Harry Osborn, mother of Normie Osborn); Alchemax (CEO); later identity Misery

★ First appearance
Amazing Fantasy #15
Sep 1962

Trivia

  • Barry Allen's surname carries a genuine publication-history quirk that collectors have debated for decades — early appearances and period coverage render it 'Allen,' while later material and fan references occasionally spell it 'Allan,' making this a long-running continuity inconsistency rather than any single authoritative spelling.marvel.fandom.com
  • Stan Lee has written more of Liz Allan's comics than any other writer in our catalog — 43 issues.

Top series

Covers through the years — 1963–2022

The Amazing Spider-Man #4 1963
The Amazing Spider-Man #4
The Amazing Spider-Man #143 1975
The Amazing Spider-Man #143
The Amazing Spider-Man #166 1977
The Amazing Spider-Man #166
The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #16 1982
The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #16
The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #23 1989
The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #23
The Very Best of Spider-Man #[nn] 1994
The Very Best of Spider-Man #[nn]
Amazing Fantasy #16 1995
Amazing Fantasy #16
The Amazing Spider-Man #20 2000
The Amazing Spider-Man #20
Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man - Barnes & Noble Edition #3 2004
Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man - Barnes & Noble Edition #3
Amazing Spider-Man Family #3 2009
Amazing Spider-Man Family #3
Superior Spider-Man #17 2013
Superior Spider-Man #17
Spider-Man: Homecoming Prelude #[nn] 2017
Spider-Man: Homecoming Prelude #[nn]
The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus #1 [Fifth Edition] 2022
The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus #1 [Fifth Edition]

Appearances (151–300 of 311, oldest first)

Marvel Must Haves (2001)
#6
Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man - Barnes & Noble Edition (2003)
#3
Marvel Age Spider-Man (2004)
Spider-Man: Son of the Goblin (2004)
Best of Marvel : Spider-Man - La dernière chasse de Kraven (2004)
Marvel Visionaries: Stan Lee (2005)
Marvel Kids : Spider-Man (2005)
#1
Official Handbook of the Ultimate Marvel Universe 2005: The Fantastic Four & Spider-Man (2005)
Spider-Man Family (2005)
#1
Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane (2006)
#1
Marvel Adventures Spider-Man (2005)
Spider-Man Family Featuring Spider-Clan (2007)
#1
Ultimate Spider-Man: Ultimate Collection (2007)
#1
Annihilation: Conquest (2008)
#3
Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane (Season 2) (2008)
Ultimate X-Men (2002)
#19
Spider-Man: Died in Your Arms Tonight (2009)
Amazing Spider-Man Family (2008)
#3
The Amazing Spider-Man (1999)
Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane: Sophomore Jinx (2009)
Spider-Man: Death and Dating (2009)
Ultimatum: X-Men / Fantastic Four (2009)
Ultimatum: Spider-Man Requiem (2009)
#2
Ultimatum: March on Ultimatum (2009)
Ultimatum: Requiem (2010)
Spider-Man: The Gauntlet (2010)
#3
Marvel Classic (2011)
#1
Spider-Man (2000)
Spider-Man: The Original Clone Saga (2011)
Ultimate Comics X: Origins (2011)
Superior Spider-Man (2013)
#17
Spider-Man 2099 (2015)
#1
Jessica Jones: Avenger (2016)
Spider-Man: Homecoming Prelude (2017)
Marvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko (2019)
Venom by Donny Cates (2019)
#2
Spider-Man aime Mary Jane (2020)
#1
Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (2021)
Amazing Spider-Man (2018)
Venom by Al Ewing & Ram V (2022)
#1
The Amazing Spider-Man (Penguin Classics Marvel Collection) (2022)
The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (2007)
Amazing Spider-Man No. 1 Facsimile Edition (2022)
Dark Web (2023)
#1
Gold Goblin (2023)
Red Goblin (2023)
Amazing Spider-Man by Zeb Wells (2023)
#4
Cult of Carnage: Misery (2023)
Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (2013)
Ultimate Invasion (2023)
Carnage Reigns (2023)
Captain Marvel: The Saga of Monica Rambeau (2023)
The Spectacular Spider-Men (2024)
#2
Carnage Règne (2024)
Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2023)
#9
Marvel Origins (2023)
Atos de Vingança (2024)
Venom War: Lethal Protectors (2024)
#1
Venom War: Venomous (2024)
Venom War (2024)
#2
Avengers Epic Collection (2013)
#13