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The Amazing Spider-Man #12 cover
Cover: Steve Ditko

The Amazing Spider-Man #12

May 1964 · Marvel · 0.12 USD
📊 ~105,458 copies sold its debut month
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“Unmasked by Dr. Octopus!”

In "Unmasked by Dr. Octopus!", Peter Parker is hit hard by the 24-hour flu when Dr. Octopus kidnaps Betty Brant, using her as bait to lure Spider-Man into a trap. With the web-slinger weakened and unprepared, Doc Ock overpowers him, revealing his identity—only for the public to dismiss the truth, thinking Peter’s just pretending. Once recovered, Spider-Man must face off against the mad scientist’s chaos, battling wild animals unleashed from the zoo in a desperate fight to stop Ock’s latest scheme. Written by Stan Lee and illustrated with sharp, iconic precision by Steve Ditko, with colors by Stan Goldberg and letters by Art Simek, the cover by Ditko captures the moment of revelation with chilling clarity.

writer Stan Lee · artist, inker Steve Ditko · colorist Stan Goldberg · letterer Art Simek · cover Steve Ditko

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (VG) $208
CGC 9.8 · 5 in census $28,069
CGC 9.6 · 8 in census $9,960
CGC 9.4 · 28 in census $4,766
CGC 9.2 · 35 in census $2,991
CGC 9.0 · 65 in census $2,101
CGC 8.5 · 95 in census $1,619
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CGC 8.0 · 140 in census $1,341
CGC 7.5 · 148 in census $983
CGC 7.0 · 147 in census $809
CGC 6.5 · 189 in census $560
CGC 6.0 · 161 in census $560
CGC 5.5 · 152 in census $477
CGC 5.0 · 195 in census $398
CGC 4.5 · 221 in census $380
CGC 4.0 · 223 in census $306
CGC 3.5 · 178 in census $261
CGC 3.0 · 152 in census $249
CGC 2.5 · 98 in census $213
CGC 2.0 · 53 in census $177
CGC 1.5 · 26 in census $151
CGC 1.0 · 13 in census $110*
CGC 0.5 · 31 in census $96*
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Full credits

writer Stan Lee
artist, inker Steve Ditko
colorist Stan Goldberg
letterer Art Simek
cover pencils, inks Steve Ditko

Reprints

Reprinted in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #3 (1966), Pow! #26 (1967), Demonen #1/1969 (1969), O Homem-Aranha #8 (1969), Marvelserien #37 (1970), Hit Comics #136 (1970), Marvel #6 (1970), Marvel #7 (1970), Strange #10 (1970), Spider-Man Comics Weekly #4 (1973), Die Spinne #14 (1974), The Amazing Spider-Man #2 (81444) (1978), Une Aventure de l'Araignée #9 (1980), El Hombre Araña / El Asombroso Hombre Araña #11 (1980), Marvel Tales #149 (1983), The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #13 (1986), Marvel Masterworks #5 (1988), Σπάιντερ Μαν [Spider-Man] #396 (1988), Spider-Man Classic #7 (1994), Spider-Man Classics #13 (1994), The Essential Spider-Man #1 (1996), Spider-Man Komplett #12 (1999), Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man #2 (2002), Spiderman: Stan Lee y Steve Ditko #1 (2002) + 24 more

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