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The Essential Spider-Man#1
Cover: Nghia Lam & Jason Rodriguez
The Essential Spider-Man #1
“Spider-Man!”
writer Stan Lee · artist Steve Ditko · inker Steve Ditko · letterer Art Simek · cover Nghia LamJason Rodriguez
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Full credits
writer Stan Lee
artist Steve Ditko
inker Steve Ditko
letterer Art Simek
cover pencils Nghia Lam
cover inks Jason Rodriguez
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Peter has the 24 hour flu when Doc Ock captures Betty Brant in hopes of luring Spider-Man into battle. Ock beats the under the weather web-head and unmasks him, but everyone thinks it is just Peter trying to be brave by impersonating Spidey. Once he has recovered, Spider-Man battles through the wild animals Ock has released from the zoo to take on old six-arms himself.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).