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The Essential Spider-Man#3
Cover: John Romita & John Romita
The Essential Spider-Man #3
“Where Crawls the Lizard!”
writer Stan Lee · artist John Romita · inker Mickey Demeo · letterer Sam Rosen · cover John RomitaJohn Romita
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Full credits
writer Stan Lee
artist John Romita
inker Mickey Demeo
letterer Sam Rosen
cover pencils John Romita
cover inks John Romita
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Fearing for his aunt's health and tired of being hounded by Jameson, Peter gives up being Spider-Man and concentrates on being a simple college student. A kid finds the discarded Spidey suit in the trash can and brings it to the Daily Bugle where Jonah proudly puts it on display. Pete's personal life starts looking up but crime increases as the Kingpin gathers the mob under his leadership. Feeling guilty about the crime wave, Peter remembers the lessons taught to him by his uncle's death and decides to become Spider-Man once again.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).