Marvel by the Month

#006: August 1962 - "Spider-Man!"

Episode Summary

This is a big one, you guys. A Midtown High wallflower by the name of Peter Parker goes three minutes with Crusher Hogan, and Dr. Don Blake discovers a temporary cure for his extremely persistent lameness. Is this as good as Marvel Comics get? Maybe, but please keep listening anyway.

Episode Notes

Note: We started out by titling these episodes with the cover date (the date that's printed on the cover), but we switched to their newsstand dates (the dates they went on sale) around episode #50. The newsstand date for this episode is June 1962.

Reading List:

Amazing Fantasy #15

Journey Into Mystery #83

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