Amazing Spider Man #1-3. Stan Lee, Steve Ditko. March-July 1963
Ok, I'm not going to write a synopsis on EVERY issue, but I will kind of write them intermittently just so I can keep up with what the hell I'm looking at..
This is Spider Man at his core. Not a whole lot of explaining his origin, Peter Parker was obviously Spider Man before this series began being published, but oh what the hay. In the advent of Mavel's infancy back in the early 60's, this looks like a pretty decent starting point. Spider Man sees poor Aunt May pawning her jewelry, so he goes out and battles various criminals and makes a little money. Meanwhile, J. Jonah Jameson, the ruthless publisher of The Daily Bugle, claims SM is a menace. Peter figures out he can basically take pictures of himself fighting crime, and sell them to Jameson for cash. In the course of these three issues, he fights some bad guys, tries to join the Fantastic Four, fights the Vulture, gets beaten by Doc Ock, and then after a very odd speech the ailing Human Torch gives to the high school (for some reason), gets the renewed spirit to go defeat him.
We're on to a pretty good start. A little hokey, but I doubt Stan planned for an audience of 35 year olds in 2013 to be reading it. Ok, Spidey. I accept your challenge. 697 issues to go!
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