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Amazing Fantasy #15 (Comic Book)
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Amazing Fantasy #15 was the final issue in Marvel Comics' Anthology Comic Amazing (Adult) Fantasy and was released on June 5th, 1962 with a publishing date of August 1962. This issue is notable for containing the first appearance and origin story of one of Marvel's most iconic superheroes, Spider-Man, written and illustrated by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, with Jack Kirby serving as the co-illustrator on the cover of the comic.In the cover story "Spider-Man!", bullied teen prodigy Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider during a demonstration of atomic power at the science hall. He swiftly develops superhuman abilities similar to a spider, including the power to cling to walls, incredible agility and Super-Strength. Keeping his identity secret, he initially uses his powers to gain fame and fortune, as well as financially supporting his kindly Aunt May and Uncle Ben. Thus, Peter creates the costumed identity of Spider-Man. However, after appearing on television, Peter decides that he's tired of being pushed around and deliberately lets a robber flee into an elevator, deciding to only look out for himself from then on. That ends up costing Peter greatly, and he soon learns that with great power, there must also come... Well, you know the rest.While it wasn't enough to save Amazing Fantasy, Spider-Man proved to be such a hit with readers that he got his own ongoing title seven months later, and the rest is history.The issue also contains three other stories, "The Bell-Ringer!", "Man in the Mummy Case!" and "There Are Martians Among Us!". | |
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The Call Knows Where You Live: Spidey, in a moment of Acquired Situational Narcissism, lets a burglar run by cops that were chasing him — when he easily could've stopped him — because he thinks having superpowers means that nobody will ever get to push him around anymore after he's had a lifetime of being pushed around. A page later, and that burglar shoots his uncle dead. | |
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Heroic BSoD: Peter suffers a brief one when a policeman informs him of his uncle's murder, and the comic ends on a second one as he staggers home in the dark knowing that he could have prevented it. | |
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Death by Origin Story: Uncle Ben dies so Peter can learn a valuable lesson. | |
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Abandoned Warehouse | |
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Abandoned Warehouse: Spider-Man tracks down the man who killed Uncle Ben to an abandoned warehouse, where he is surrounded by police. | |
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Curb-Stomp Battle: There's his amateur wrestling match with Crusher Hogan. All it takes for Peter to win is carrying the big guy with one arm and climb up a pole, causing him to admit defeat. Once Spidey makes it to the Acme warehouse and surprises Ben's murderer, all it takes for the former to beat him is webbing up his gun and knocking him out with a single punch. | |
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Bittersweet Ending | |
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Bittersweet Ending: Peter catches his uncle's killer, only to find out it was the same crook he allowed to escape in a moment of selfishness. Realizing he was responsible for Uncle Ben's death, Peter leaves the crook for the police and sadly trudges away into the night. This tragedy will give the nascent superhero the initiative to use his powers to protect the people of New York City. | |
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Early Installment Character-Design Difference: The mask, which is usually separate from the rest of the costume, is shown to be attached to the shirt. Here, as in the rest of Ditko's run, Spider-Man's costume is red and black; black was often shown with blue highlights back in the four-color days. As the series progressed, the "highlights" slowly became the base color; John Romita's advent on the book entrenched that as canon. | |
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Happily Adopted | |
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Happily Adopted: Ben and May treat their young nephew like their own son, which Peter greatly appreciates in turn and partially drives his desire for fame as Spider-Man. This makes Ben's murder all the more tragic for him. | |
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Surprise Jump | |
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Surprise Jump: Feeling a bit woozy and disoriented after the spider bite, Peter nearly gets hit by a car, reflexively dodges, and finds himself clinging to the side of a wall on the other side of the street as his powers manifest themselves. | |
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It's All My Fault | |
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It's All My Fault: Upon learning that the man who killed Uncle Ben was the burglar Peter had let escape earlier... | |
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With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility | |
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With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: The Trope Namer, and the ultimate lesson Peter learns at the end of the story. | |
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The Reveal | |
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The Reveal: The man who shot Uncle Ben? Turns out he's the guy who Spider-Man could've stopped in a hallway, but chose not to. | |
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Origins Episode | |
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Origins Episode: For Spider-Man, explaining his personality, backstory and powers. | |
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Developing Doomed Characters | |
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Developing Doomed Characters: Uncle Ben obviously served as a Parental Substitute for Peter, always warmly greeting the kid and making sure he is happy. He even supports his nephew's scientific endeavors by buying him a new microscope he wanted. This makes his untimely demise, and Peter's reaction to it, all the more heartbreaking for readers. | |
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Small Role, Big Impact | |
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Small Role, Big Impact: The crook who killed Uncle Ben. Not even named here, and only showed up one other time, but Peter letting him get away and him killing Uncle Ben is what set Peter on the road to heroism. | |
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Took a Level in Jerkass | |
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Took a Level in Jerkass: Upon becoming Spider-Man and ending up an overnight sensation on television, Peter's selfishness and vindictiveness amplify. It gets to the point that he just lets a robber run off even though he could stop him. Naturally, this comes back to bite him. | |
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Laser-Guided Karma | |
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Laser-Guided Karma: Peter letting the burglar escape and brushing off the guard's What the Hell, Hero? moment ends up costing him his dear Uncle Ben. | |
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Accomplice by Inaction | |
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Accomplice by Inaction: As the guard notes, Spider-Man could have easily stopped the robber, even if only by tripping him up. Instead, Spidey stands back and watches the guy escape, allowing him to get away with his crimes. This comes back to bite as the man continues his criminal activities and eventually kills Ben while robbing the Parkers' place. | |
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Homage | |
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Homage: The scene of Peter crying and feeling guilty over what happened to Uncle Ben is framed very similarly to◊ a shot of a young Bruce Wayne crying after his parents have been murdered. | |
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Bystander Syndrome | |
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Bystander Syndrome: Peter develops a case of this after he gets his spider-powers, feeling that bothering to stop a burglar is a waste of his time, brushing off a guard angrily calling him out as the guard "pushing him around" like his high school bullies. This doesn't last long... | |
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Artistic License – Arachnids | |
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Artistic License – Arachnids: The narrator incorrectly refers to the radioactive spider that bit Peter as an insect, when in fact they are arachnids. | |
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Roaring Rampage of Revenge | |
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Roaring Rampage of Revenge: When the police officer tells Peter that the burglar is surrounded in the old Acme warehouse, Peter rushes home to put on his costume, raring to avenge his uncle. | |
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Teen Genius | |
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Teen Genius: The story instantly establishes Peter to be a near-prodigy in scientific matters; he makes his own web fluid and invents his iconic web-shooters once he starts creating his Spider-Man persona. | |
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What the Hell, Hero? | |
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What the Hell, Hero?: The security guard berates Spider-Man for not stopping the thief, especially when he definitely had the power to do so (even doing something as little as tripping him). Peter brushes him off, though he will soon regret doing so. | |
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Tragic Mistake | |
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Tragic Mistake: Peter doesn't intervene in a burglar's escape as he thinks it isn't his problem. Shortly thereafter, it becomes his problem as the next place the crook decides to burglarize is Peter's own house- and his Uncle Ben surprises the burglar and gets shot. | |
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Breakout Character | |
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Breakout Character: Spider-Man's popularity with readers instantly skyrocketed after this story. The character became so popular that Marvel gave him his own solo comic less than a year later, starting with a run written by the same writer/artist duo that's still well-known today, and then kickstarting his own multi-media franchise down the road. Indeed, Stan wasn't kidding when he said "a legend is born", as Spidey is still considered one of Marvel's flagship superheroes. | |
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Morality Pet: Aunt May and Uncle Ben both serve this role for Peter, who develops a selfish, egotistical side to him once he gains his spider-powers. | |
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