The Amazing Spider-Man #19 (Spidey Strikes Back!) Marvel Comics December 1964 (Good)

Description

The Daily Bugle continues its editorials on Spider-Man being washed up, but Spider-Man comes out of nowhere and rounds up bank robbers. As J Jonah Jameson learns the news, he takes his frustration outside, where Sandman and the Enforcers capture the Human Torch. As Peter Parker walks home from another day at school, he sees Fancy Dan. Suspecting something sinister might be afoot, Spider-Man follows him and fights them at their hideout, but as the police show up, The Enforcers flee. Peter turns up at the Daily Bugle, and Betty Brant introduces him to a reporter, Ned Leeds. Peter approves of Ned, much to her surprise. Meanwhile, Human Torch has been trapped in a glass jar at another hideout with just enough air to breathe but not enough to flame on and escape. Spider-Man learns from Louie, the stool pigeon, that Sandman plans to use the Human Torch as bait to lure Spider-Man into his trap. As Spider-Man descends, he sees The Human Torch playing ball with Sandman and the Enforcers and finally rolls into the glass jar, setting the Human Torch free. The Enforcers are rounded up, but Human Torch and Spider-Man get tangled in Spidey’s webbing. Sandman runs away but gets caught shortly after by two policemen. Later, a mysterious figure follows Peter home from school and reports on the surveillance to a second mysterious figure in a green robe.

• Publisher: Marvel
• Issue: #19
• Published: 10 December 1964
• Cover Price: 0.12 USD
• Writer: Stan Lee
• Penciler: Steve Ditko
• Inker: Steve Ditko
• Letterers: Sam Rosen
• Editor: Stan Lee
• Page Count: 36 pages

Notes:

• The Human Torch mentions the previous battle he was in (Strange Tales #127) when he and the Thing battled the ‘Mystery Villain’.
• Liz Allan reminds Flash that he was mad at her for telling Peter he was going out dressed like Spider-Man (Amazing Spider-Man #18).
• The type of camera that Spider-Man uses in this story should be considered a topical reference per the Sliding Timescale of Earth-616.
• The mysterious figure watching Peter Parker is MacDonald Gargan and the mysterious figure receiving the reports is J. Jonah Jameson.
• The exact image of Spider-Man swinging on his web line on page 13, panel 4 is reused in Fantastic Four Annual #3, page 14, panel 4.
• First appearance of Richard Wormly, MacDonald ‘Mac’ Gargan (who becomes the Scorpion in The Amazing Spider-Man #20), Louie, and Midtown Bank.

Condition:

• 4.0 G+ Good+
  • Raw Comic(s)
  • Bagged and Boarded
  • Grading notes: The pages are slightly yellowed. The spine is intact, not rolled, with minor damage to the top and bottom. There are no loose pages, and the staples are good.