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Marvel Comics   ·   Released Aug 8th, 1963

The Amazing Spider-Man #6

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"FACE-TO-FACE WITH THE LIZARD!"

When reports of a humanoid-lizard (naturally dubbed "The Lizard") come out of Florida, Daily Bugle publisher J. Jonah Jameson issues a challenge to Spider-Man: Defeat the Lizard. Hearing about this, Peter goes to see what Jameson's intentions are. He learns that Jameson only issued the challenge to sell more papers.  Later, while at the Natural History Museum with his classmates, Peter takes an express interest in the lizard exhibits. When crooks try to rob the museum and take Liz Allan, hostage, Peter slips away and changes into Spider-Man and comes to her rescue. Hearing another report of an attack by the Lizard in Florida, Peter decides to take Jameson's challenge. As Spider-Man, Peter pays Jameson a visit to take him up on his challenge, in the hopes that he'd send Peter Parker to Florida to take pictures of the event. The plot works, however, it backfires ever so slightly: Jameson himself is going to accompany the boy in order to supervise him.  When they arrive in Florida, Peter makes an excuse of needing to buy film for his camera to get away from Jameson. As Spider-Man, Peter checks out his only lead: Curtis Connors, a resident expert on lizards. However, when he arrives at the Connors home, Spider-Man learns from Curt's wife that her husband is the Lizard: He was trying to find a way to allow humans to grow back limbs. Since Connors had lost his arm in the war, he used himself as a guinea pig on the project. While his arm grew back, the side effects of the serum he created caused him to transform into the Lizard.  The Lizard then attacks the Connors home, and Spider-Man defends them. He then works in Connors' lab to create an antidote for the serum, in the hopes that it can change Connors back to normal. Going into the swamp to find the Lizard, he finds him and his army of obedient reptiles in an old castle. Setting up his camera to take pictures, Spider-Man battles the Lizard and eventually slips him the antidote which changes the Lizard back into his human form.  Connors thanks Spider-Man for his help, and they all decide to keep mum about the fact that Connors was the Lizard, as he had no control over what he did while in that form. Returning to a furious Jameson as Peter Parker, when Peter offers him the pictures (Which he said he bought off a local) Jameson dismisses them as fakes and tears them up. He then tells Parker that this dud of a trip is coming out of his future pay.  Returning back to New York, Peter tries his luck getting a date with Liz Allan, which ends with her hanging up on him because she is expecting a call from that dreamy Spider-Man. As a round-up to his adventure to Florida, Peter sends Jameson a mocking letter to the Bugle.

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Page Count
32 pages
Cover Price
$0.12
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The Amazing Spider-Man #6 Wal-Mart Mini Comic Reprint

Creators

Stan Lee
Writer, Editor
Stan Lee
Steve Ditko
Artist, Cover Artist
Steve Ditko
Stan Goldberg
Colorist
Stan Goldberg
Artie Simek
Letterer
Artie Simek

Characters

Betty Brant
Betty Brant
Earth-616
Billy Connors
Billy Connors
Earth-616
Flash Thompson
Flash Thompson
Earth-616
J. Jonah Jameson
J. Jonah Jameson
Earth-616
Liz Allan
Liz Allan
Earth-616
Lizard
Curt Connors
Lizard
Earth-616
Martha Connors
Martha Connors
Earth-616
May Parker-Jameson
May Parker-Jameson
Earth-616
Spider-Man
Peter Parker
Spider-Man
Earth-616

Key Events

First Appearance
Curt Connors as Lizard Earth-616
First Appearance
Martha Connors Earth-616
First Appearance
Billy Connors Earth-616

Collected In

  • Amazing Spider-Man: Secret Origins TP
    Amazing Spider-Man: Secret Origins TP
    Amazing Spider-Man: Secret Origins (2012)
  • Essential Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1
    Essential Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1
    Essential Spider-Man
  • Essential Spider-Man Vol. 1 TP
    Essential Spider-Man Vol. 1 TP
    Essential Spider-Man
  • Marvel Comics Series: The Amazing Spider-Man
    Marvel Comics Series: The Amazing Spider-Man
    Marvel Comics Series (1977 - 1979)
  • Marvel Masterworks Vol. 1 HC
    Marvel Masterworks Vol. 1 HC
    Marvel Masterworks Vol. 1 (1987 - 1993)
  • Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 TP
    Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 TP
    Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (1987)
  • Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 HC
    Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 HC
    Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (1987)
  • Marvel Tales #143
    Marvel Tales #143
    Marvel Tales Vol. 2 (1964 - 1994)
  • Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 - With Great Power… GN TP
    Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 - With Great Power… GN TP
    Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (2021)
  • Spider-Man Collectible Series #12
    Spider-Man Collectible Series #12
    Spider-Man Collectible Series (2006 - 2007)
  • Spider-Man Collectible Series #13
    Spider-Man Collectible Series #13
    Spider-Man Collectible Series (2006 - 2007)
  • The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 1 HC
    The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 1 HC
    The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 (1963 - 1998)
  • The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 1 HC 2016 Printing
    The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 1 HC 2016 Printing
    The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 (1963 - 1998)
  • The Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection: Great Power TP
    The Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection: Great Power TP
    The Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (2013)
  • The Marvel Comics Library: Spider-Man - 1962-1964 HC vol. 01
    The Marvel Comics Library: Spider-Man - 1962-1964 HC vol. 01
    The Marvel Comics Library (2022)

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