The Amazing Spider-Man #13 – Key Highlights
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Publisher: Marvel Comics
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Publication Date: June 1964
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Editor: Stan Lee
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Cover Pencils: Steve Ditko
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Cover Inks: Steve Ditko
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Story Script: Stan Lee
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Story Pencils: Steve Ditko
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Story Inks: Steve Ditko
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Lettering: Art Simek
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Pages: 36
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Original Cover Price: $0.12
🔥 Key Significance
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First appearance of Mysterio (Quentin Beck), one of Spider-Man's most recognizable and enduring villains.
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Introduces a master of illusion who uses deception and elaborate schemes to challenge Spider-Man.
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A classic early Silver Age Spider-Man issue featuring the creative partnership of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko.
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A desirable Marvel key that adds an important villain to Spider-Man's expanding rogues' gallery.
📖 Story Highlights
“The Menace of... Mysterio!” – 22 pages
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Script: Stan Lee
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Pencils: Steve Ditko
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Inks: Steve Ditko
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Letters: Art Simek
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Mysterio frames Spider-Man for a crime wave, turning public opinion against the wall-crawler. He then challenges Spider-Man to a dramatic showdown atop the Brooklyn Bridge.
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First appearance of Mysterio, identified in the supplied credits as Quentin Beck.
📌 Additional Details
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The cover is titled “Mysterio!”
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The story has been reprinted in:
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Marvel Tales #8
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Marvel Tales #151
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Marvel Masterworks #5
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Spider-Man Classics #14
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Essential Spider-Man #1
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Collector's Note: Amazing Spider-Man #13 delivers the debut of Mysterio, combining Ditko's distinctive artwork with a memorable villain introduction in one of the foundational early issues of Spider-Man's Silver Age run.
