I am a second-generation Marvel fanboy. That means I wasn't there when the Fab 4, Spidey, and the rest of the assembled Marvel heroes first arrived. I jumped at the end of the split books. Steve Ditko had already left Marvel by the time I got there, and "King" Kirby was to leave in a few years as well. So, I soaked up that early Marvel magic in the reprint magazines such as Marvel Tales, Marvel Collectors' Item Classic, and the sundry annuals that began to become a key part of the summer. Here is a gallery of Spider-Man's earliest reprints. The first story was reprinted in the first 1964 annual edition of Marvel Tales.
More Spidey tales appeared in the back of Ditko's last bow with the character in an annual when he teamed up with Dr. Strange, Ditko's other co-creation.
In 1966 the second annual edition of MCIC saw print with more Spider-Man among many other things.
With its third issue Marvel Tales became a bi-monthly offering with Spider-Man as the lead with Thor, Ant-Man and the Human Torch helping out. The early volumes of the series offered up rather complicated covers which featured thumbnail images of the original comics. Below are the other issues with this type of cover.
Marvel Tales would adopt a new cover style with its eleventh issue. That's due up tomorrow.
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