The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (1963) · 1963
Inside the Fantastic Four’s trap.
Spider-Man faces the Fantastic Four inside a glass cylinder. Trace the landmark Kirby and Ditko composition through new paintings, character swaps and modern tributes.
The origin pointThe Amazing Spider-Man #1 (1963) · Jack Kirby (pencils); Steve Ditko (inks)
The original cover
The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (1963)
Spider-Man faces the Fantastic Four inside a glass cylinder. Trace the landmark Kirby and Ditko composition through new paintings, character swaps and modern tributes.
This catalog follows the original cover’s composition across published comics and announced editions. Trade dress, virgin, foil and sketch treatments are described in edition notes. Connecting sets identify their participating issues and panels.
Verified records have source support for the exact cover and target. Partial records retain attribution or edition gaps. Reprints, interior-scene homages, different targets and unresolved references are listed separately below.
March 1963 cover date; December 10, 1962 on-sale. Jack Kirby pencils, Steve Ditko inks. Image presentation: a clean digital reproduction of the original cover art.
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Research & releases · Reviewed October 19, 2026
New editions and open questions
Reviewed October 19, 2026: no independently confirmed future-dated 2026/2027 homage to the exact ASM #1 (1963) glass-cylinder cover was found. New release labels for other Spider-Man #1 compositions and reused product handles are not treated as additions.
Undisclosed print quantities, ambiguous credits and conflicting edition dates remain identified as unknown. This catalog can grow as publishers, artists and collectors provide new evidence.
Reprints, interior-scene homages and references (2)
- Marvel Tales #138
Confirmed original-cover artwork reprinted under Marvel Tales trade dress, not newly drawn homage. January 12, 1982 on-sale; April cover date. Direct and newsstand editions share the artwork.
Research source ↗ - The Amazing Spider-Man #1
Dallas Comic Con 2011 edition reproduces the original Kirby/Ditko cover beneath convention branding. Artwork visually compared with the original; kept as an original-art reprint reference.
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Research changes and source notes
- CL-ASM1-0001: Reference / related edition
Confirmed original-cover artwork reprinted under Marvel Tales trade dress, not newly drawn homage. January 12, 1982 on-sale; April cover date. Direct and newsstand editions share the artwork.
- CL-ASM1-0002: Cover homage
GCD cover record explicitly identifies the ASM #1 homage. Its on-sale date October 21, 1998 conflicts with LCG/Fandom October 28; retained as a documented one-week discrepancy. Cover A and newsstand share this drawing; Byrne Cover B is different art.
- CL-ASM1-0003: Reference / related edition
Dallas Comic Con 2011 edition reproduces the original Kirby/Ditko cover beneath convention branding. Artwork visually compared with the original; kept as an original-art reprint reference.
- CL-ASM1-0004: Cover homage
Zapp exclusive confirmed by edition-specific catalog and interview with the shop owner. Spider-Man and the Human Torch occupy the familiar cylinder composition, with Zapp staff replacing other figures. Staff identities not individually confirmed.
- CL-ASM1-0005: Cover homage
Dynamite publisher announcement explicitly names ASM #1 as the homage target; exact art signed after Ditko. Consolidates trade-dress, black-and-white and virgin editions; print quantities are not disclosed. Supporting Project Superpowers identities partly unresolved.
- CL-ASM1-0006: Cover homage
New painting on a facsimile reprint, counted because the cover artwork is newly drawn. Carnivore creator-retailer listing confirms trade-dress print run 3000 with numbered COA and delay from April 20 to July 27, 2022. Trade and virgin share artwork; virgin print run not independently confirmed.
- CL-ASM1-0007: Cover homage
Marvel announcement credits Vecchio homage variant and confirms November 1, 2023 on-sale. GCD explicitly identifies ASM #1. Spider-Man also appears as a small figure at lower right alongside Spider-Boy and Fantastic Four.
- CL-ASM1-0008: Cover homage
Exact GCD variant record confirms June 19, 2024 on-sale and Siqueira/Rosenberg cover credits. Different from the regular Siqueira cover. Features Venom with the Fantastic Four; Purple Man is story content, not a depicted cover figure.
- CL-ASM1-0009: Cover homage
MAJOR April 3, 2025 press release explicitly identifies this as an ASM #1 (1963) homage. Promotional image includes Spider-Man, Human Torch, Matt Cardona and Brian Myers, plus another retailer representative whose identity is unconfirmed. Artist signatures are visible but full credit remains unconfirmed. The current reused product handle advertises a different 2026 #1001 cover; its credit must not be applied to this 2025 edition. Clean single-cover scan remains pending; retained montage is source evidence only.
- CL-ASM1-0010: Cover homage
GCD identifies separate overlay and interior-cover artwork: Ramos, Townsend and Hi-Fi. January 2003 cover date conflicts with Marvel Database March 12 release; exact on-sale date unresolved. One artwork, not separate cards for the acetate layers.
- Secret Warps: Arachknight Annual #1 (2019): Interior-scene reference; not a cover addition
Fandom homage category identifies an interior panel, not the comic cover.
- Amazing Spider-Man #1 Whatnot Rob Liefeld facsimile: Different target
New Mutants #98 composition; reprinted ASM #1 story does not establish cover target.
- Amazing Spider-Man #1 Alex Ross2025: Different target
The artist’s store explicitly identifies Todd McFarlane’s Spider-Man #1 (1990), a different original cover.
- CollectMajor2026ASM#1001: Different cover
Current product replaces older2025handle and shows a wrestling-ring composition. Not carried into this exact1963cover lineage.
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