The Amazing Spider-Man 1963 #3 Regular Edition - CGC 4.5 - $3100.00

When an experiment goes wrong, Otto Octavius gains control of his robotic arms and decides to take over an atomic facility, but Spider-Man stops him.

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• Spider-Man Versus Doctor Octopus - Spider-Man called "Super-Man" on pg 8; corrected in later reprintings; Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
• - House ad for Sgt. Fury (Marvel, 1963 series) #1 (May 1963) and Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #16 (July 1963). Includes cover repro of Sgt. Fury #1 and an illustration of Dr. Doom, likely drawn by Sol Brodsky.
• - First letters section. Letters from: Tom Jones, Jerome Haro, Fred Bronson, Bill Ryan, Frank Glen, Phil Leibfred, Buddy Saunders, Doug Arch, and Margaret Seth. Promo art of the new corner trademark featuring Spider-Man (the same one used on the cover). Steve Ditko was credited with the idea of the corner symbol in the letters section of Fantastic Four # 18. Spider's Web letters page logo designed and drawn by Ditko.