The Amazing Spider-Man #3 (Marvel, 1963) CGC NM+ 9.6 Off-white pages....
Auction amount: $144,000
Sold: Sep 12, 2021
The Amazing Spider-Man #3 Values
Publisher: Marvel, 1963
About The Amazing Spider-Man #3
Origin and first appearance of Doctor Octopus. First full-length Spider-Man story. Human Torch appearance. Steve Ditko cover, art, and Spider-Man pin-up page. Currently #25 on Overstreet's list of Top 50 Silver Age Comics.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Pencils: Steve Ditko (signed)
Inks: Steve Ditko (signed)
Colors: Stan Goldberg
Letters: Artie Simek
Reprints: Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #140 (June 1982)
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Doctor Octopus [Otto Octavius] (Introduction; Origin); Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Charlie (Burglar); J Jonah Jameson; Aunt May Parker; Flash Thompson; Liz Allen
Synopsis: 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.
Pages: 21.000
Script: Stan Lee
Pencils: Steve Ditko
Inks: Steve Ditko
Letters: John Duffy
Reprints: Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #1 (1965), | Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #140 (June 1982)
Notes: 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.
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic
CGC Census Report*
| Grade | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.0 | Total |
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Universal |
255 | 47 | 60 | 69 | 130 | 154 | 244 | 232 | 260 | 203 | 210 | 128 | 140 | 140 | 130 | 87 | 73 | 57 | 45 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2708 |
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Qualified |
9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 35 | 36 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169 |
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Signature Series |
20 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172 |
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Restored |
62 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 21 | 13 | 30 | 30 | 40 | 22 | 31 | 25 | 19 | 20 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 425 |
| Total | 346 | 62 | 78 | 88 | 159 | 178 | 308 | 307 | 358 | 254 | 268 | 168 | 176 | 176 | 162 | 112 | 94 | 69 | 59 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3476 |
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