The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #5 (Marvel, 1968) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages....
Auction amount: $4,182.50
Sold: Aug 9, 2014
The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #5 Values
Publisher: Marvel, 1968
About The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #5
First appearance of Peter Parker's parents. Fantastic Four and Red Skull appearances. John Romita Sr. cover. Marie Severin, Larry Lieber, and Mike Esposito art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; May Parker; Ben Parker; Mary Jane Watson; Gwen Stacy; Harry Osborn; Flash Thompson; Captain George Stacy; John Jameson; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Betty Brant; Frederick Foswell
Pencils: John Romita (signed)
Inks: John Romita (signed)
Letters: Artie Simek ?
Reprints: Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #22 (1979), | Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #264 (August 1992)
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Richard Parker (introduction in flashback; death; Spider-Man's Dad); Mary Parker (introduction in flashback; death; Spider-Man's Mom); Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Aunt May Parker; Uncle Ben Parker (flashback); Red Skull [Albert Malik]; Sandor (introduction); the Finisher (introduction, dies); Ahab; Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]]
Synopsis: Peter learns the truth about his parents. First, he believes them to be traitors working for the Nazi villain Red Skull, but in the end he finds that they were double agents and is able to exonerate them.
Pages: 40.000
Script: Stan Lee
Pencils: Larry Lieber; John Romita (see notes)
Inks: Mike Esposito [as Mickey Demeo]
Letters: Artie Simek
Reprints: Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #265 (September 1992), | Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #264 (August 1992)
Notes: John Romita wrote that he worked very closely, page by page, with Larry Lieber, in laying out the story and assisting with the pencils, on this issue.
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 |
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 37 | 40 | 51 | 50 | 52 | 50 | 89 | 69 | 62 | 58 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 666 |
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Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
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Restored |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 33 | 41 | 48 | 59 | 56 | 63 | 56 | 94 | 74 | 63 | 62 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 743 |
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