SLAM, BAM! Steve Ditko’s Comics World Revealed At PBA Galleries

Spider-Man’s First Appearance Comic Swings High
Amazing Fantasy #15 featured the first appearance of Spider-Man, pedigree enough to swing it to $228,000. Here, Ditko strayed far from superhero conventions, replacing stalky heroes with unassuming protagonists like Peter Parker, Spider-Man’s alter ego.
Review by W.A. Demers
BERKELEY, CALIF. — Amazing Fantasy #15 featuring the first appearance of Spider-Man vaulted to $228,000, going to a Virginia collector, at PBA Galleries&rsquo