Comics:Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 20

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"The Coming of the Scorpion! OR: Spidey Battles Scorpey!"

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Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 #20
January, 1965

Cover Artists

Steve Ditko

Writers

Stan Lee

Pencilers

Steve Ditko

Inkers

Steve Ditko

Letterers

Sam Rosen

Editors

Stan Lee

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Featured Characters:

• Spider-Man (Peter Parker)

Supporting Characters:

• May Reilly Parker (Aunt May)
• J. Jonah Jameson
• Betty Brant
• Flash Thompson
• Liz Allan

Villains:

• Scorpion (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Ned Leeds
• Doctor Farley Stillwell (First and only known appearance to date).
• Peter Parker's High School Classmates

Locations:

• Aunt May's House
• Daily Bugle Building

Items:

• Spider-Man's Web-Shooters

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "The Coming of the Scorpion! OR: Spidey Battles Scorpey!"

As Pete walks home from school, his Spider-Sense tells him that someone is following him home and he tries to figure out who, but comes up empty. Meanwhile J. Jonah Jameson is at The Daily Bugle and sees an article about a scientist who can create artificial mutations in animals. Jameson realizes he can use this to get rid of Spider-Man. We learn that the person following Peter actually is private investigator Mac Gargan, hired by J. Jonah Jameson to figure how he gets pictures of Spider-Man. Both Gargan and Jameson visit the laboratory of Dr. Farley Stillwell as Jameson offers the doctor $10,000 to mutate Mac Gargan stronger than Spider-Man. After the transformation, the doctor outfits Mac with a scorpion outfit, complete with an incredibly deadly tail. As Spider-Man decides to revisit The Daily Bugle to investigate, as he leaves, he's attacked by Scorpion. Back at the lab, we see Dr. Stillwell realizing the awful mistake he's made, and figures out that Mac Gargan will lose himself and become more evil as time goes on. Spider-Man and Scorpion are fighting, and Spider-Man gets his own webbing thrown back at him and lays defeated. Scorpion elated with his victory, defies Jameson and runs away to start his money-making crime spree. Dr. Stillwell catches up with Scorpion and tries to cure him with, and in desperation climbs up a building after him but loses his grip and falls to his death. Scorpion and Spider-Man continue to trade blows when Spider-Man gets knocked down again and hears Betty Brant scream. Scorpion knows that J. Jonah Jameson is the only person alive to know his true identity and realizes he must kill him as well. Spider-Man defeats Scorpion but J. Jonah Jameson comes out as the hero for catching Scorpion in his office with no one knowing his true origin.

Notes

• Farley Stillwell's brother, Dr. Harlan Stillwell, appears in Amazing Spider-Man Annual #10, where he creates the Fly.
• This issue is reprinted in Amazing Spider-Man # 3 (Pocket Books).

Trivia

• No trivia.

See Also

• Discuss Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 20 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the Amazing Spider-Man series

Recommended Reading

• Spider-Man last appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #19; He appears next in Untold Tales of Spider-Man #23.
• The Scorpion last appeared as MacDonald Gargan in Amazing Spider-Man #19; He appears next in Amazing Spider-Man #29.

Links and References

• http://www.alaph.com/spiderman/back_issues/asm020.html
• http://www.spiderfan.org/comics/reviews/spiderman_amazing/020.html
• http://www.samruby.com/AmazingSpider-ManA/amazing_spiderman_020.htm