Spider-Man: Chapter One Vol 1 1

	Published
	December, 1998
"Bitter Lesson"
	Writer John Byrne; Penciler John Byrne; Inker John Byrne; Colourist John Kalisz; Letterer John Byrne; Editor Ralph Macchio;

My fault... all my fault... because I didn't stop that punk when I could have! Now Uncle Ben is dead! He's dead!!!

-- Spider-Man (Peter Parker) cried

Appearing in "Bitter Lesson"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

Other Characters:

Richard Parker (Only appearance)^[1] (Only in flashback)
Mary Parker (Only appearance)^[1] (Only in flashback)
Sally Avril (Only appearance)^[1] (Only in flashback)
Stephen Hawking (Mentioned) (Topical reference)
Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) (First appearance)
Captain Harrigan (Only appearance)^[1]
Tiffany (Mentioned)
Crusher Hogan (Only appearance)^[1] (Only in flashback)
Agent Max (Max Shiffman) (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
Fantastic Four (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (Mentioned)
- Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (First appearance) (Cameo)
- The Thing (Ben Grimm) (First appearance) (Cameo)
X-Men (Only appearance)^[1] (Cameo)
- Professor X (Charles Xavier) (Only appearance)^[1] (Cameo)
- Cyclops (Scott Summers) (Only appearance)^[1] (Cameo)
- Beast (Hank McCoy) (Only appearance)^[1] (Cameo)
Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange) (Only appearance)^[1] (Cameo)
Wong (Only appearance)^[1] (Cameo)
Doctor Bruce Banner (First appearance) (Cameo)
Rick Jones (Only appearance)^[1] (Cameo)
Cindy Crawford (Mentioned) (Topical reference)
Tom Cruise (Mentioned) (Topical reference)
Anna May-Watson (First appearance)

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Locations:

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Spider-Man's origin is reimagined!

Peter Parker develops the strength and agility of a spider, when an experiment conducted by Doctor Octavius goes awry in "Bitter Lesson."

The cover is homage to Amazing Fantasy #15, the first appearance of Spider-Man.