Appearances
Featured Characters:
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Daily Bugle (First appearance)
- J. Jonah Jameson (First appearance)
- Betty Brant (First appearance)
Villains:
- Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- NYPD (First appearance)
- Unnamed Police Officer (First appearance)
Locations:
- Earth-6799 (First appearance)
- New York City, New York
- Manhattan
- Daily Bugle Building (First appearance)
- Manhattan
- New York City, New York
Items:
- Spider-Man's Web-Shooters (First appearance)
- Doctor Octopus' Tentacles (First appearance)
Vehicles:
Synopsis
Teenage photographer Peter Parker is sent by the Daily Bugle to investigate a series of mystery lights in a wooded area outside of the city, when a sudden landslide forces him to swerve off the road and land in a tree. Realizing he's in a precarious spot, Peter slides down in the driver's seat and out of sight, only to rise back up again as he finishes a quick change into Spider-Man. He lowers the car to the ground and finds the hidden entrance to a secret laboratory operated by his nemesis, Doctor Octopus, who captures the young hero and reveals his plan to blow up part of New York. Octopus has also sent a warning letter to the Daily Bugle about it, so that people can evacuate before the demonstration, but Jameson thinks it's just a crank letter. Betty Brant drives off to the place Peter was heading to, but she is also captured. Spider-Man manages to free both himself and Betty, then stops the nefarious villain in his tracks, saving the city from destruction.