Official Index to the Marvel Universe #1 Errata / Spider-Man
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:03 pm
I’ve been meaning to do a list of the misplacements, omissions and errors of the Spider-Man portion of the Index but I’ve come to realize that I’ll never do it if I wait to finish reviewing all the issues to then write the findings down in one sitting, time is not generous to me anymore. What I’ll do is keep updating the list as I check every few issues. Please know that this is by no means something I do to disrespect or diminish the work of those involved in the Index, on the contrary it is just a humble effort to contribute to it.
In green are all additions, in red are appearances that I think should be removed and in blue are explanations or notes. Here goes:
AMAZING FANTASY # 15
FEATURE CHARACTER: Spider-Man (… 1st but chr last in AF # 17, ’96 fb… also in … SenSM #23, '98 fb, ASM Ann # 25/2, '91 fb; PPSSM # 189/2, '92 fb; also & next in AF # 15/7&10, ’06, PPSM # 60/2, ’81… next in ASM # 400/3, '95… (SpSM # 1, '03) SpSMag # 1/2, '68, SMU # 10, '95 fb; ASMF # 3, '09, AF # 17-18, '96 … TWOS # 2, ’01 fb, PPSM Ann ’01)
SUPPORTING CHARACTERS: Benjamin “Ben” Parker (… 1st but chr last in ASM Ann # 1, '64 fb, chr also in PPSM # 33, '01 fb, SM: PL, '89, ASM # 38, '02 fb, ASM # 200, '80 fb, W:TS # 12, '99 fb, SenSM # 23, '97 fb, ASM Ann # 25/2, '91 fb (the MCP has all these issues slightly out of order, this is how it should look, also the fb to Ben leaving the house after an argument with May occurs in ASM # 38, '02, not # 37 as the MCP states), next in ASM # 500, ‘03), May Reilly Parker (… chr last in ASM # 370/2, '92 fb… chr also in PPSM # 33, '01 fb, ASM # 38, '02 fb, ASM # 200, ’80 fb, PPSSM # 189/2, '92 fb, SM:PL '89, chr next in ASM # 400/3, '95)… Elizabeth “Liz” Allan (… 1st but chr last in MKSM # 9, ’05 fb (I can’t find this fb) AF # 17, '96 fb, chr next in (AF # 17, '96 fb) SM: PL, '89, name unrevealed here, first name revealed in PPSSM Ann # 3, ’81, short name in ASM # 4, ’63, last name in ASM # 5, ’63…) …
VILLAIN: The Burglar (… 1st, chr also in ASM # 200, ’80 fb, chr next in…)
OTHER CHARACTERS: … Seymour O’Reilly (… 1st but chr last in AF #17,’96 fb…) … Dr. Eric Schwinner (GenTech scientist, name unrevealed here, 1st, next in SM:Final Adventure # 1, '95), Anna Watson (bts, chr last in ASM # 259, '84 fb, chr also in SM:PL '89, chr next in UTOS # 16, '96, next in ASM # 15, '64) (she should get a behind the scenes appearance this issue as she is the neighbor that is said to be helping May after Ben was shot, as revealed in SM:PL '89)…
NOTE: … Seymour O’Reilly’s first name revealed in ASM # 17, ’64, last name in MKSM #8, ’05… Dr. Schwinner's name revealed in SM:Final Adventure # 1, '95.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN # 1
FEATURE CHARACTER: Spider-Man (also in FF Ann # 1/2, '63)
SUPPORTING CHARACTERS: Liz Allan (chr last in (AF # 18, ’96) ASMF # 3, '09)… John Jonah Jameson (… chr next in PPSSM # 225, ’95 fb (the scene on this flashback with Jonah looking at Peter's photos is also depicted in ASM # 2 but there we only see their silhouettes whereas in the fb we see a closer take; the captions are almost the same so this should qualify better as an also in appearance for both characters in the following issue, so I've made the appropriate changes) UTOS # 12, '96 fb (more on this below)), May Parker (chr last in (AF # 18, ’96 fb) PPSM Ann ’01)
2ND STORY
GUEST STARS: Fantastic Four (… also in FF Ann # 1/2, '63)…Thing (… chr next inFF # 520, '05 fb…)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN # 2
FEATURE CHARACTER: Spider-Man (chr also in PPSSM # 225, ’95 fb)
SUPPORTING CHARACTERS: J. Jonah Jameson (chr also in PPSSM # 225, ’95 fb) (chr next in SMU # 18, '97 fb) (if this one panel fb is not the same scene as ASM #3 5:8 then why isn’t Peter also having an appearance since he also appears there? Personally I think this should be removed because it doesn't add anything new), Eleonore Brant (Jameson's secretary, name unrevealed here, 1st, chr last & next in UTOS # 12, '96) Betty Brant (1st but chr last in UTOS # 12, '96 fb, name unrevealed here) (I'm going to make a case for this being the first appearance for Betty instead of her mother's, normally in cases like this I would leave things like they stand but based on the evidence I'll make an exception. Let's see, the hair style and hair color of the character in question are the same as Betty's in ASM # 4, not grey as Eleonore's in UTOS # 12 fb, we see a young looking face instead of an old one, she is not wearing glasses as Eleonore in the fb. Betty gets the job at the Bugle sometime after ASM # 1 as we can deduce by the framed Daily Bugle front page from that issue hanging on the wall as she sees a secretary quit on Jameson in UTOS # 12 fb, so her mother has been in the hospital for a while by this point but there's no evidence that her accident happens after ASM # 2. Placing Betty's first day at the Bugle here gives also an appearance to Jameson as noted above on his entry for ASM # 1)... Flash Thompson (chr last in ASMF # 3, '09)...
NOTES: …(Eleonore Brant's full name revealed in OHMU:SM '07) Betty Brant's last name revealed in ASM # 4, '63, first name in ASM # 5, '63.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN # 3
FEATURE CHARACTER: Spider-Man (also in …, next in Alias # 23, '03 fb)
SUPPORTING CHARACTERS: J. Jonah Jameson (also in SMU # 18, '97 fb) (same reason as in ASM # 2, same panel flashback) … Flash Thompson (chr next in Alias # 23, '03 fb), Liz Allan
VILLAIN: … Charles "Charlie" H. Buchanan (as noted by Paul B. in a previous post) (formal name unrevealed here) and his two criminal associates (1st)
OTHER CHARACTERS: Dr. Kevin Hunt (only app, name unrevealed here)…
NOTE: Charlie's last name revealed in SM # 39, '93, formal first name and middle initial in SM # 40, '93, Dr. Hunt's name revealed in SMU # 18, '97
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN # 4
SUPPORTING CHARACTERS: Betty Brant (1st but chr last in UTOS # 12, '96 fb, 1st name unrevealed here) (see comments for issue # 2) …
VILLAIN: Sandman (… chr next BTS (he is not BTS in FNSM Ann # 1, he does appears there) in FNSM Ann # 1, '07 …), Charlie Buchanan (next in SM # 38, '93 fb) and his two criminal associates
OTHER CHARACTERS: Principal Davis (1st but chr last in ASMF # 3, '09, next in …), Jessica Jones (classmate, 1st (as revealed in ASM # 601/2, '09), chr last and next in Alias # 23, '03 fb (between pages 14 and 15, after she gets back to school from her coma but before capturing the Scorpion)), Seymour O'Reilly …
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN # 5
FEATURE CHARACTER: Spider-Man (next in … (ASM # 38, '02 fb) SM # 38, '93 fb…)
SUPPORTING CHARACTERS: … Flash Thompson (…), Liz Allan, May Parker…
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN # 6
SUPPORTING CHARACTERS: … Flash Thompson, May Parker (both chr next in UTOS # 1, '95), Liz Allan, Betty Brant (all four chr next in UTOS # 1, '95)
VILLAIN: The Lizard (… chr last in PPSSM #238, '96 fb…)
OTHER CHARACTERS: Martha connors (…), William "Billy" Connors (1st for both, chr last in PPSSM # 238, '96 fb…)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN # 7
FETURE CHARACTER: Spider-Man (next in FNSM # 5, '06 (The Vulture is in prison from ASM # 2 to ASM # 7 and Peter is in Senior high and wearing glasses in FNSM # 5 (Flash also appears) so they must appear there before ASM # 8. Since we don't see the Vulture taken back to prison at the end of ASM # 7 he probably manages to get free from Spidey's webbing and then fight him again in FNSM # 5), IM: IA # 2, '98 …)
SUPPORTING CHARACTERS: J. Jonah Jameson, May Parker (both chr next in UTOS # 3, '95, next in ASM # 9, '64), Betty Brant (all three chr next in UTOS # 3, '95, next in ASM # 9, '64), Flash Thompson (chr next in S/SM # 1, '01 fb) (Flash is given an appearance in this fb and Peter isn't even though he is in the same scene, not that it matters in this case. I'm guessing the reasoning to place this fb here was that Peter's glasses break in ASM # 8 and they look intact in this fb, although he is not wearing them. Well, the placement is wrong: The Sentry tells Spider-Man that the Void has been working with the Kingpin and Spidey knows the Kingpin better than most; by the time of ASM # 7-8 Spider-Man hasn't even met the Kingpin yet. The flashbacks in S/SM # 1 happen at two or three different instances in time; the first with Doc Ock fighting Spidey while being followed by the Sentry and probably the following day, where Flash appears; the second instance "months" later with the Sentry showing up at Peter's house, we see the unbroken glasses here, to recruit Spidey's help against the Void and the Kingpin and the following dawn with Peter being the first to photograph the Sentry; and probably a third segment the following days or weeks with Robert Reynolds revealed as the Sentry with Peter's picture and Peter attending the Pulitzer's. So, with that in mind we'll leave placement of these flashbacks for when we get to later issues and find more appropriate places for them given the clues at hand) (chr next in FNSM # 5, '06), Liz Allan (chr next in UTOS # 3, '95, all five chr last in UTOS # 2, '95) (At this point I'm a little confused as to what criteria is being used to determine when to list a "last in" appearance for supporting characters, I've noticed they list them sometimes and some other times they don't; I know they omit them if the previous appearance was a few issues earlier in the same series but in most cases they omit them even if there was a "chr last in" appearance. If somebody can clarify that for me I would appreciate it, I would hate to be pointing out something as an omission when it was meant to be that way in the first place)
VILLAIN: Vulture (… chr next in (UTOS # 5, '96) FNSM # 5, '06, next in …)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN # 8
FEATURE CHARACTER: Spider-Man (also in PP:SM # 20, '00 fb (if the Living Brain is given an appearance for the scene on this flashback so should Spidey), next in UTOS # 4 ('96) '95…)
SUPPORTING CHARACTERS: … Liz Allan (chr next in UTOS # ( 3, '96) 4, '95) (by the way, the MCP makes the same mistake placing Liz Allan's appearance in UTOS # 3 after her appearance in ASM # 8)…
VILLAIN: The Living Brain (… chr next in PP:SM # 20, '00 fb, next in …), two unnamed technicians (chr next in PP:SM # 20, '00 fb)
2nd STORY
OTHER CHARACTERS: The Thing (next in ST # 129, '65), Invisible Girl, Mr. Fantastic (all last in FF # 34, '65, chr next in UTOS Ann '96, latter two next in Av # 13), Doris "Dorrie" Evans (chr next in ST # 129, '65)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN # 9
SUPPORTING CHARACTERS: Betty Brant, J. Jonah Jameson (…), May Parker (all three chr last in UTOS # 4, '95) …
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN # 10
SUPPORTING CHARACTERS: Flash Thompson (chr also in UTOS # 5-7, '96, chr next in UTOS # 8, '96), May Parker (both chr next in UTOS # 5, '96) (chr also in UTOS # 5, '96), Liz Allan (chr next in UTOS # 5, '96, chr also in UTOS # 5-7, '96, next in ASM # 12, '64), Betty Brant (chr next in UTOS # 6, '96), J. Jonah Jameson (…), (both chr last in UTOS # 7, '96) (at this point I can tell that they are not listing chr last in appearances for May, Liz, Flash, Betty or Jameson but they are doing it for every other character which seems weird to me, so for the sake of consistency I am going to keep pointing out their chr last in appearances as omissions)
VILLAINS: The Big Man (… 1st but chr last in UTOS # 4, '95, chr also as Foswell in UTOS # 7, '96, next …) …
In green are all additions, in red are appearances that I think should be removed and in blue are explanations or notes. Here goes:
AMAZING FANTASY # 15
FEATURE CHARACTER: Spider-Man (… 1st but chr last in AF # 17, ’96 fb… also in … SenSM #23, '98 fb, ASM Ann # 25/2, '91 fb; PPSSM # 189/2, '92 fb; also & next in AF # 15/7&10, ’06, PPSM # 60/2, ’81… next in ASM # 400/3, '95… (SpSM # 1, '03) SpSMag # 1/2, '68, SMU # 10, '95 fb; ASMF # 3, '09, AF # 17-18, '96 … TWOS # 2, ’01 fb, PPSM Ann ’01)
SUPPORTING CHARACTERS: Benjamin “Ben” Parker (… 1st but chr last in ASM Ann # 1, '64 fb, chr also in PPSM # 33, '01 fb, SM: PL, '89, ASM # 38, '02 fb, ASM # 200, '80 fb, W:TS # 12, '99 fb, SenSM # 23, '97 fb, ASM Ann # 25/2, '91 fb (the MCP has all these issues slightly out of order, this is how it should look, also the fb to Ben leaving the house after an argument with May occurs in ASM # 38, '02, not # 37 as the MCP states), next in ASM # 500, ‘03), May Reilly Parker (… chr last in ASM # 370/2, '92 fb… chr also in PPSM # 33, '01 fb, ASM # 38, '02 fb, ASM # 200, ’80 fb, PPSSM # 189/2, '92 fb, SM:PL '89, chr next in ASM # 400/3, '95)… Elizabeth “Liz” Allan (… 1st but chr last in MKSM # 9, ’05 fb (I can’t find this fb) AF # 17, '96 fb, chr next in (AF # 17, '96 fb) SM: PL, '89, name unrevealed here, first name revealed in PPSSM Ann # 3, ’81, short name in ASM # 4, ’63, last name in ASM # 5, ’63…) …
VILLAIN: The Burglar (… 1st, chr also in ASM # 200, ’80 fb, chr next in…)
OTHER CHARACTERS: … Seymour O’Reilly (… 1st but chr last in AF #17,’96 fb…) … Dr. Eric Schwinner (GenTech scientist, name unrevealed here, 1st, next in SM:Final Adventure # 1, '95), Anna Watson (bts, chr last in ASM # 259, '84 fb, chr also in SM:PL '89, chr next in UTOS # 16, '96, next in ASM # 15, '64) (she should get a behind the scenes appearance this issue as she is the neighbor that is said to be helping May after Ben was shot, as revealed in SM:PL '89)…
NOTE: … Seymour O’Reilly’s first name revealed in ASM # 17, ’64, last name in MKSM #8, ’05… Dr. Schwinner's name revealed in SM:Final Adventure # 1, '95.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN # 1
FEATURE CHARACTER: Spider-Man (also in FF Ann # 1/2, '63)
SUPPORTING CHARACTERS: Liz Allan (chr last in (AF # 18, ’96) ASMF # 3, '09)… John Jonah Jameson (… chr next in PPSSM # 225, ’95 fb (the scene on this flashback with Jonah looking at Peter's photos is also depicted in ASM # 2 but there we only see their silhouettes whereas in the fb we see a closer take; the captions are almost the same so this should qualify better as an also in appearance for both characters in the following issue, so I've made the appropriate changes) UTOS # 12, '96 fb (more on this below)), May Parker (chr last in (AF # 18, ’96 fb) PPSM Ann ’01)
2ND STORY
GUEST STARS: Fantastic Four (… also in FF Ann # 1/2, '63)…Thing (… chr next inFF # 520, '05 fb…)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN # 2
FEATURE CHARACTER: Spider-Man (chr also in PPSSM # 225, ’95 fb)
SUPPORTING CHARACTERS: J. Jonah Jameson (chr also in PPSSM # 225, ’95 fb) (chr next in SMU # 18, '97 fb) (if this one panel fb is not the same scene as ASM #3 5:8 then why isn’t Peter also having an appearance since he also appears there? Personally I think this should be removed because it doesn't add anything new), Eleonore Brant (Jameson's secretary, name unrevealed here, 1st, chr last & next in UTOS # 12, '96) Betty Brant (1st but chr last in UTOS # 12, '96 fb, name unrevealed here) (I'm going to make a case for this being the first appearance for Betty instead of her mother's, normally in cases like this I would leave things like they stand but based on the evidence I'll make an exception. Let's see, the hair style and hair color of the character in question are the same as Betty's in ASM # 4, not grey as Eleonore's in UTOS # 12 fb, we see a young looking face instead of an old one, she is not wearing glasses as Eleonore in the fb. Betty gets the job at the Bugle sometime after ASM # 1 as we can deduce by the framed Daily Bugle front page from that issue hanging on the wall as she sees a secretary quit on Jameson in UTOS # 12 fb, so her mother has been in the hospital for a while by this point but there's no evidence that her accident happens after ASM # 2. Placing Betty's first day at the Bugle here gives also an appearance to Jameson as noted above on his entry for ASM # 1)... Flash Thompson (chr last in ASMF # 3, '09)...
NOTES: …(Eleonore Brant's full name revealed in OHMU:SM '07) Betty Brant's last name revealed in ASM # 4, '63, first name in ASM # 5, '63.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN # 3
FEATURE CHARACTER: Spider-Man (also in …, next in Alias # 23, '03 fb)
SUPPORTING CHARACTERS: J. Jonah Jameson (also in SMU # 18, '97 fb) (same reason as in ASM # 2, same panel flashback) … Flash Thompson (chr next in Alias # 23, '03 fb), Liz Allan
VILLAIN: … Charles "Charlie" H. Buchanan (as noted by Paul B. in a previous post) (formal name unrevealed here) and his two criminal associates (1st)
OTHER CHARACTERS: Dr. Kevin Hunt (only app, name unrevealed here)…
NOTE: Charlie's last name revealed in SM # 39, '93, formal first name and middle initial in SM # 40, '93, Dr. Hunt's name revealed in SMU # 18, '97
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN # 4
SUPPORTING CHARACTERS: Betty Brant (1st but chr last in UTOS # 12, '96 fb, 1st name unrevealed here) (see comments for issue # 2) …
VILLAIN: Sandman (… chr next BTS (he is not BTS in FNSM Ann # 1, he does appears there) in FNSM Ann # 1, '07 …), Charlie Buchanan (next in SM # 38, '93 fb) and his two criminal associates
OTHER CHARACTERS: Principal Davis (1st but chr last in ASMF # 3, '09, next in …), Jessica Jones (classmate, 1st (as revealed in ASM # 601/2, '09), chr last and next in Alias # 23, '03 fb (between pages 14 and 15, after she gets back to school from her coma but before capturing the Scorpion)), Seymour O'Reilly …
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN # 5
FEATURE CHARACTER: Spider-Man (next in … (ASM # 38, '02 fb) SM # 38, '93 fb…)
SUPPORTING CHARACTERS: … Flash Thompson (…), Liz Allan, May Parker…
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN # 6
SUPPORTING CHARACTERS: … Flash Thompson, May Parker (both chr next in UTOS # 1, '95), Liz Allan, Betty Brant (all four chr next in UTOS # 1, '95)
VILLAIN: The Lizard (… chr last in PPSSM #238, '96 fb…)
OTHER CHARACTERS: Martha connors (…), William "Billy" Connors (1st for both, chr last in PPSSM # 238, '96 fb…)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN # 7
FETURE CHARACTER: Spider-Man (next in FNSM # 5, '06 (The Vulture is in prison from ASM # 2 to ASM # 7 and Peter is in Senior high and wearing glasses in FNSM # 5 (Flash also appears) so they must appear there before ASM # 8. Since we don't see the Vulture taken back to prison at the end of ASM # 7 he probably manages to get free from Spidey's webbing and then fight him again in FNSM # 5), IM: IA # 2, '98 …)
SUPPORTING CHARACTERS: J. Jonah Jameson, May Parker (both chr next in UTOS # 3, '95, next in ASM # 9, '64), Betty Brant (all three chr next in UTOS # 3, '95, next in ASM # 9, '64), Flash Thompson (chr next in S/SM # 1, '01 fb) (Flash is given an appearance in this fb and Peter isn't even though he is in the same scene, not that it matters in this case. I'm guessing the reasoning to place this fb here was that Peter's glasses break in ASM # 8 and they look intact in this fb, although he is not wearing them. Well, the placement is wrong: The Sentry tells Spider-Man that the Void has been working with the Kingpin and Spidey knows the Kingpin better than most; by the time of ASM # 7-8 Spider-Man hasn't even met the Kingpin yet. The flashbacks in S/SM # 1 happen at two or three different instances in time; the first with Doc Ock fighting Spidey while being followed by the Sentry and probably the following day, where Flash appears; the second instance "months" later with the Sentry showing up at Peter's house, we see the unbroken glasses here, to recruit Spidey's help against the Void and the Kingpin and the following dawn with Peter being the first to photograph the Sentry; and probably a third segment the following days or weeks with Robert Reynolds revealed as the Sentry with Peter's picture and Peter attending the Pulitzer's. So, with that in mind we'll leave placement of these flashbacks for when we get to later issues and find more appropriate places for them given the clues at hand) (chr next in FNSM # 5, '06), Liz Allan (chr next in UTOS # 3, '95, all five chr last in UTOS # 2, '95) (At this point I'm a little confused as to what criteria is being used to determine when to list a "last in" appearance for supporting characters, I've noticed they list them sometimes and some other times they don't; I know they omit them if the previous appearance was a few issues earlier in the same series but in most cases they omit them even if there was a "chr last in" appearance. If somebody can clarify that for me I would appreciate it, I would hate to be pointing out something as an omission when it was meant to be that way in the first place)
VILLAIN: Vulture (… chr next in (UTOS # 5, '96) FNSM # 5, '06, next in …)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN # 8
FEATURE CHARACTER: Spider-Man (also in PP:SM # 20, '00 fb (if the Living Brain is given an appearance for the scene on this flashback so should Spidey), next in UTOS # 4 ('96) '95…)
SUPPORTING CHARACTERS: … Liz Allan (chr next in UTOS # ( 3, '96) 4, '95) (by the way, the MCP makes the same mistake placing Liz Allan's appearance in UTOS # 3 after her appearance in ASM # 8)…
VILLAIN: The Living Brain (… chr next in PP:SM # 20, '00 fb, next in …), two unnamed technicians (chr next in PP:SM # 20, '00 fb)
2nd STORY
OTHER CHARACTERS: The Thing (next in ST # 129, '65), Invisible Girl, Mr. Fantastic (all last in FF # 34, '65, chr next in UTOS Ann '96, latter two next in Av # 13), Doris "Dorrie" Evans (chr next in ST # 129, '65)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN # 9
SUPPORTING CHARACTERS: Betty Brant, J. Jonah Jameson (…), May Parker (all three chr last in UTOS # 4, '95) …
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN # 10
SUPPORTING CHARACTERS: Flash Thompson (chr also in UTOS # 5-7, '96, chr next in UTOS # 8, '96), May Parker (both chr next in UTOS # 5, '96) (chr also in UTOS # 5, '96), Liz Allan (chr next in UTOS # 5, '96, chr also in UTOS # 5-7, '96, next in ASM # 12, '64), Betty Brant (chr next in UTOS # 6, '96), J. Jonah Jameson (…), (both chr last in UTOS # 7, '96) (at this point I can tell that they are not listing chr last in appearances for May, Liz, Flash, Betty or Jameson but they are doing it for every other character which seems weird to me, so for the sake of consistency I am going to keep pointing out their chr last in appearances as omissions)
VILLAINS: The Big Man (… 1st but chr last in UTOS # 4, '95, chr also as Foswell in UTOS # 7, '96, next …) …