Q 01/05

Amazing Fantasy #15 was cover-dated August, but on what date that year did it actually go on sale?

A) August 1

B) March 3

C) October 20

D) June 5

Answer · why

D) June 5

Cover dates ran months ahead of the newsstand date so unsold copies looked fresh longer. The series had just been renamed from Amazing Adult Fantasy f...

Q 02/05

Which Marvel publisher approved Spider-Man only because Amazing Fantasy was being cancelled?

A) Martin Goodman

B) Jim Shooter

C) Roy Thomas

D) Joe Quesada

Answer · why

A) Martin Goodman

He objected that people hate spiders and that teenagers should be sidekicks, not heroes. Once the sales figures came in he asked Lee for an ongoing se...

Q 03/05

Which artist drew the cover of Amazing Fantasy #15 after Stan Lee rejected Steve Ditko's version?

A) John Romita Sr.

B) Gil Kane

C) Jack Kirby

D) Don Heck

Answer · why

C) Jack Kirby

Kirby had also drawn a first attempt at the character that Lee rejected as too heroic. Ditko inked the cover Kirby pencilled.

Q 04/05

Steve Ditko left The Amazing Spider-Man after which issue?

A) #45

B) #38

C) #50

D) #61

Answer · why

B) #38

Ditko had been plotting the book himself by the end and was reportedly no longer speaking to Lee. Romita took over and immediately unmasked the Green ...

Q 05/05

Which 1971 arc, run without the Comics Code seal, forced a revision of the Code's rules on drugs?

A) #121–122

B) #96–98

C) #50–52

D) #33–35

Answer · why

B) #96–98

The US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare had asked Lee to run an anti-drug message. Harry Osborn's addiction was the storyline, and the Cod...