CGC Featured Comic of the Month: Amazing Fantasy #15

Posted on 12/2/2025

Spider-Man, Spider-Man … does whatever this month’s featured comic can! (You gotta sing it.)


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Name of comic: Amazing Fantasy #15

Comic publisher: Marvel Comics

Date: August 1962

Variants: UK Price Variant (1962), Marvel Milestone Edition (1996), German Edition (1999), German Edition Alex Ross Cover (1999), ToyBiz Reprint (2001), DVD Collectors Set (2002), Marvel Legends Reprint (2005), Newspaper Reprint (2006), MGA Reprint (2007), Old Navy Reprint (2009), Movie Giveaway (2012), Digitally Recolored Reprint (2012), Facsimile Edition (2012), Unknown Comics Facsimile Edition (2012), Unknown Comics Blank Facsimile Variant (2012), Russian Edition (2019), SDCC Russian Edition (2019), Turkish Edition (2019), AthensCon Edition (2021), Denmark Edition (2022)

What makes it special? Oh, nothing much. Just the first appearance of this little character called (*checks notes*) Spider-Man. Heard of him?

Why is it interesting now? When is Spider-Man not at the top of the collector’s list? But this month especially is notable, as December 28 is the birthday of Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee! After helping create the Marvel Universe in the 1960s, Stan Lee became a household name associated with comic books as well as a popular figure in the Marvel Universe of films. He passed away on November 12, 2018, at the age of 95.

Did you know? Stan Lee came up with the idea of Spider-Man because he wanted a teen hero, and not just a sidekick. After initially rejecting it, Marvel later agreed to let him print the story in the final issue of Amazing Fantasy. Stan developed the issue with artist Steve Ditko, and Jack Kirby provided the cover. Sales went through the roof, and Marvel quickly changed its tune about Spider-Man. He was rushed into his own series, beginning decades of Amazing stories. He is now one of the most popular and recognizable heroes in all of comics!

Total graded by CGC: As of November 24, 2025, there are 4,140 total copies of Amazing Fantasy #15 listed in the CGC Population Report.

CGC highest graded: There are four recorded Universal examples graded CGC 9.6, and one CGC Signature Series 9.6 which is signed by Stan Lee. In total across all grades, there are 437 CGC Signature Series Stan Lee signed copies of Amazing Fantasy #15 and four CGC x JSA Stan Lee authenticated signature copies.

CGC median grade: CGC 2.5

Sales highlights: An Amazing Fantasy #15 CGC 9.6 briefly held the record as the most expensive comic, after realizing $3.6 million in a 2021 sale by Heritage Auctions. While it has been surpassed in the top spot, the comic remains the fourth-most valuable book of all time!

CGC Comics Registry Champion: CGC Registry member DST has an entire collection of early Spider-Man comics in their set, Amazing Spider-Man Ditko Issues #1-38 Plus Extras, including an Amazing Fantasy #15 graded CGC 5.0 with White Pages.

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