Comic Title: Marvel Masterworks:The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 – Barnes & Noble Edition TPB
Publisher: Marvel
Cover Date: 2003
Approx. On Sale Date: April 1, 2003
Cover Price: $12.95
Page Count: 256

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Uncanny Threat of the Terrible Tinkerer"
Pages: 10

Feature(s):
Spider-Man

Writer: Stan Lee
Artist: Steve J. Ditko
Letterer: Artie Simek

Reprinted From:
Amazing Spider-Man #2 (1963)

Feature Character(s)

• Spider-Man (last appearance in Amazing Spider-Man #2; next appearance in Amazing Spider-Man #3)

Supporting Character(s)

• Flash Thompson (last appearance in Amazing Fantasy #15; next appearance in Amazing Spider-Man #3)

Villain(s)

• Tinkerer (first appearance; next appearance in Amazing Spider-Man #159)
• Three unnamed aliens (first appearance; next appearance in Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #51)

Other Character(s)

• Professor Cobwell (an electronics expert; no further appearances)
• A science teacher and his class (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Peter Parker is asked to assist electronics expert Professor Cobwell with a special project. Before beginning the project, Peter is sent to retrieve a radio from a local repair shop. While in the shop, Peter feels strange electric impulses which arouse his suspicion. When he returns to Cobwell's lab, he feels the impulses again. He examines the radio and discovers a strange device inside.

With his suspicions triggered, Peter returns to the repair shop as Spider-Man. Inside he discovers that the Tinkerer who runs the shop is working with a group of aliens. The radios were altered and are being used as surveillance upon prominent scientists and leaders. Spider-Man battles the aliens which leads to a fire in the shop. The aliens escape. Spider-Man tries to rescue the shop owner, but he is left with only an empty mask.