Spiderman by Stan Lee Amazing Fantasy #15 Marvel Comics, 1963
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Spiderman By Stan Lee Amazing Fantasy #15 Marvel Comics, 1963 Page 1 (1 frame) Panel Description Dialog 1.1 Caption: title: SPIDER-MAN 1.2 frame 1 (splash) Caption: Like costume heroes? SCENE 1: EXT. MIDTOWN HIGH Confidentially, we in the comic SCHOOL - DAY mag business refer to them characters: PETER as "long underwear characters" PARKER(casting SPIDERMAN ! And as you know they’re a shadow) in bg, a crowd of dime a dozen! But, we think you 6-- 2 BOYS ans 1 GIRL are may find our Spiderman just talking in foreground while a bit...different! 3 dialogue 2 additional boys and 1 girl balloons: look on. FIRST BOY Say Gang, We need one more guy for the dance! How about Peter Parker over there? SECOND BOY Are you kiddin’? That Bookworm wouldn’t know a cha-cha from a Waltz! GIRL Peter Parker? He’s Midtown High’s only professional Wallflower! Page 2 (8 frames) Panel Description Dialog 2.1 scene 2: INT. PETE’S BEDROOM - Caption: As you may have gathered, DAY (1 frame) Peter Parker was far from being Peter Parker and UNCLE BEN the biggest man on campus! But, his Uncle Ben thought he was a pretty special lad... text box:narration (character description) 2 dialogue balloons UNCLE BEN You’re not foolin’ me, Petey! I know you’re awake and it’s time for school! PETER PARKER Gosh, Uncle Ben you’re worse than a room full of alarm clocks! 2.2 scene 3: INT. DINING ROOM - Caption: As for Pete’s Aunt May, DAY (1 frame) she thought the sun rose and set Peter Parker, Uncle Ben, and upon her nephew! AUNT MAY text box: narration (new character) 2 dialogue balloons AUNT MAY I cooked your favorite breakfast, Petey -- wheatcakes! UNCLE BEN Don’t fatten him up too much, dear! I can hardly out wrestle him now! Page 2 (8 frames) Panel Description Dialog 2.3 scene 4: INT. CHEMISTRY CLASS Caption: The faculty at Midtown - DAY (1 frame) High was also fond of the cleancut hard working honor student! text box: character and scene description 2 dialogue balloons CHEMISTRY TEACHER Keep up the good work, Parker, and you’re sure to rate a scholarship when you graduate! PETER PARKER I’ll do my best, sir! 2.4 scene 5: EXT. SCHOOL - DAY (2 frames) frame 1 2.5 Caption: But, alas, other teenagers can sometimes, unwittingly, be so very cruel to a shy young man. text box: character desc/ conflict. 2 dialogue balloons PETER PARKER Sally, I, eh, was wondering if you’re busy tonight? SALLY Peter, for the umpteenth time, you’re just not my type. 2.6 frame 2 SALLY 2 dialogue balloons (more not when dream boats like conflict) FlashThompson are around! FLASH THOMPSON I admire your good taste, doll! Get lost bookworm! Page 2 (8 frames) Panel Description Dialog 2.7 scene 6: EXT. SCHOOL - DAY (3 PETER PARKER frames) Look, there’s a great new exhibit (same as page 1) at the science hall tonight! Would 3 dialogue balloons (pete’s any of you like to go with me? fail) SECOND BOY Science hall! Hah! FIRST BOY You stick to science, son! We’ll take the chicks! 2.8 frame 4 Caption: Yes, for some, being a teenager has many heart-breaking moments! text box: narration FIRST BOY See you around, bookworm! GIRL Give our regards to the atom smashers, Peter! (crowd drive off in convertible) 2.9 frame 5 PETER PARKER Some day I’ll show them. Some day they’ll be sorry! Sorry that they laughed at me! Caption: SIGN:Science Exhibit Experiments in Radioactivity Open to the Public Room 30. Page 3 (8 frames) Panel Description Dialog 3.1 scene 7: INT. SCIENCE LAB, Caption: And a few minutes later, ROOM 30 - DAY Peter Parker forgets the taunts (6 frames)SCIENTISTS, of his classmates as he is AUDIENCE, Peter Parker transported to another world -- the fascinating world of atomic science! SCIENTIST And now for a demonstration of how we can control radioactive rays here in the laboratory. 3.2 Caption: But as the experiment begins, no one notices a tiny spider descending from the ceiling on an almost invisible strand of web. 3.3 Caption: A spider whom fate has given a starring, if brief, role to play in the drama we call life! 3.4 Caption: Accidentally absorbing a fantastic amount of radioactivity, the dying insect, in sudden shock, bites the nearest living thing, at the split second before life ebbs from its radioactive body! PETER PARKER Ow! 3.5 PETER PARKER A a spider! It bit me! But why is it burning so? Why is it glowing that way? Page 3 (8 frames) Panel Description Dialog 3.6 PETER PARKER My head -- it feels strange! I I need some air! SCIENTIST Looks as though our experiment unnerved young Parker! COLLEAGUE Too bad! He must have a weak stomach! 3.7 scene 8: EXT. CITY STREET PETER PARKER AND TALL BUILDINGS - DAY (8 What’s happening to me? I feel frames/2 pages) -- different! As though my entire body is charged with some sort of fantastic energy! Caption: sfx:Honk! Honk! 3.8 Caption: Wrapped in his thoughts, Peter doesn’t hear the auto which narrowly misses him, until the last instant! And then, unnoticed by the riders, he unthinkingly leaps to safety -- but what a leap it is! CAR DRIVER That was one egghead who won’t daydream any more when he crosses a street! PASSENGER You can say that again! (car swoops by as peter sticks to wall, dropping books) Page 4 (8 frames) Panel Description Dialog 4.1 PETER PARKER What’s come over me? I I’m scaling this wall just as easily as I can walk! 4.2 SMALL BOY Mommy! Look at the man walking up the side of a building! MOTHER That’s the last horror movie I take you to, young man! 4.3 PETER PARKER It’s incredible! I reached the roof in just a few seconds! PETER PARKER What’s this? I crushed this steel pipe as though it were paper! 4.4 PETER PARKER It’s the spider! It has to be! Somehow -- in some miraculous way, his bite has transferred his own power -- to me! 4.5 PETER PARKER I can walk down this cable as effortlessly as the spider itself can glide along its web! 4.6 PETER PARKER I I’ve got to have time to think! I’ve got to plan what to do with this unbelievable ability which fate has given me! Page 4 (8 frames) Panel Description Dialog 4.7 scene 9: INT. DOORWAY OF Caption: A few minutes later. WRESTLING RING - DAY (1 frame) PETER PARKER Hmmm this will be a good chance to test my power again! Caption: $100 to the man who can stay in the ring three minutes with crusher Hogan. 4.8 scene 10: INT. PETE’S BEDROOM Caption: Filled with - DAY (1 frame) excitement, Pete races back home and, PETER PARKER I’ll put on some old clothes, and leave my glasses here! But -- what if I fail? I don’t want to be a laughingstock! I I’ll find some way to disguise myself! Page 5 (7 frames) Panel Description Dialog 5.1 scene 11: INT. WRESTLING RING Caption: A few minutes later, - DAY (8 frames/2 pages) PETER PARKER I’ll try for that hundred dollars, crusher! CRUSHER HOGAN Well, well! If it ain’t a little masked marvel! Step up, sucker! 5.2 CRUSHER HOGAN Now just relax, shorty! I’ll try to make this as painless as possible! 5.3 5.4 PETER PARKER It works! I have the speed, the agility, the very strength of a gigantic spider! CRUSHER HOGAN Hey! 5.5 CRUSHER HOGAN Put me down! You win! You win! 5.6 CRUSHER HOGAN You -- you’re not human! Nobody can do that! PETER PARKER Wanna bet? Page 5 (7 frames) Panel Description Dialog 5.7 FIRST MAN IN AUDIENCE Greatest act I’ve ever seen! SECOND MAN IN AUDIENCE Sensational! Fantastic! And that mask gimmick gives him just the right touch of mystery. He was terrific! PROMOTER (thought balloon) Hmmm, that masked character may be just what I’ve been looking for! Page 6 (8 frames) Panel Description Dialog 6.1 PROMOTER Listen, friend. I’m a TV producer! With that act of yours I can make you a fortune! And keep the mask angle -- it’s great showmanship! Here’s my card! Call me! You’d be a smash on EdSullivan’s show! PETER PARKER Thanks. 6.2 scene 12: INT. PETE’S BEDROOM Caption: Later, at home again, - DAY (7 frames) PETER PARKER showmanship? He hasn’t seen anything yet! Since I have the powers of a spider, I’ll design myself a spider costume! And -- oh, hi, Aunt May! AUNT MAY You look a little tired, Petey, so we brought you some crackers and milk! 6.3 PETER PARKER Crackers and milk! Bless ’em -- if they only knew! PETER PARKER Now, let’s see -- a spider needs a web! This little device should just do the trick! 6.4 PETER PARKER I’ll fasten one to each arm -- it’ll operate by the slightest pressure of any finger! Page 6 (8 frames) Panel Description Dialog 6.5 PETER PARKER I’ll need a name -- well, guess Spider-man is as good as any! Looks pretty good, if I do say so myself! 6.6 PETER PARKER So they laughed at me for being a bookworm, eh? Well, only a science major could have created a device like this! 6.7 PETER PARKER With some strong liquid cement at the end, I can pull myself up anywhere with my little web! PETER PARKER And my costume is thin enough to wear, unseen, under my street clothes! 6.8 PETER PARKER Okay, world -- better hang onto your hat! Here comes the Spider-man.