10 Amazing Stan Lee Comics Marvel Fans Must Read
1. Amazing Spider-man #87
Stan Lee's greatest creation is Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man.
The web-slinger was created for Amazing Fantasy #15 in 1962, but when the sales on that book boomed, Marvel spun the teen hero into his own title in 1963, where he's been going strong ever since. Everyone knows who Peter Parker is and where he comes from, while never even needing to have read a comic book in their life, an has been voted the most popular Marvel character for years.
It's important to remember, however, that this legacy was founded on Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, and eventually John Romita's original run on the character. Perhaps the best story to come from this run was Spider-Man #87, "Unmasked At Last".
Peter Parker's powers had been waning, and at Gwen Stacy's birthday party, he decides to tell all his closest friends that he's Spider-Man. No one actually believes him, save for Gwen, who's not convinced that it's Peter just making things up. Harry also brings up past continuity where Peter was unmasked as Spider-man.
This is one of the quintessential reads not because something over-the-top happen - such as the Sinister Six's first appearance - but because it laid out what makes Spider-Man's comics so compelling: the characters contained within their pages.