#12,498: Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #28
"The Menace Of The Molten Man!"
Title: Amazing Spider-Man (v001)
Editor-in-Chief:
Stan Lee
Editor:
Stan Lee
Writer:
Stan Lee
Artist:
Steve Ditko
Inker:
Steve Ditko
Cover Artist:
Steve Ditko
Letterer:
Sam Rosen
Cover Date: September 1965
Release Date: June 1965
Pages: 20
Cover Price: $0.12
Times Read: 2,497
Times Rated: 1,241
Plot Flags:
Universe:
Earth-616
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Issue Blurb
When Dr. Smythe's partner accidentally spills special liquid metal alloy on his skin, changing the mans in amazing and dangerous ways.
Issue Notes
Why Essential NotesPeter graduates from highschool.
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MickTheNerd
Feb 8, 2026
Witness true believers, a perfectly fine story where Spider-man faces-THE METAL MA-oh what? DC all ready has Metal Men? Then...THE MOLTEN MAN! YEAH...MOLTEN man. Because his skin totally looks all melty, and not made of metal...yeah.
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callmehalalfood
Jan 19, 2026
The Amazing Spider-Man #28 is one of those issues where the cover promises one thing and the heart of the comic delivers another. Yes, Molten Man is a fairly low tier antagonist, basically a glowing gold strongman born from a rushed scientific mishap, but the real weight of the issue lies...
bastos
Sep 12, 2014
Yes, the Molten Man is one of the b-level Spider-Man villains, but this comic cover is pretty amazing.
The character of the Molten Man may be a silly one - but he seems to be a tough dude. The writing sorta skips ahead a few beats to find the solution and trap Pete and the enemy. The...
specialque
Jul 30, 2014
This was a decent issue, but Molten Man was a pretty weak villain, and I hated how the story resolved. This is one of those issues where the Peter Parker story is much more interesting than the Spider-Man story, and when cutting to Spider-Man feels like a digression, then you know the issue has some problems.
