# The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #157

Published: 1976-06-01T00:00:00+0000
Series: The Amazing Spider-Man (1963 - 1998)
Creators: Len Wein (writer), Ross Andru (penciler), Mike Esposito (cover artist), John Costanza (letterer), Glynis Oliver (colorist)

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Peter has dinner with Aunt May and Dr. Octopus, who explains how he barely escaped with his life following a nuclear reactor explosion. As if things weren't strange enough, the spectral form of Hammerhead returns to haunt the dinner goers! What is the source of this strange apparition? And is Doc Ock as reformed a villain as he seems?