Tante May
Born in the pages of Hit Comics #1 in 1966, Tante May is a beloved Silver Age creation of the legendary duo Steve Ditko and Stan Lee, and she's been a warm, enduring presence in comics for an remarkable span stretching all the way to 2026. With 104 catalogued appearances — eight of them collector-recognized key issues — she's clearly no footnote, turning up most frequently in Spider-Man Komplett and the Panini Deutschland library that has kept her legacy alive for German-language readers across generations. She keeps remarkable company on the page, sharing adventures with Spider-Man, Flash Thompson, Betty Brant, J. J. Jameson, and Anna Watson, placing her right at the heart of one of comics' most iconic corners. If you love the rich, character-driven texture of the Silver Age and want to explore how those classic stories traveled and transformed across international publishing, Tante May's run is a genuinely fascinating thread to follow.
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Trivia
- Stan Lee has written more of Tante May's comics than any other writer in our catalog — 73 issues.