Peter Parker's Camera
Marvel's Spider-Man 171 • rare
- Set
- Marvel's Spider-Man
- Collector number
- 171
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Lixin Yin
- Market price
- $1.61
What it does
This artifact enters with three film counters on it.
2 generic mana, tap, Remove a film counter from this artifact: Copy target activated or triggered ability you control. You may choose new targets for the copy.
"How does Parker get those close-ups?"— J. Jonah Jameson
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Peter Parker's camera first appeared alongside the character's debut in Amazing Fantasy #15 in 1962, created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Designed as a functional tool for a struggling teenager, the camera served as both a narrative device to facilitate Peter's income as a freelance photographer for the Daily Bugle and a plot catalyst that allowed him to capture iconic images of his alter ego, Spider-Man, during his early crime-fighting career.
Within the broader Marvel's Spider-Man collectible series, this card represents the essential, low-tech aesthetic of Parker’s equipment. The item illustrates the mid-century professional camera gear typically used by investigative journalists of the era, emphasizing Peter’s ingenuity in retrofitting the device to capture high-speed action. It is frequently highlighted in media retrospectives for grounding the superhero’s mythos in the mundane reality of his civilian responsibilities and financial limitations.
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