The Amazing Spider-Man #166 [Whitman]

(March 1977)

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King Kong / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

War of the Reptile-Men! (Table of Contents: 2)

Spider-Man / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script

Len Wein (credited)

Pencils

Ross Andru (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited); Dave Hunt (sourced) (backgrounds)

Colors

Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)

Letters

Joe Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Man, some Christmas this is gonna be!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Liz Allan; Billy Connors; Martha Connors; Glory Grant; J. Jonah Jameson; Lizard [Curt Connors] (villain); Marla Madison; Harry Osborn; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Spider-Slayer (cameo); Stegron [Vincent Stegron] (villain); Flash Thompson; Mary Jane Watson; Forbes; Wilson

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Marla unveils her new Spider-Slayer robot to Jonah. Spider-Man spends Christmas rescuing Billy Connors from Stegron with the Lizard nipping at his heels.

Reprints

• in Die Spinne (Condor, 1980 series) #20
which is reprinted
• in Die Spinne (Condor, 1987 series) #20
• in L'Étonnant Spider-Man (Editions Héritage, 1969 series) #68 (février 1977)
• in Super Spider-Man (Marvel UK, 1976 series) #237 (24 August 1977) [pages 1-9, black and white], #238 (31 August 1977) [pages 10-18 plus new splash page, black and white, original title "War of the Reptile-Men"]
• in Spindelmannen (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) #11/1978 (1978)
• in Edderkoppen (Atlantic Forlag, 1978 series) #11/1978 ([7. november] 1978) [page 5 panel 1-4, page 7 panel 5-6 and page 15 removed]
• in Spider-Man Annual (Marvel UK, 1980 ? series) #[1980] (1979)
• in L'Uomo Ragno [Collana Super-Eroi] (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #233 (12 Aprile 1979)
• in Une Aventure de l'Araignée (Editions Lug, 1977 series) #16 - Stegron (3ème trimestre 1982) [- 1 page]
• in El Asombroso Hombre Araña (Novedades, 1980 series) #162 (1 de junio de 1983)
• in Marvel Holiday Spectacular Magazine (Marvel, 2009 series) (2009)
• in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #5 (2021)

Keywords

Central Park; Christmas; Empire State University

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La Salle Extension University / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

With Winsome Wags, Warped Wrongdoers and a Wandering Warlock! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

City Crisis (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Hostess Twinkies; Iron Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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Joe Weider Course and Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page (report information)