The Amazing Spider-Man #171 [Whitman]
(August 1977)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.30 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860245708
Editing
Len Wein (editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Spider-Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi

First Line of Dialogue or Text
With my two greatest foes slain... ...nothing can stop Photon!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Nova [Richard Rider]; Photon [Jason Dean]
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Gandalf Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Photon Is Another Name For...? (Table of Contents: 2)

Spider-Man / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein (credited)
Pencils
Ross Andru (credited)
Inks
Mike Esposito (credited); Frank Giacoia
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Stop!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Nova [Richard Rider]; Photon [Jason Dean]; A.I.M.; Molten Man; Liz Allan; Harry Osborn; Dr. Ralph Rider; Franklin Risk; Michael Lincoln; Harry Daze; Captain James Steele; Manners (butler, dead); Charles Rider
Synopsis
Spider-Man and Nova determine the true identity of Photon and solve the mystery of who killed Nova's uncle.
Reprints
Keywords
Long Island

Indexer Notes

Story continues from Nova (Marvel, 1976 series) #12 (August 1977)

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Spider's Web / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Len Wein
Pencils
Jack Kirby; ? (illustrations)
Inks
John Verpoorten; ? (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Marvel, You’ve really got to hand it to Jonah – he’s persistent!
Feature Logo
The Spider's Web
Characters
Ikaris

Indexer Notes

Letters from M.E. Robbins, Mike Nelson, Matt Pierce, and James L. Bleeker; includes house ad for The Eternals series.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Official Star Trek Poster Magazine / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

Rust Be My Destiny! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Universal Bodybuilding / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Niresk Fishing Outfits / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Street Ball (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Spalding Sports Equipment / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)