The Amazing Spider-Man #215 [Newsstand]
(April 1981)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860245704
Editing
Al Milgrom (credited as Allen Milgrom) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #215 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Script
?
Pencils
John Romita Jr. (signed as J.R. J.R.)
Inks
Al Milgrom (signed as MILGROM)
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi ?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
We don't have to kill them -- Spider-Man and the Sub-Mariner are no longer a threat to the Frightful Four!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Frightful Four [Llyra; Wizard; Sandman; Trapster]
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #215 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #215 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #215 [British]
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By My Powers Shall I be Vanquished! (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Man / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Denny O'Neil (credited)
Pencils
John Romita Jr. (breakdowns); Jim Mooney (finished art)
Inks
Jim Mooney (credited)
Colors
Roger Slifer (credited)
Letters
Jim Novak (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mere seconds have passed since a blast from the Wizard's weapon staggered and felled Spider-Man and the Prince of Atlantis, the savage Sub-Mariner!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Frightful Four [Llyra; Wizard; Sandman; Trapster] (villain); Debbie Whitman; Lord Vashti; Fantastic Four [Invisible Girl; Mr. Fantastic; Thing]
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Keywords
Atlantis; Baxter Building

Blown About (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Hostess Cup Cakes; Human Torch / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Doctor Strange / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.75 page (report information)

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

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Ed Shukin
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Total No. Copies Printed (net press run): Average no. copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 609,059. Actual no. of single issue nearest to filing date: 583,863.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["We don't have to kill them -- Spider-Man and the Sub-Mariner are no longer a threat to the Frightful Four!"]
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. By My Powers Shall I be Vanquished!
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. Blown About
    Hostess Cup Cakes; Human Torch
  4. 3. ["Watch for the new adventures of Earth's Sorcerer Supreme -- as mystically conjured by Roger Stern and Frank Miller!"]
    Doctor Strange
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
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