The Amazing Spider-Man #223 [Newsstand]
(December 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 [various positions]
Barcode
0714860245712
Editing
Tom DeFalco (editor); Jim Shooter (editor in chief)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #223 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

Suddenly... The Super-Apes! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
John Romita Jr. (signed as J.R. J.R.)
Inks
Frank Giacoia (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi
Genre
superhero
Characters
Red Ghost; Super-Apes
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Night of the Ape! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Denny O'Neil (credited as O'Neil) (plot); J. M. DeMatteis (credited as DeMatteis) (script)
Pencils
John Romita Jr. (credited as Romita, Jr.)
Inks
Al Milgrom (credited as Milgrom)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Wein)
Letters
Rick Parker (credited as Parker)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Red Ghost; Super-Apes; J. Jonah Jameson; Roger Hochberg; Mia Carerra
Synopsis
Russian super-villain Red Ghost and his Super-Apes attempt to steal a mathematical treatise from the university, but Spider-Man intervenes and stops them. Next, Red Ghost tries to silence all witnesses, including Roger Hochberg, a nerd that Peter Parker is trying to help make new friends.
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Keywords
Empire State University

The Hulk vs. The Phoomie Goonies (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Hostess Fruit Pies; Hulk / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Suddenly... The Super-Apes!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Night of the Ape!
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. The Hulk vs. The Phoomie Goonies
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Hulk
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