The Amazing Spider-Man #222 [Newsstand]

(November 1981)

Faster Than the Eye! (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Man / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Mantlo (credited)

Pencils

Bob Hall (credited)

Inks

Jim Mooney (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited as Sean)

Letters

Rick Parker (credited as Parker)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Please don't shoot us!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Speed Demon [James Saunders] (first and introduction; formerly the Whizzer; changes his identity); J. Jonah Jameson; Lance Bannon; Robbie Robertson; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Grandmaster; Thor; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Clint Barton]

Synopsis

Super-speedster Whizzer first appears in his new identity as the Speed Demon! He robs department stores and boutiques, initially succeeding in making a fool out of Spider-Man.

Reprints

• in Die Spinne (Condor, 1980 series) #68 (1982)
• in Edderkoppen (Atlantic Forlag, 1978 series) #7/1984 ([juli] 1984)
• in Spindelmannen (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) #7/1984 ([juli] 1984)
• in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #178 (5 octobre 1984) [10 premières pages/First 10 pages], #179 (5 novembre 1984) [11 dernières pages/Last 11 pages]
• in El Asombroso Hombre Araña (Novedades, 1980 series) #304 (19 de febrero de 1986)
• in L'Uomo Ragno (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #5 (Settembre 1987)

Indexer Notes

The origin and early history of Whizzer/Speed Demon is revealed in flashbacks.

A Lesson to be Learned! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Hostess Cup Cakes; The Thing / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script

Tom DeFalco

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from John Hardy II, Michael Quentin Lee, and Mike Halterman; includes list of winners from Marvel's Win-Yourself-Some-Big-Bucks-Contest and editorial from Tom DeFalco.