The Amazing Spider-Man #51 [Regular Edition]
(August 1967)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly, except November, semi-monthly
On-sale Date
1967-05-09
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Non-Pareil Publishing Corp.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1967 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

In the Clutches of...the Kingpin! (Table of Contents)

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

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
John Romita
Inks
John Romita
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Kingpin [Wilson Fisk]
Reprints

Treasure Chest of Fun (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

In the Clutches of...the Kingpin! (Table of Contents: 2)

Spider-Man / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
John Romita (credited)
Inks
Mike Esposito (credited as Mickey Demeo)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
At last!!
Feature Logo
The Amazing Spider-Man
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Kingpin [Wilson Fisk] (villain); Shorty (villain); Big Turk (villain); Flint (villain; Frederick Foswell; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Ned Leeds; Betty Brant; Mary Jane Watson; Gwen Stacy; Harry Osborn
Synopsis
Spider-Man is back and starts interfering with Kingpin's criminal activities. Kingpin recruits shady reporter Foswell and kidnaps J. Jonah Jameson. Spider-Man intervenes, but is exposed to gas which renders him helpless at the Kingpin's feet.
Reprints

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

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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

Spider's Web / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee ?
Pencils
John Romita
Inks
John Romita
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Spider-Man; Kraven
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Richard Gramlich, Bill Granataa, Joey Williams, Dennis King, S. Alyne Weidler, Warren Bluhm, Jim Woods, and R. A. Turner. Includes a membership form for the Merry Marvel Marching Society.

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. In the Clutches of...the Kingpin!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Treasure Chest of Fun
  3. 2. In the Clutches of...the Kingpin!
    Spider-Man
  4. 3. ["Fabulous facts and frivolous fables for frantic fans, faithful friends, and fiendish foes!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Spider's Web
  6. 5. ["Let me show you too, how to make yourself astronaut-tough"]
  7. 6. ["3 complete fishing outfits"]
  8. 7. ["We're looking for people who like to draw"]
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  • Steve Coates
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  • Björn Eklöf
  • Del Gruber
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  • Lou Mazzella
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Steffen Nyeland
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore