The Spectacular Spider-Man #2

(November 1968)

The Spider-Man Saga (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Man / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

John Romita ? (layouts ?, pencils ?); Larry Lieber ? (layouts ?, pencils ?)

Inks

John Romita ?; Frank Giacoia ?; Jim Mooney ?

Letters

Artie Simek

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Ben Parker; May Parker; Flash Thompson; Harry Osborn; Liz Allan

Synopsis

Brief retelling of Spider-man's origin story.

Reprints

• in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #71 (22 June 1974)
• in Spiderman de John Romita Especial 2001 (Planeta DeAgostini, 2001 series) #Primavera (marzo 2001)
• in Spider-Man: Les Incontournables (Panini France, 2007 series) #4 - La Menace du Bouffon Vert (juin 2007)
• in The Essential Spider-Man (Marvel, 1996 series) #4 [Third Edition] (2011) [reprinted in black and white]
• in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #2 (2012)
• in Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #4 - The Goblin Lives (2019)

Indexer Notes

As can be seen from the credits and from the notes below, it is difficult to reconcile the printed credits for this comic, Romita's recollections, and the opinions of experienced art spotters.

According to John Romita, Sr. Larry Lieber penciled the "Spider-man Saga" origin recap, even though Lieber's name doesn't appear on the contents page credits. Lieber is credited, however for penciling the origin story in Spectacular Spider-man #1. John Romita, Sr. stated that he did the inks, recalling that during this period he and Lieber were working in the same office on several issues simultaneously, including the Spectacular Spider-man 1 and 2, the Amazing Spider-man monthly issues and Amazing Spider-man Annual #5.

Nick Caputo suspects that Romita was in error and the inking is actually the work of Frank Giacoia. Giacoia is given credit under layout and illustration on the table of contents, and his hand is evident as inker on several pages of the story. Romita likely laid out the page and provided corrections.

Charles Underwood believes that Romita's contributions are larger, perhaps executing the entire piece, perhaps with Jim Mooney's inks.

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table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Romita; Jim Mooney

Inks

Jim Mooney; John Romita

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

additional credits include John Romita, Jim Mooney, Frank Giacoia (layout and illustration); Sol Brodsky, John Verpoorten, Morrie Kuramoto, Sam Rosen, Artie Simek (production and lettering); Roy Thomas, Gary Friedrich, Archie Goodwin, Jerry Siegel, Linda Fita, Robin Green (research and advisory)

The Goblin Lives (Table of Contents: 3)

Spider-Man / comic story / 58 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

John Romita (credited) (layouts); Jim Mooney (credited)

Inks

Jim Mooney (credited) (pp.1-25, 27, 41-54); Frank Giacoia (credited) (pp 26, 28-40); John Romita (credited) (pp. 55-58)

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Captain George Stacy; Green Goblin [Norman Osborn]; Harry Osborn; J. Jonah Jameson; May Parker; Gwen Stacy; Mary Jane Watson

Reprints

• in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #9 ([September] 1973) [18 pages cut (see notes)]
which is reprinted
• in De spectaculaire Spider-Man (Juniorpress, 1981 series) #9
• in Spider-Man Summer Special (Marvel UK, 1979 series) #1982
• in Spindelmannen presentalbum (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1980 series) #[1981] [6]
• in Die Spinne Comic - Album (Condor, 1979 series) #10
• in Edderkoppen Superseriealbum (Atlantic Forlag, 1979 series) #6 (Julen 1981)
• in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #72 (29 June 1974) [Pages 1-20], #73 (6 July 1974), #74 (13 July 1974)
• in Spider-Man Comics Magazine (Marvel, 1987 series) #12 (November 1988)
• in Spiderman de John Romita Especial 2001 (Planeta DeAgostini, 2001 series) #Primavera (marzo 2001)
• in Spider-Man: Les Incontournables (Panini France, 2007 series) #4 - La Menace du Bouffon Vert (juin 2007)
• in The Essential Spider-Man (Marvel, 1996 series) #4 [Third Edition] (2011) [reprinted in black and white]
• in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #2 (2012)
• in Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #4 - The Goblin Lives (2019)

Indexer Notes

Romita layouts, Jim Mooney pencils and Frank Giacoia inking per Nick Caputo, November 2013. Previous indexer credited Romita with full pencils.

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Sock it to...Spider-Man / letters page / 4 pages (report information)

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #2 (2012)

Indexer Notes

letters section, interspersed with ads. Letters from Neal Christensen, Andrew Smith, Kenneth Kroft, Robert Kowalski, Terry Kolb, Jeff Verney, Eric Nash, and Achille Di Bacco.

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