The Amazing Spider-Man
#74
[Regular Edition]
(July 1969)
Marvel,
1963 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, except November, semi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1969-04-10
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Magazine Management Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Spider-Man / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- John Romita (signed as Romita)
- Inks
- John Romita (signed as Romita)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The fantastic secret of the petrified tablet!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Silvermane; Maggia
- Reprints
-
in De Fantastiske Fire og Edderkoppen Superhefte (Winthers Forlag, 1979 ? series) #2 -
in HIP Comics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #19116 -
in Ihmesarja (Kuvajulkaisut, 1967 series) #47 -
in Die Spinne (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #75 which is reprinted -
in Edderkoppen (Atlantic Forlag, 1978 series) #2/1978 ([7. februar] 1978) -
in El Tony Extraordinario Suplemento [El Fabuloso Hombre Araña] (Editorial Columba, 1968 series) #242 -
in L'Uomo Ragno Gigante (Editoriale Corno, 1976 series) #29 -
in Marvelserien (Williams Förlags AB, 1967 series) #33 (1969) - in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #116
-
in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #89 (26 October 1974) -
in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #55 (November 1974) which is reprinted -
in A Teia do Aranha (Editora Abril, 1989 series) #8 - in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #3 (2017)
- in Edderkoppen (Winthers Forlag, 1978 series) #2 (1978)
- in Spindelmannen (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) #2/1978 (1978)
-
in El Asombroso Hombre Araña (Novedades, 1980 series) #68 (12 de agosto de 1981) - in L'Uomo Ragno Classic (Edizioni Star Comics, 1991 series) #22 (Novembre 1992) [Gli impianti di stampa potrebbero essere quelli di Marvel Tales 55.]
- in The Essential Spider-Man (Marvel, 1996 series) #4 (December 2000)
-
in Spiderman de John Romita (Planeta DeAgostini, 1999 series) #30 (junio 2001) - in The Essential Spider-Man (Marvel, 1996 series) #4 [Third Edition] (2011) [reprinted in black and white]
- in Spider-Man: The Lifeline Tablet Saga (Marvel, 2017 series) (2017)
- in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #3 (2017)
- in Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #5 - The Secret of the Petrified Tablet (2019)
-
![Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #74 [Regular Edition]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/27/w200/27920.jpg?2865603219393311819)
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If This Be Bedlam!
Spider-Man / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- John Romita (credited as Johnny Romita) (plot); Stan Lee (credited) (script)
- Pencils
- John Romita (credited as Johnny Romita) (layouts); Jim Mooney (credited) (pencils)
- Inks
- Jim Mooney (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You better do what Silvermane wants, see?
- Feature Logo
The Amazing Spider-Man- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Lizard [Dr. Connors]; Martha Connors; Billy Connors; Harry Osborn; Gwen Stacy; Maggia (villain); Silvermane (villain); Caeser Cicero (villain); Man-Mountain Marko (villain)
- Synopsis
- Silvermane believes that the petrified tablet contains the secret of the Fountain of Youth. He forces Dr. Connor to interpret the tablet and make the serum described therein. Silvermane drinks the untested serum - and it works!
- Reprints
- in Die Spinne (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #75
- in Marvelserien (Williams Förlags AB, 1967 series) #33 (1969)
- in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #116
-
in L'Étonnant Spider-Man (Editions Héritage, 1969 series) #7 (juin 1971) - in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #88 (19 October 1974) [Pages 1-12], #89 (26 October 1974) [Pages 13-20 plus new splash, o.t. "If This Be Bedlam!"]
- in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #55 (November 1974)
-
in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #71 (5 novembre 1975) - in Edderkoppen (Winthers Forlag, 1978 series) #2 (1978)
- in Spindelmannen (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) #2/1978 (1978)
- in Edderkoppen (Atlantic Forlag, 1978 series) #2/1978 ([7. februar] 1978)
- in El Asombroso Hombre Araña (Novedades, 1980 series) #68 (12 de agosto de 1981)
- in Une Aventure de l'Araignée (Editions Lug, 1977 series) #31 - Mort sans préavis (1987)
- in Spider-Man Comics Magazine (Marvel, 1987 series) #8 (March 1988)
- in L'Uomo Ragno Classic (Edizioni Star Comics, 1991 series) #22 (Novembre 1992) [Gli impianti di stampa potrebbero essere quelli di Marvel Tales 55.]
- in Edderkoppens kamp mod Sølvmanke (Semic Interpresse, 1995 series) #[1995] ([Sommer] 1995) [Page 1 edited out]
- in The Essential Spider-Man (Marvel, 1996 series) #4 (December 2000)
- in Spiderman de John Romita (Planeta DeAgostini, 1999 series) #30 (junio 2001)
- in The Essential Spider-Man (Marvel, 1996 series) #4 [Third Edition] (2011) [reprinted in black and white]
- in Spider-Man: The Lifeline Tablet Saga (Marvel, 2017 series) (2017)
- in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #3 (2017)
- in Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #5 - The Secret of the Petrified Tablet (2019)
-
[no title indexed]
Spider's Web / letters page / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Stan and Co., Someone up there doesn't like Spider-Man.
- Characters
- Spider-Man; Kingpin
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Letters from Chuck Hamilton, Nelson Ho, Shirley A. Gorman, John Baumann, Charles Graff, Jr. and Sammy Lomgbon; includes Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["The fantastic secret of the petrified tablet!"]
Spider-Man -
1.
["Tired of being 'skinny'?"]
-
2.
If This Be Bedlam!
Spider-Man -
3.
["A sagacious smattering of space-wasting small-talk!"]
Bullpen Bulletins -
4.
["Dear Stan and Co., Someone up there doesn't like Spider-Man."]
Spider's Web -
5.
["Do you have art talent worth developing?"]
-
6.
["3 complete fishing outfits"]
-
7.
["Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma"]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Chris Boyko
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Björn Eklöf
- Dennis Forcier
- Del Gruber
- Mike Nielsen
- Derek Reinhard
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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