The Amazing Spider-Man #77 [Regular Edition]
(October 1969)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly except November semi-monthly
On-sale Date
1969-07-15
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A. by World Color Press, Inc., Sparta, Illinois 62286
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
This issue has variants:

In the Blaze of Battle! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
John Romita (signed as Romita)
Inks
John Romita (signed as Romita)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Lizard [Doctor Curt Connors]
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

In the Blaze of Battle! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
John Buscema (credited) (plot); Stan Lee (credited) (script)
Pencils
John Buscema (credited) (layouts); Jim Mooney (credited) (pencils)
Inks
Jim Mooney (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
As we saw last ish, just as Spidey was just about to trap the deadly Lizard, he was interrupted by the Human Torch...
Feature Logo
The Amazing Spider-Man
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Lizard [Doctor Curt Connors] (villain); Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Billy Connors; Martha Connors
Synopsis
The Human Torch complicates Spider-Man's plan to catch the Lizard without hurting him.
Reprints

The Latest and Greatest Goodies from Maniacal Marvel! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script
Roy Thomas ?
Pencils
John Romita; John Buscema (illustrations)
Inks
Jim Mooney (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan and John, Spider-Man is consistently a source of comfort to the comic fanatic.
Characters
Shocker; Gwen Stacy; George Stacy; Peter Parker
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Donald F. McGregor (future comics writer), Bill Labrie, Kim Heitman, Dirck L. Van Sickle, Mike FitzGerald and Robert E. Emmett; includes Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.

[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)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. In the Blaze of Battle!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. ["Pocket spy telescope"]
  3. 2. In the Blaze of Battle!
    Spider-Man
  4. 3. The Latest and Greatest Goodies from Maniacal Marvel!
    Bullpen Bulletins
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
  6. 5. ["Dear Stan and John, Spider-Man is consistently a source of comfort to the comic fanatic."]
    Spider's Web
  7. 6. ["Do you have art talent worth developing?"]
  8. 7. ["America's greatest values in science labs and courses!"]
  9. 8. ["If you need extra money & you know just 10 people..."]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Björn Eklöf
  • Del Gruber
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore