The Amazing Spider-Man
#79
[Regular Edition]
(December 1969)
Marvel,
1963 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly except November, semi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1969-09-16
- 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:
This issue has variants:
To Prowl No More!
Spider-Man / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Peter Parker; The Prowler [Hobie Brown]; J. Jonah Jameson
- Reprints
-
in HIP Classics (Classics/Williams, 1969 series) #19144 -
in Ihmesarja (Kuvajulkaisut, 1967 series) #53 -
in El Sorprendente Hombre Araña (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1963 series) #98 -
in Die Spinne (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #80 -
in El Tony Extraordinario Suplemento [El Fabuloso Hombre Araña] (Editorial Columba, 1968 series) #254 -
in L'Uomo Ragno [Collana Super-Eroi] (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #80 -
in Marvelserien (Williams Förlags AB, 1967 series) #39 (1970) - in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #144
-
in L'Étonnant Spider-Man (Editions Héritage, 1969 series) #7 (juin 1971) -
in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #60 (August 1975) [modified; with cover alterations, possibly by Mike Esposito changing Peter Parker to Spider-Man] which is reprinted -
in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #97 (21 December 1974) -
in Spiderman de John Romita (Planeta DeAgostini, 1999 series) #33 (septiembre 2001) - in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #3 (2017)
- in El Asombroso Hombre Araña (Novedades, 1980 series) #73 (16 de septiembre de 1981)
- in Spider-Man Comics Magazine (Marvel, 1987 series) #9 (May 1988)
- in The Essential Spider-Man (Marvel, 1996 series) #4 (December 2000)
- in Spider-Man Komplett (Panini Deutschland, 1999 series) #v1969#12 ([Oktober 2001])
- 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) #3 (2017)
- in Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #5 - The Secret of the Petrified Tablet (2019)
-
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To Prowl No More!
Spider-Man / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited)
- Pencils
- John Buscema (credited) (layouts); Jim Mooney (credited) (pencils)
- Inks
- Jim Mooney (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Someone in a costume... robbing Jonah Jameson in his office!
- Feature Logo
The Amazing Spider-Man- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; The Prowler [Hobie Brown]; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Gwen Stacy; Mindy (Hobie's girlfriend, reference only)
- Synopsis
- Spider-Man and the Prowler fight. The Prowler gets away using a gas bomb, then plans another robbery to make himself (Hobie) a hero when the loot is recovered. Peter anticipates the move and gets there during the robbery. This time the Prowler's gas has no effect and Peter unmasks him to find a well-intentioned kid like himself. Spider-Man lets him go.
- Reprints
- in Die Spinne (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #80
- in Marvelserien (Williams Förlags AB, 1967 series) #39 (1970)
- in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #144
- in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #85 ([circa 1971 - 1972])
- in L'Étonnant Spider-Man (Editions Héritage, 1969 series) #8 (octobre 1971)
- in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #97 (21 December 1974) [Pages 1-12], #98 (28 December 1974) [Page 12-20 plus new splash, o.t. "To Prowl No More!"]
- in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #60 (August 1975)
-
in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #76 (5 avril 1976) - in El Asombroso Hombre Araña (Novedades, 1980 series) #73 (16 de septiembre de 1981)
- in Spider-Man Comics Magazine (Marvel, 1987 series) #9 (May 1988)
- in L'Uomo Ragno Classic (Edizioni Star Comics, 1991 series) #24 (Gennaio 1993) [Gli impianti di stampa potrebbero essere quelli di Marvel Tales 60.]
- in The Essential Spider-Man (Marvel, 1996 series) #4 (December 2000)
- in Spiderman de John Romita (Planeta DeAgostini, 1999 series) #33 (septiembre 2001)
- 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) #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 / 1 page
- Script
- Roy Thomas ?
- Pencils
- John Buscema; Jim Mooney (illustration)
- Inks
- Jim Mooney (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Stan, John, and Jim, It seems that you can't win!
- Characters
- Lizard [Curt Connors]
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from Star Ellis, Brion Houlihan, John O'Grady, and Don Dewsnap; includes a panel reproduced from issue #75.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
To Prowl No More!
Spider-Man -
1.
["Tired of being 'skinny'?"]
-
2.
To Prowl No More!
Spider-Man -
3.
[no title indexed]
Bullpen Bulletins -
4.
["Dear Stan, John, and Jim, It seems that you can't win!"]
Spider's Web -
5.
["Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma"]
-
6.
["Do you need extra money?"]
-
7.
["We're looking for people who like to draw"]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Bruno Andreacchi
- Chris Boyko
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Björn Eklöf
- Dennis Forcier
- Del Gruber
- Katy Hayhurst
- Mike Nielsen
- Derek Reinhard
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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