- 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
- Ever since Spider-Man drove the Kingpin into hiding last year, no one has been powerful enough to take his place as King of Crime... until now!
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Betty Brant; Vanessa Fisk; J. Jonah Jameson; Kingpin [Wilson Fisk]; Harry Osborn; Robbie Robertson; Schemer [Richard Fisk] (behind mask, Richard Fisk also in photo); Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Captain George Stacy; Gwen Stacy; Flash Thompson; Doctor Bromwell
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- The Schemer tries to become the new King of Crime in New York, and starts a war with the Kingpin. Flash Thompson goes to war in Vietnam and Gwen Stacy is injured in a traffic accident.
- Reprints
- in Die Spinne (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #84
- in Hit Comics Die Spinne (BSV - Williams, 1971 series) #225
- in TV21 (City Magazines, 1970 series) #72 (6th February 1971), #73 (13th February 1971), #74 (20th February 1971), #75 (27th February 1971), #76 (6th March 1971), #77 (13th March 1971), #78 (20th March 1971)
- in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #103 (1 February 1975) [Pages 1-10], #104 (8 February 1975) [Page 11-20 plus new splash, o.t. "The Schemer!"]
- in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #64 (January 1976)
- in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #80 (5 août 1976)
- in El Asombroso Hombre Araña (Novedades, 1980 series) #77 (14 de octubre de 1981)
- in Spider-Man Comics Magazine (Marvel, 1987 series) #11 (September 1988)
- in L'Uomo Ragno Classic (Edizioni Star Comics, 1991 series) #25 (Febbraio 1993) [Gli impianti di stampa potrebbero essere quelli di Marvel Tales 64.]
- in The Essential Spider-Man (Marvel, 1996 series) #4 (December 2000)
- in Spiderman de John Romita (Planeta DeAgostini, 1999 series) #35 (noviembre 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)
Continued in the next 2 issues.
- Script
- Roy Thomas ?
- Pencils
- John Buscema (illustration)
- Inks
- Jim Mooney (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Stan, John, and Jim, Spider-Man #77 was too fabulous...
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
Letters of comment from Paul Boring, Bob Asbrand, Jean Leidig, Randy Schuppener, and Lester Boutillier; includes a panel reproduced from a previous issue and Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.
- Script
- John F. Hayes (Business Manager)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
Filed October 1, 1969. Total Paid Circulation 12 month average: 372,352.