The Amazing Spider-Man #84 [Regular Edition]
(May 1970)

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
1970-02-17
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 1970 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
This issue has variants:

The Kingpin Strikes Back! (Table of Contents)

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

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Kingpin
Reprints

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Kingpin Strikes Back! (Table of Contents: 2)

Spider-Man / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

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

Job Number
170-Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's a good thing I didn't capture the Schemer when last we fought... there wasn't any reward for him then!
Feature Logo
The Amazing Spider-Man
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Schemer; Gwen Stacy; Captain George Stacy; Kingpin; Vanessa Fisk
Synopsis
Peter could use the $5,000 reward, so Spider-Man sets out to capture The Schemer. He eventually finds him in his fancy car but keeps falling off it. Schemer arrives at the Kingpin's mansion and confronts him; Vanessa intervenes. Spider-Man has followed Schemer, breaks in, and has a brief tiff with Kingpin before they both realize that both Schemer and Vanessa have vanished.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 0.4 page (report information)

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.6 page (report information)

Mighty Marvel's On the Move Again! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan and John, After reading Spider-Man #80...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Robert Kowalski, Mike Conrad, Dirk Burhans, Tim Seidler, Glen Quasny, B. W. Hiatt, Neil Maloney, and Bruce Long; includes three panels reproduced from a previous issue and Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.

[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)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Kingpin Strikes Back!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. ["Famous name prizes or cash... from Olympic"]
  3. 2. The Kingpin Strikes Back!
    Spider-Man
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Mighty Marvel Checklist
  5. 4. ["Exciting new club Marvelmania International"]
  6. 5. Mighty Marvel's On the Move Again!
    Bullpen Bulletins
  7. 6. ["Dear Stan and John, After reading Spider-Man #80..."]
    Spider's Web
  8. 7. ["I put 2 full inches on my arms - 3 inches on my chest and trimmed 4 inches off my waist in just 7 weeks..."]
  9. 8. ["Audel skill-building practical guides"]
  10. 9. ["Make money get prizes with fast selling American seeds"]
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
  • Merlin Haas
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore