The Amazing Spider-Man #87 [Regular Edition]
(August 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
1970-05-12
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:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Unmasked at Last! (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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I--had to tell you!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man; Peter Parker; Gwen Stacy; Mary Jane Watson; Harry Osborn; Captain Stacy
Reprints

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

Joe Weider Course and Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Unmasked at Last! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

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

Job Number
285-Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
As we saw last issue, Spider-Man has been slowly growing weaker!
Feature Logo
The Amazing Spider-Man
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Gwen Stacy; Mary Jane Watson; Harry Osborn; Captain George Stacy; Randy Robertson; Josh (Randy's friend); The Prowler [Hobie Brown]
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)

Twice the Excitement in Only Half the Space! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Doctor Doom; Ka-Zar / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Spider's Web / letters page / 1.5 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan and John, While never doubting the inherent artistic talent and ability of the Romita/Mooney coterie of Marvel artists...
Characters
Spider-Man; Schemer
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Douglas Moench (future comics writer), Alan Kupperberg (future comics artist), Jean Laidig, and Dawn Dewsnap; includes Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.

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

Conan / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Famous Artists Schools / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Niresk Fishing Outfits / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Academy for Home Study / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Unmasked at Last!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. ["Another Joe Weider breakthrough: the end of the skinny body."]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  3. 2. Unmasked at Last!
    Spider-Man
  4. 3. ["Marvel-ous mags on sale right now!"]
    Mighty Marvel Checklist
  5. 4. ["Exciting new club Marvelmania International"]
  6. 5. Twice the Excitement in Only Half the Space!
    Bullpen Bulletins
  7. 6. ["Ka-Zar and Dr. Doom!"]
    Doctor Doom; Ka-Zar
  8. 7. ["Dear Stan and John, While never doubting the inherent artistic talent and ability of the Romita/Mooney coterie of Marvel artists..."]
    Spider's Web
  9. 8. ["The comic-mag event of the '70's!!"]
    Conan
  10. 9. ["Do you have art talent worth developing?"]
    Famous Artists Schools
  11. 10. ["3 complete fishing outfits"]
    Niresk Fishing Outfits
  12. 11. ["Now you can finish high school at home"]
    Academy for Home Study
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