The Amazing Spider-Man #95 [Regular Edition]
(April 1971)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly except December, semi-monthly
On-sale Date
1971-01-12
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1971 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Hostage Must Die! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
John Romita
Inks
Sal Buscema
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

John Romita pencils; Sal Buscema inks cover credits provided by Nick Caputo, confirmed by original art as seen in Sal Buscema, Comics Fast and Furious Artist book.

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Trap for a Terrorist! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
John Romita (credited as J. Romita)
Inks
Sal Buscema (credited as S. Buscema)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Fasten your safety belt, Spidey-fan!
Feature Logo
The Amazing Spider-Man
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Robbie Robertson; J. Jonah Jameson; Mary Jane Watson; Aunt May Parker; Anna May Watson; Harry Osborn; Arthur Stacy; Gwen Stacy; Herbert Knowles; Inspector Hargraves; Captain George Stacy (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
Peter heads for England looking for Gwen but is forced to fight terrorists as Spider-Man. Realizing that Peter Parker can't show up with Spider-Man already swinging around, Peter heads home, leaving Gwen in mourning for her father.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story pages are numbered 1-20, but pages 12 and 13 are half-story and half-ads.

The Mighty Marvel Checklist (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

2 More Triumphs from Marvel (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

Wondrous Words of Wit and Wisdom with Which to Waste Some Time! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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

Spider's Web / letters page / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Romita; John Buscema (illustrations)
Inks
John Romita; Joe Sinnott (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
Morrie Kuramoto; typeset

Characters
Spider-Man (cameo); Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl]; Annihilus
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Jean Laidig, Don Tyler, F. C. Freeth, and Bruce Long. Also includes a panel from a previous story and a promo for Fantastic Four #109.

Statement of Ownership (Table of Contents: 7)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
R. C. Le Crow ? (business manager)
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Bottom of first page of letters column. Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1970. Average paid circulation for past 12 months is 322,195. Issue nearest to filing date is 269, 255.

[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)

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Hostage Must Die!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. ["Introducing Deal's Wheels, the most far-out model series yet."]
  3. 2. Trap for a Terrorist!
    Spider-Man
  4. 3. The Mighty Marvel Checklist
    Mighty Marvel Checklist
  5. 4. 2 More Triumphs from Marvel
    Marvel Comics
  6. 5. Wondrous Words of Wit and Wisdom with Which to Waste Some Time!
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Spider's Web
  8. 7. Statement of Ownership
  9. 8. ["Tired of being 'skinny'?"]
  10. 9. ["Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma"]
  11. 10. ["Do you have art talent worth developing?"]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Björn Eklöf
  • Del Gruber
  • Merlin Haas
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Richard Thomson
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore