The Amazing Spider-Man #120 [Regular Edition]
(May 1973)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1973-02-13
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from The Comic Reader #93, January 1973.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
John Romita
Inks
John Romita
Colors
?
Letters
Morrie Kuramoto

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The fight to the finish -- with the ever-incredible Hulk!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]
Reprints

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

Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Famous name prizes or cash

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Fight and The Fury! (Table of Contents: 2)

Spider-Man / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway (credited)
Pencils
Gil Kane (credited); Paul Reinman (credited as P. Reinman) (art assist)
Inks
John Romita (credited); Frank Giacoia (credited) (pages 14, 16-18); Tony Mortellaro (credited) (backgrounds)
Colors
Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)
Letters
Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Job Number
1305-Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Marvel madness quiz part one: (A) Who is the giant with the green skin?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; General Thunderbolt Ross; Doctor Octopus (reference); Gwen Stacy; Frances Delon
Synopsis
Peter Parker is in Montreal in response to a mysterious telegram to Aunt May. While he's there, Spider-Man battles the Hulk, with General Ross being a nuisance.
Reprints
Keywords
Canada; Maskattawan Dam; Montreal

Indexer Notes

Per The Official Marvel Index to the Amazing Spider-Man # 5, August 1985, Paul Reinman primarily provided rough breakdowns for Kane. Giacoia additional inking per Nick Caputo, March 2019.

The Insult That Made a Man Out of "Mac" (Table of Contents: 3)

Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?; ? (ad copy)
Pencils
?; ? (photograph)
Inks
?; ? (photograph)
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey! Quit kicking that sand in our faces!
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Mac; Charles Atlas (photo)

Indexer Notes

The ad is located between story pages 3 and 4.

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

Revolutionary War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
Russ Heath
Inks
Russ Heath
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
204 pc. Revolutionary War soldiers set only $1.98

Indexer Notes

The ad is located between story pages 6 and 7.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

North American School of Conservation / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?; ? (photographs)
Inks
?; ? (photographs)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wear the badge of the future in... conservation

Indexer Notes

The ad is located between story pages 9 and 10.

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?; ? (photograph)
Inks
?; ? (photograph)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look, fellows!

Indexer Notes

The ad is located between story pages 11 and 12.

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

North American School of Animal Sciences / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Men! Women!... help those who can't help themselves!

Indexer Notes

The ad is located between story pages 14 and 15 (on top half of page number 20).

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

Grand Book Comics; North American School of Accounting; Passaic Book Center Comics / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?; ? (photographs)
Inks
?; ? (photographs)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
"Comic fans" If you collect comics, you must read The Comicollector.

Indexer Notes

The ads are located between story pages 14 and 15 (on page number 20). Multiple shop by mail ads on bottom half of page.

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

David T. Alexander Comics; Howard Rogofsky Comics; Kenmore Stamps; Penny Stamps / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?; ? (photographs)
Inks
?; ? (photographs)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Scary, life size monster ghost obeys your commands!

Indexer Notes

The ad page is located between story pages 17 and 18 (on page number 24). Multiple ads on page.

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

Coin Values Guidebook; Liftee Height Increase Pads; Robert Bell Comics / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?; ? (photographs)
Inks
?; ? (photographs)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Free everything you need to start your own shoe and clothing business

Indexer Notes

The ad page is located between story pages 17 and 18 (on page number 25). Multiple ads on page.

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

North American School of Drafting / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?; ? (photographs)
Inks
?; ? (photographs)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
These 3 big drafting kits given to you!

FOOM! (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Didja ever have a secret too exciting to keep?
Characters
The Thing

Indexer Notes

Announcement of FOOM (Friends of Ol' Marvel) fan club with list of premiums and a mail-in coupon.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Spider's Web / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

Feature Logo
The Spider's Web
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Les Baptiste and Lindy Marie Cauley.

Dracula Lives! (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Dracula

Indexer Notes

Promo for the Dracula Lives magazine on bottom half of letters page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Wayne School Courses / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Never finished high school?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Universal Bodybuilding / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?; ? (photographs)
Inks
?; ? (photographs)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Super bodybuilding course
Characters
Morrie Mitchell (photo)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?; ? (photographs)
Inks
?; ? (photographs)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Make money get prizes with fast selling American Seeds
Characters
Wilt Chamberlain

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["The fight to the finish -- with the ever-incredible Hulk!"]
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. ["Famous name prizes or cash"]
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  3. 2. The Fight and The Fury!
    Spider-Man
  4. 3. The Insult That Made a Man Out of "Mac"
    Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System
  5. 4. ["204 pc. Revolutionary War soldiers set only $1.98"]
    Revolutionary War Soldiers
  6. 5. ["Wear the badge of the future in... conservation"]
    North American School of Conservation
  7. 6. ["Look, fellows!"]
    Grit Newspaper
  8. 7. ["Men! Women!... help those who can't help themselves!"]
    North American School of Animal Sciences
  9. 8. [""Comic fans" If you collect comics, you must read The Comicollector."]
    Grand Book Comics; North American School of Accounting; Passaic Book Center Comics
  10. 9. ["Scary, life size monster ghost obeys your commands!"]
    David T. Alexander Comics; Howard Rogofsky Comics; Kenmore Stamps; Penny Stamps
  11. 10. ["Free everything you need to start your own shoe and clothing business"]
    Coin Values Guidebook; Liftee Height Increase Pads; Robert Bell Comics
  12. 11. ["These 3 big drafting kits given to you!"]
    North American School of Drafting
  13. 12. FOOM!
    Bullpen Bulletins
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Spider's Web
  15. 14. Dracula Lives!
    Dracula
  16. 15. ["Never finished high school?"]
    Wayne School Courses
  17. 16. ["Super bodybuilding course"]
    Universal Bodybuilding
  18. 17. ["Make money get prizes with fast selling American Seeds"]
    American Seeds
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