The Amazing Spider-Man #168 [Regular Edition]

(May 1977)

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Junior Sales Club of America Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Murder on the Wind! (Table of Contents: 2)

Spider-Man / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

Len Wein (credited)

Pencils

Ross Andru (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited); Dave Hunt (sourced) (backgrounds)

Colors

Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)

Letters

Joe Rosen (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

J. Jonah Jameson; Marla Madison; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Spider-Slayer; Mary Jane Watson; Will-O'-the-Wisp (death) (villain); Dr. Jonas Harrow

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Spider-Man defeats J. Jonah Jameson's Spider-Slayer and the battles Will-o'-the-Wisp. Dr. Jonas Harrow destroys Will-o'-the-Wisp when he refuses to kill Spider-Man

Reprints

• in Die Spinne (Condor, 1980 series) #22
which is reprinted
• in Die Spinne (Condor, 1987 series) #22
• in Super Spider-Man (Marvel UK, 1976 series) #245 (19 October 1977) [pages 1-10, black and white], #246 (26 October 1977) [pages 11-17, black and white, plus new splash page, original title "Murder on the Wind"]
• in Spindelmannen (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) #11/1978 (1978)
• in Edderkoppen (Atlantic Forlag, 1978 series) #11/1978 ([7. november] 1978) [pages 7, 9 and 10], #12/1978 ([21. november] 1978) [edited reprint]
• in Spindelmannen (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) #12/1978 (1978)
• in L'Uomo Ragno [Collana Super-Eroi] (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #235 (8 Maggio 1979)
• in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #126 (5 juin 1980)
• in El Asombroso Hombre Araña (Novedades, 1980 series) #164 (15 de junio de 1983)
• in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #5 (2021)

Keywords

Times Square

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

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Universal Bodybuilding / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Spider's Web / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Len Wein ?

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Feature Logo

The Spider's Web

Indexer Notes

Letters from Ed Via, Sam Hays, Gerard Jones, and T. W. Carl.

Yabberings and Yeddings from Yeoman Yarnspinners to You! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

Captain America and the Sore Sir's Apprentices (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Captain America; Hostess Cup Cakes / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

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