- Script
- Marv Wolfman
- Pencils
- Sal Buscema (breakdowns); Frank Giacoia (finished art)
- Inks
- Frank Giacoia
- Colors
- Glynis Oliver
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino (page 1); Joe Rosen
- Genre
- superhero; science fiction
- Characters
- Nova [also appears as Richard Rider]; Photon (introduction); Spider-Man [also appears as Peter Parker]; Ralph Rider (death); Harry Daze; Jason Dean; Michael Lincoln; Franklin Risk; Charles Rider; Captain James Steele; Manners (butler)
- Synopsis
- Rich's uncle Ralph is murdered by Photon because of a secret chemical formula he was working on that several men were trying to acquire. Nova and Spider-Man team up to figure out the true identity of Photon.
- Reprints
Story continues in Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #171 (August 1977).