(September 1977)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.30 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1977-06-07
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860245709
Editing
Len Wein (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Fiend from the Fire! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bombs from his fingertips-- bursting all around me--!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Rocket-Racer
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #172 [30¢] Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #172 [35¢] Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #172 [Whitman]
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

The Fiend from the Fire! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Len Wein (credited)
Pencils
Ross Andru (credited)
Inks
Frank Giacoia (credited) (embellisher); Mike Esposito
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Apologia: we tried to wait, Marvelite-- honest we did-- but things began happening so fast and so furious we just had to start without you!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Rocket Racer (villain, introduction); Molten Man (villain); Liz Allen; Harry Osborn; Glory Grant; J. Jonah Jameson; Dr. Marla Madison
Reprints
Keywords
Newhope Memorial Hospital; Staten Island

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Pacific Comics / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

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

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script
Len Wein
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Whew!
Feature Logo
The Spider's Web

Indexer Notes

Letters from Sam Hays, Rob Duda, Al Schroeder III, Loretta King, Timmy Smith, Doug Craig, Janice Henry, David Elliott, Sridhar Prayaga, and Lou Fetters; includes house ad for Marvel Classics Comics #23 & 24. Located on page number 19.

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

Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Universal Bodybuilding / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

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

Hostess Cup Cakes; Hostess Twinkies / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Orca / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Fiend from the Fire!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Junior Sales Club of America Cards
  3. 2. The Fiend from the Fire!
    Spider-Man
  4. 3. ["Pacific Comics...the collector's best friend."]
    Pacific Comics
  5. 4. ["Remember how many times you felt left out because you were broke!"]
    Grit Newspaper
  6. 5. ["Let Joe Weider build you a better body for just $7.98"]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  7. 6. ["I know why Ken likes to shoot Daisy B-B guns with me."]
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
  8. 7. ["Whew!"]
    Spider's Web
  9. 8. ["Monster record"]
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
  10. 9. ["Impossible?"]
    Universal Bodybuilding
  11. 10. ["Hi, gang!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Stan's Soapbox
  12. 11. ["Hostess brings you 2 delicious All-Star snacks: Hostess Cup Cakes and Twinkies"]
    Hostess Cup Cakes; Hostess Twinkies
  13. 12. ["100pc. toy soldier set"]
    100 Toy Soldiers
  14. 13. ["Earn famous name prizes or cash"]
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  15. 14. ["An angry thunderbolt of terror explodes out of the ocean’s depths!"]
    Orca
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