(October 1977)

Marvel, 1976 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.30 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1977-06-28
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by The Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860219910
Editing
Archie Goodwin (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.

July 26, 1977 is the on-sale date of this issue according to "Mike's Amazing World of Comics" mikesamazingworld.com .
This issue has variants:

A Life Too Far! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Al Milgrom (sourced)
Inks
Al Milgrom (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi ?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Medusa [Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for The Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 1976 series) #11 [30¢] Cover Thumbnail for The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976 series) #11 [35¢] Cover Thumbnail for The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976 series) #11 [Whitman]
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A Life Too Far (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Chris Claremont (credited)
Pencils
Jim Mooney (credited)
Inks
Mike Esposito (credited)
Colors
George Roussos (credited as T. S. Chu)
Letters
Bruce Patterson (credited as Patterson)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
5:00 PM--Manhattan--South Medical Center...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Inhumans: Black Bolt [Blackagar Boltagon]; Gorgon; Karnak; Lockjaw (cameo); Medusa [Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon]; Triton
Falzon; Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (Peter Parker also in flashback); Doctor Jack Tryon; Mary Jane Watson (also in flashback); Freddy; Joey
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Spider-Man races to get an antidote across New York City to save a dying man. Medusa needs the same antidote for another purpose and takes it before Spider-Man can arrive.
Reprints
Keywords
Brooklyn Bridge; Coney Island; roller coaster

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Spectacular Spider-Mail / letters page / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Reprints

Indexer Notes

letters from: Raymond Slaten, Paul Brodeur, Meredith Robbins, Stuart Downs, and Lou Fetters.

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

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

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. A Life Too Far!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. A Life Too Far
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Spectacular Spider-Mail
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
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