(November 1980)

Marvel, 1976 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1980-08-26
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Denny O'Neil (credited) (editor); Mark Gruenwald (credited) (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Frank Miller (signed)
Inks
Al Milgrom (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Four seconds ago Kingsley pulled the trigger...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man; Madame Belladonna; Roderick Kingsley
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for The Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 1976 series) #48 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976 series) #48 [Newsstand]
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Double Defeat! (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Man / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Roger Stern (credited)
Pencils
Marie Severin (credited)
Inks
Bruce Patterson (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited as Ben Sean)
Letters
Rick Parker (credited)
Job Number
LF234
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Debra Whitman (guest); Aunt May (guest); Nathan Lubensky (guest); Barney Bushkin (guest); Sgt. Snider (guest); Desiree Vaughn-Pope (guest); Roderick Kingsley (guest); J. Jonah Jameson (guest); Madame Belladonna [Narda Ravanna] (villain); Prowler II (villain)
Synopsis
Spider-Man has come to the conclusion that Madame Belladonna is actually fashion queen Desiree Vaughn-Pope, and that she intends to eliminate fishy businessman Roderick Kingsley. Spider-Man confronts Desiree's sister Narda, secretly the real Belladonna, who tries to lure both Spider-Man and Kingsley into a deadly trap. Her plan fails and Spider-Man appears just in time to stop the disgruntled Prowler II from exacting revenge on his former employer.
Reprints

Be Elite! (It's Neat!) Become a Privileged Marvel Subscriber! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Hulk / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script
Mark Gruenwald ?
Letters
typeset
Feature Logo
Spectacular Spider-Mail

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Brett Slack, Joe Dianisio, Greg Gildersleeve, Chris Woo, Dan Vogel, Mike Lansley, and David Duncan.

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

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 1, 1979
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 219,169
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 215,416
Owner: Marvel Comics Group, 575 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022; Cadence Industries Corp., 21 Henderson Drive, West Caldwell, NJ 07006

The Power of Gold! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Hostess Twinkies; Mister Fantastic [Mr. Fantastic] / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

100 Pc. Toy Soldier Set (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Four seconds ago Kingsley pulled the trigger..."]
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Double Defeat!
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. Be Elite! (It's Neat!) Become a Privileged Marvel Subscriber!
    Hulk
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Spectacular Spider-Mail
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
  6. 5. The Power of Gold!
    Hostess Twinkies; Mister Fantastic [Mr. Fantastic]
  7. 6. 100 Pc. Toy Soldier Set
    100 Toy Soldiers
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  • Dwayne Best
  • Merlin Haas
  • David Haglund
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Eric Rom
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore
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