The Amazing Spider-Man #241 [Direct]

(June 1983)

In the Beginning... (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Roger Stern (credited)

Pencils

John Romita Jr. (credited)

Inks

Frank Giacoia (credited)

Colors

Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)

Letters

Joe Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In his youth, Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Lieutenant Kris Keating; Gregory Bestman; Anna Watson; Mary Jane Watson; Vulture (Origin in flashback); Amy Powell (cameo); Lance Bannon (cameo); Blumberg

Reprints

• in Die Spinne (Condor, 1980 series) #98
• in Spiderman (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #17 (August 1983)
• in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #190 (5 octobre 1985)
• in Spindelmannen (Semic, 1984 series) #4/1986 ([april] 1986)
• in Edderkoppen (Interpresse, 1984 series) #4/1986 (uge 14 1986)
• in Edderkoppen (Semic, 1984 series) #4/1986 (uke 17 1986)
• in El Asombroso Hombre Araña (Novedades, 1980 series) #325 (16 de julio de 1986)
• in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #9 (August 1986) [excerpts]
which is reprinted
• in Marvel Saga (SatellitFörlaget, 1988 series) #9
• in Essential Marvel Saga (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
• in Homem-Aranha (Editora Abril, 1988 series) #2 (25 de Março de 1988)
• in L'Uomo Ragno (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #29 (30 Luglio 1989)
• in Biblioteca Marvel: Spiderman (Panini España, 2005 series) #40 (Octubre 2005) [black and white]
• in Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2012 series) #44 - El Asombroso Spiderman de Roger Stern y John Romita Jr. (Enero 2013), #69 - El Asombroso Spiderman de Roger Stern y John Romita Jr. Edición Definitiva (Marzo 2016)
• in Spider-Man vs. the Vulture (Marvel, 2017 series) (2017)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 2003 series) #23 (2021)

Keywords

New York Coliseum; Penn Station

Behind the Candy Counter (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bubble Yum / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script

Tom DeFalco

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Tom: To say I was impressed by Amazing Spider-Man Annual #16 would be something of an understatement.

Indexer Notes

Letters from Stephen Nottingham, Virginia Jones, Mark Waldman, Gerald Perkins, Catherine Roberts, and Mark Davis.