(3 April 1976)

Marvel UK, 1976 Series
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Price
0.09 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
weekly
On-sale Date
1976
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics International Ltd.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group
Editing
?

The Final Clash! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Dave Hunt
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Rosen

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Hunt/Giacoia credits confirmed by Dave Hunt via Big Glee's blog:

http://bigglee.blogspot.com/2012/05/more-fabulous-foreign-spider-man-cover…

The Last Battle! (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Man / comic story / 10.5 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway; John Romita
Pencils
John Romita; ? (splash page)
Inks
John Romita; Tony Mortellaro; ? (splash page)
Letters
Artie Simek

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [also appears as Peter Parker]; Dr. Octopus [Otto Octavius]; Hammerhead; Aunt May Parker; Gwen Stacy; Robbie Robertson; J. Jonah Jameson; Betty Brant; Ned Leeds; Chuck
Synopsis
In the midst of the war between Dr. Octopus and Hammerhead, Spider-Man finds himself held at gunpoint by Aunt May.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Splash page by unknown artist.

Marvel Sea-Monkeys Offer! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Who Can Stop the Abomination? (Table of Contents: 3)

Thor / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
John Buscema; ? (splash page)
Inks
Vince Colletta; ? (splash page)
Letters
Artie Simek

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Stranger; Abomination; Odin; Balder; Sif; Don Blake
Reprints
  • US from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #178 (July 1970) [Reprints last half of story (8 pages) with each reprint pages comprising of two pages of the original plus splash page (by unknown artist).]

Human Torch and the Amazing Spider-Man vs. Morbius (Table of Contents: 4)

Human Torch; Morbius; Spider-Man / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?; typeset

Genre
superhero

Into Battle with Herb Trimpe (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?; ? (photographs)
Inks
?; ? (photographs)
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; biography

Cloak and Dagger (Table of Contents: 6)

Doctor Strange / comic story / 4.5 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart; Frank Brunner
Pencils
Frank Brunner
Inks
Dick Giordano
Letters
Tom Orzechowski

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

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

Super-Spidey Mailbag / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Jorgen Hart, Barry Won, J. Cruttenden, and Andrew Butler.

Spider-Man in Brighton (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

The Statues of Doom! (Table of Contents: 9)

Iron Man / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Archie Goodwin
Pencils
George Tuska; ? (splash page)
Inks
Johnny Craig; ? (splash page)
Letters
Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There! My power rings weld the final components into place...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Jasper Sitwell; Nick Fury; Janice Cord; Senator Harrington Byrd; Mandarin; Mei-Ling
Reprints
  • US from Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #10 (February 1969) [Reprints pages 7-11 pages of story with two pages of original per page of reprint with new splash (1/2 page) by unknown artist).]
Keywords
Helicarrier

Marvel Mastermind 1975 (Table of Contents: 10)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Herb Trimpe; ?
Inks
Herb Trimpe; ?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Marvel Mastermind award given to Peter Judge; prizes include an original Herb Trimpe sketch.

Death-Song of Destiny! (Table of Contents: 11)

Doctor Strange; The Thing / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Gerber
Pencils
George Tuska
Inks
Mike Esposito
Letters
Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The subways of Manhattan's lower east side have a hollow feel about them after midnight...
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Dr. Strange [Dr. Stephen Strange]; Clea; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mrs. Coogan; Wong; Renee Goldenberg; Sheldon Goldenberg; Alvin Denton; Nick Cromer; Duff Coogan; Destiny; Yancy Street Gang
Synopsis
A mysterious woman is struck by a subway train, releasing the mystic power to bystanders to reveal their destiny.
Reprints

Patch and Dr. Monster. (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Final Clash!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. The Last Battle!
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. Marvel Sea-Monkeys Offer!
  4. 3. Who Can Stop the Abomination?
    Thor
  5. 4. Human Torch and the Amazing Spider-Man vs. Morbius
    Human Torch; Morbius; Spider-Man
  6. 5. Into Battle with Herb Trimpe
  7. 6. Cloak and Dagger
    Doctor Strange
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Super-Spidey Mailbag
  9. 8. Spider-Man in Brighton
  10. 9. The Statues of Doom!
    Iron Man
  11. 10. Marvel Mastermind 1975
  12. 11. Death-Song of Destiny!
    Doctor Strange; The Thing
  13. 12. Patch and Dr. Monster.
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Doug Brain
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome