([November] 1985)

Marvel, 1964 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.25 USD; 1.50 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
annually
On-sale Date
1985-08-13
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Christopher Priest (credited as Jim Owsley) (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

An on-sale date of August 2, 1985, was listed on the shipping schedule printed in an untitled newsletter from the comic book store Comics Plus in Dearborn, Michigan, published August 2, 1985, issue #1. Since this listing was for titles scheduled to be released, it is possible this issue may have been released at a later date or that the on-sale date of August 13, 1985, was the newsstand on-sale date.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

This Is a Job For... (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Mary Wilshire (signed)
Inks
John Romita (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Mary Jane Watson
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #19 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964 series) #19 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964 series) #19 [Canadian]
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Cover gallery

Fun 'n' Games (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Man / comic story / 39 pages (report information)

Script
Louise Simonson
Pencils
Mary Wilshire (breakdowns)
Inks
Pat Redding (finishes)
Colors
Bob Sharen
Letters
Janice Chiang
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mary Jane Watson; Aunt May Parker; Aunt Anna Watson; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Kingpin [Wilson Fisk] (villain); Alistaire Smythe (villain)
Synopsis
Alistaire Smythe schemes to get rid of Spider-Man. Unfortunately, he suspects Mary Jane of being Spider-Man.
Reprints

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

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bob Layton; Jim Shooter; ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

"A non-radioactive reply to Jim Shooter," by Bob Layton. Marvel comics checklist for comics dated November 1985.
Inside back cover.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. This Is a Job For...
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Fun 'n' Games
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
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  • Eric Rom
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
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