The Amazing Spider-Man #422 [Direct Edition]
(April 1997)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.95 USD; 2.75 CAD
Pages
44
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1997-02-12
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Spider-Man Group; Marvel Comics
Barcode
759606024575 42211
Editing
Ralph Macchio (credited) (editor); Joe Andreani (credited) (assistant editor); Bob Harras (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Joe Bennett (signed)
Inks
Wellington Diaz (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Witness the rebirth of one of Spidey's greatest villains!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Electro
Keywords
electric chairs
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Exposed Wiring (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Tom DeFalco (credited)
Pencils
Joe Bennett (credited)
Inks
Bud LaRosa (credited)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited) (colors); Graphic Color Works (credited as GCW) (separations)
Letters
Richard Starkings (credited); Kiff Scholl of Comicraft (credited as Comicraft/KS)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Seems like only yesterday I was travelin' the small town circuit with the Steuben Carnival.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mary Jane Watson-Parker; Robbie Robertson; Doctor Reandeau; Paul Stacy; Professor Howard; Phil Urich; Detective Lewis; Jonathan Dillon (Electro's father; flashback); Anita Dillon (Electro's mother; flashback); Norma Lynn Dillon (Electro's wife; flashback); The Rose [Jacob Conover] (villain); Delilah (villain); Electro [Max Dillon] (villain); Don Fortunato (villain); Dragonfly [Meiko Yin] (villain); Madame Qwa (villain); Alison Mongrain (villain); Chesbro (villain); Black Tarantula (villain)
Synopsis
The life story of Maxwell Dillon.
Reprints
Keywords
Argentina; Empire State University; Staten Island

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

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

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

Spider's Web / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters by Ed Collett, Dan Haupert, Bryan Leed, Bob Mitchell and Navin Freddy.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Witness the rebirth of one of Spidey's greatest villains!"]
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Exposed Wiring
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Spider's Web
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