The Amazing Spider-Man #272 [Newsstand]
(January 1986)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.65 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
0714860245701
Editing
Keith Williams (credited) (assistant editor); Christopher Priest (credited as Jim Owsley) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #272 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

Make Way For... Slyde! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Ron Frenz (signed as F)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (signed as R)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Think you've got me, eh, webhead?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Slyde
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #272 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #272 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #272 [Canadian]
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Make Way for Slyde! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Tom DeFalco (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks
Kyle Baker (credited) (finished art)
Colors
Nel Yomtov (credited as Nelson Yomtov)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
What the--?!
Feature Logo
Spider-Man [eyes]
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Aunt May Parker; Nathan Lubensky; Blake Tower; Slyde (introduction, origin, villain); Rockwall (villain); Thomas Fireheart [Puma] (cameo); Jenna Taylor (cameo); Uncle Ben Parker (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
Spider-Man takes on a slippery new villain who ends up looking like a good guy when he turns his old boss over to D.A. Tower. Thomas Fireheart prepares to face the Beyonder.
Reprints

[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 / 1 page (report information)

Script
Christopher Priest
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Martin Uhlarir, J.F. Soto, Kevin Sheller, Scott Traverse, Jake Loomis, Jeff Rand, and Chris Dodd; includes View from the Tenth Floor (editorial comments).

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Make Way For... Slyde!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Make Way for Slyde!
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. ["By request..."]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Spider's Web
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