Spider-Man Winter Special #1979

(1979)

Spider Man (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Steve Ditko

Letters

Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Though the world may mock Peter Parker, the timid teenager... it will soon marvel at the awesome might of... Spider-Man!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; the Burglar

Reprints

• from Amazing Fantasy (Marvel, 1962 series) #15 [Regular] (September 1962 (see Notes))

Indexer Notes

Black and white reproduction.

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

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Table of contents plus a short editorial by editor Dez Skinn.

What If Someone Else Had Become -- the Amazing Spider-Man (Table of Contents: 3)

Spider-Man / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Don Glut; Roy Thomas

Pencils

Rick Hoberg

Inks

Sam Grainger

Colors

George Roussos

Letters

Rick Parker

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I am the Watcher... one of the weariless race of beings...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Spider [Flash Thompson] (death); the Chameleon; Crusher Hogan (wrestler, death); J. Jonah Jameson; Spider-Girl [Betty Brant]; Spider Jameson [Colonel John Jameson] (death); Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; the Tinkerer; the Vulture; the Watcher; Sam; Joe

Synopsis

What would have happened if someone else had gotten spider powers instead of Peter Parker? Flash Thompson would have named himself Captain Spider and then died in a battle against the Vulture. Betty Brant would have become Spider-Girl, but then retired after failing to stop the thief who murdered Peter's uncle Ben. John Jameson, goaded on by his father, would have become Spider Jameson and then sacrificed his life to save the life of a fellow astronaut. In all these alternate realities, Peter Parker still becomes Spider-Man in the end, as this is his true destiny.

Reprints

• from What If? (Marvel, 1977 series) #7 (February 1978)

Indexer Notes

What if? #7 has been split into three sections in this special one section for each of the characters who could have become Spider-Man.

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

Changes: Spidey in Britain / text article / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Indexer Notes

Article looking at the number of changes to Spider-Man Weekly over the past six years.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Help Spidey get his Head

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man

Synopsis

Dot-to-dot puzzle of Spider-Man

What If Someone Else Had Become -- the Amazing Spider-Man (Table of Contents: 6)

Spider-Man / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Don Glut; Roy Thomas

Pencils

Rick Hoberg

Inks

Sam Grainger

Letters

Rick Parker

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I am the Watcher... one of the weariless race of beings...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Spider [Flash Thompson] (death); the Chameleon; Crusher Hogan (wrestler, death); J. Jonah Jameson; Spider-Girl [Betty Brant]; Spider Jameson [Colonel John Jameson] (death); Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; the Tinkerer; the Vulture; the Watcher; Sam; Joe

Synopsis

What would have happened if someone else had gotten spider powers instead of Peter Parker? Flash Thompson would have named himself Captain Spider and then died in a battle against the Vulture. Betty Brant would have become Spider-Girl, but then retired after failing to stop the thief who murdered Peter's uncle Ben. John Jameson, goaded on by his father, would have become Spider Jameson and then sacrificed his life to save the life of a fellow astronaut. In all these alternate realities, Peter Parker still becomes Spider-Man in the end, as this is his true destiny.

Reprints

• from What If? (Marvel, 1977 series) #7 (February 1978)

Indexer Notes

This is the Bette Brant becomes Spider-Girl section from What If? #7.

Spider-Man from Start to Finish (Table of Contents: 7)

Spider-Man / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man

Synopsis

Details on a syndicated newspaper strip

Indexer Notes

Article about the Spider-Man newspaper strip and how Stan Lee and John Romita put it together.

A Mighty Marvel Bonus Page (Table of Contents: 8)

Spider-Man / character profile / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man

Synopsis

Page 1: Peter Parker's Pad
Page 2: Daily Bugle and The Daily Globe
Page 3: Empire State University

Indexer Notes

Article about Peter Parker's residences including his apartment, the Daily Bugle, The Daily Globe and Empire State University with maps and plans.

What If Someone Else Had Become -- the Amazing Spider-Man (Table of Contents: 9)

Spider-Man / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Don Glut; Roy Thomas

Pencils

Rick Hoberg

Inks

Sam Grainger

Letters

Rick Parker

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I am the Watcher... one of the weariless race of beings...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Spider [Flash Thompson] (death); the Chameleon; Crusher Hogan (wrestler, death); J. Jonah Jameson; Spider-Girl [Betty Brant]; Spider Jameson [Colonel John Jameson] (death); Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; the Tinkerer; the Vulture; the Watcher; Sam; Joe

Synopsis

What would have happened if someone else had gotten spider powers instead of Peter Parker? Flash Thompson would have named himself Captain Spider and then died in a battle against the Vulture. Betty Brant would have become Spider-Girl, but then retired after failing to stop the thief who murdered Peter's uncle Ben. John Jameson, goaded on by his father, would have become Spider Jameson and then sacrificed his life to save the life of a fellow astronaut. In all these alternate realities, Peter Parker still becomes Spider-Man in the end, as this is his true destiny.

Reprints

• from What If? (Marvel, 1977 series) #7 (February 1978)

Indexer Notes

Third part of the What If? #7 story this part is John Jameson becoming Captain Spider.

How Stan Lee and Steve Ditko Create Spider-Man (Table of Contents: 10)

Spider-Man / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man

Indexer Notes

Article about how Stan Lee and Steve Ditko came to create Spider-Man. 3 or 4 pages.

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Frantic / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)