The Amazing Spider-Man #193 [Newsstand]
(June 1979)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1979
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860245706
Editing
Marv Wolfman (credited) (editor); Mark Gruenwald (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (consulting editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #193 [Direct].

Return of the Fearsome Fly! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Al Milgrom
Inks
Bob McLeod
Colors
?
Letters
Jim Novak ?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
If The Fly has all my powers-- --then how can I ever defeat him?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; The Fly
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover art credits confirmed 2008 by Al Milgrom.

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The Wings of the Fearsome Fly! (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Man / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman (credited)
Pencils
Keith Pollard (credited) (layouts); Jim Mooney (finished art)
Inks
Jim Mooney (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited as Ben Sean)
Letters
John Costanza (credited as J. Costanza)
Job Number
LG397
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sometime late last night, the rain turned to soft snow flurries which sweeped [sic] across a suddenly helpless New York City.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Fly (villain); the burglar (villain); Mysterio (villain); J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Glory Grant; Betty Brant; Ned Leeds; Barney Bushkin; Aunt May Parker; Mary Jane Watson; Gravis Fletcher
Reprints
Keywords
Cleopatra's Needle; Metropolitan Museum of Art

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

Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Brains over Brawn! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Hostess Fruit Pies; Iron Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

Spider's Web / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mark Gruenwald ?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Marv, John, and Jim, Can we consider issue #189 a milestone issue?

Indexer Notes

Responses may have been written by Mark Gruenwald as Marv Wolfman is referred to in the third person. Letters from Dave Posey, Stan Wolfe, and Bill Jourdain.

Street Ball (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Spalding Sports Equipment / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Return of the Fearsome Fly!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. The Wings of the Fearsome Fly!
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. ["So there I was a few weeks ago, gabbin’ with a gaggle of undergrads during a light-hearted lecture at the College of St. Thomas in Minnesota."]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Stan's Soapbox
  4. 3. Brains over Brawn!
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Iron Man
  5. 4. ["Dear Marv, John, and Jim, Can we consider issue #189 a milestone issue?"]
    Spider's Web
  6. 5. Street Ball
    Spalding Sports Equipment
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