The Amazing Spider-Man #171 [Whitman]

(August 1977)

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Gandalf Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Photon Is Another Name For...? (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Len Wein (credited)

Pencils

Ross Andru (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited); Frank Giacoia

Colors

Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)

Letters

Joe Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Stop!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Nova [Richard Rider]; Photon [Jason Dean]; A.I.M.; Molten Man; Liz Allan; Harry Osborn; Dr. Ralph Rider; Franklin Risk; Michael Lincoln; Harry Daze; Captain James Steele; Manners (butler, dead); Charles Rider

Synopsis

Spider-Man and Nova determine the true identity of Photon and solve the mystery of who killed Nova's uncle.

Reprints

• in Super Spider-Man (Marvel UK, 1976 series) #253 (14 December 1977) [Reprints pages 1-9.]
• in Atlantic Special [Atlantic Spesial] (Atlantic Forlag, 1978 series) #2 (1978) [minus page 6]
• in Super Special (Winthers Forlag, 1978 series) #2 - Edderkoppen mod Photon (1978) [page 6 removed]
• in Atlantic special (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) #2/1978 ([februari] 1978) [1 sida bortredigerad]
• in Spindelmannen (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) #12/1978 (1978)
• in Gli Eterni (Editoriale Corno, 1978 series) #12 (Febbraio 1979)
• in Nova (Editions Lug, 1978 series) #13 (10 février 1979) [Moins/Minus 1 page]
• in Die Spinne (Condor, 1980 series) #25 (1981)
which is reprinted
• in Die Spinne (Condor, 1987 series) #25
• in El Asombroso Hombre Araña (Novedades, 1980 series) #167 (6 de julio de 1983)
• in Essential Nova (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) [black and white]
• in The Essential Spider-Man (Marvel, 1996 series) #8 ([2 May] 2007) [black and white]
• in Nova Classic (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 (2013)

Keywords

Long Island

Indexer Notes

Story continues from Nova (Marvel, 1976 series) #12 (August 1977)

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Joe Weider Course and Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script

Len Wein

Pencils

Jack Kirby; ? (illustrations)

Inks

John Verpoorten; ? (illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Marvel, You’ve really got to hand it to Jonah – he’s persistent!

Feature Logo

The Spider's Web

Characters

Ikaris

Indexer Notes

Letters from M.E. Robbins, Mike Nelson, Matt Pierce, and James L. Bleeker; includes house ad for The Eternals series.

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Official Star Trek Poster Magazine / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Rust Be My Destiny! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Hostess Cup Cakes; Iron Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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Universal Bodybuilding / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Niresk Fishing Outfits / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Street Ball (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Spalding sports equipment / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)