The Amazing Spider-Man #224 [Newsstand]
(January 1982)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [various positions]
Barcode
0714860245701
Editing
Tom DeFalco (editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #224 [Direct].

Let Fly These Aged Wings! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
John Romita Jr.; Ed Hannigan (cover design)
Inks
Bob Layton
Colors
?
Letters
Michael Higgins ?; typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Vulture [Adrian Toomes]
Reprints
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Let Fly These Aged Wings! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Roger Stern (credited)
Pencils
John Romita Jr. (breakdowns); Pablo Marcos (finished art)
Inks
Pablo Marcos
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mid-morning in the Chelsea apartment of one Peter Parker...
Feature Logo
Spider-Man [eyes]
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Vulture [Adrian Toomes]; Aunt May Parker; Nathan Lubensky
Synopsis
The Vulture, also known as Adrian Toomes, has been hospitalized but snaps out of his depression when he meets and becomes inspired by Nathan Lubensky, May Parker's boyfriend who is confined to a wheelchair. He resumes his criminal career and hides in May's and Nathan's nursing home. When Peter Parker visits his aunt, he identifies Toomes as the Vulture and changes to Spider-Man in order to stop him.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

Flea Bargaining (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Captain Marvel; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Lloy Wiese, Mark Emerson Dunlap, David Pulliam, and Paul R. Davis; includes house ad for Spectacular Spider-Man #62 & Marvel Team-Up #113.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Let Fly These Aged Wings!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Let Fly These Aged Wings!
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. ["Hello, again... A few months ago, I proudly announced that by popular demand, the Bullpen Bulletins page was back – and it was, for two whole months."]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. Flea Bargaining
    Captain Marvel; Hostess Twinkies
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Spider's Web
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