The Amazing Spider-Man #503 [Direct Edition]
(March 2004)

Marvel, 1999 Series
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Price
2.25 USD; 3.25 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2004-01-28
Publisher's Age Guidelines
PSR
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [in horizontal box]
Barcode
759606047161 50311
Printer
Printed in the USA
Editing
Axel Alonso (credited) (editor); Warren Simons (credited) (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Chasing A Dark Shadow 1 of 2 (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
John Romita Jr. (signed as JRJR)
Inks
Scott Hanna (signed as S.H.)
Colors
Dan Kemp ? (sourced); Matt Milla ? (sourced)
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
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Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1999 series) #503 [Direct Edition] Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (1999 series) #503 [Newsstand]
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Chasing a Dark Shadow (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
J. Michael Straczynski (credited) (story); Fiona Kai Avery (credited as Fiona Avery) (story, script)
Pencils
John Romita Jr. (credited) (pictures)
Inks
Scott Hanna (credited)
Colors
Matt Milla (credited)
Letters
Cory Petit of Virtual Calligraphy (credited as Virtual Calligraphy's Cory Petit)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Ancient One (flashback); Death; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange] (flashback); Heimdall; Loki; Lord Chaos; Morwen; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Volstagg; Mary Jane Watson-Parker; Zeus; Tess Black
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[Marvel Subscription Form] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Indexer Notes

House Advertisement for Marvel Comics Series (subscription page).

[House Advertisements] (Table of Contents: 3)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1.5 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

House Advertisements for: X-STATIX series (1/2 page), MARVEL KNIGHTS 4 #1 (1/2 page), THE PULSE series (1/2 page).

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 4)

advertisement / 10.5 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Total of 10.5 one-page advertisements for: Spider-Man The New Animated Series (dvd, Sony), I-Ninja (game, Namco), Comic Book The Movie (dvd, Miramax), Punk'd (dvd, MTV, 1/2 page), Sonic Heroes (game, SEGA), Daredevil The Video Game (game, Encore), Spider-Man ISP (isp provider, Filtered Internet Solutions), Jeremiah (dvd, MGM , 1/2 page), 11th Annual Wizard Fan Awards (ballot, Wizard), Grind (dvd, WB, 1/2 page), Dungeon Siege: Legend of Aranna (game, Microsoft), Hellboy (movie, Columbia Pictures).

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Chasing A Dark Shadow 1 of 2
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Chasing a Dark Shadow
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. [Marvel Subscription Form]
  4. 3. [House Advertisements]
  5. 4. [Ads]
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