The Amazing Spider-Man #9 [Regular Edition]
(February 1964)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale date
1963-11-12
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Non-Pareil Publishing Corp.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Editing
Stan Lee
Color
color
Dimensions
standard Silver Age, then Modern Age US
Paper Stock
Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding
saddle-stitched; #200 square bound
Publishing Format
was ongoing series

Issue Notes

This issue has variants.

The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings.

The Defeat of Spider-Man! (Table of Contents)

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

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Steve Ditko (signed)
Inks
Steve Ditko (signed)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Electro [Max Dillon]
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The Man Called Electro! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Steve Ditko
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek
Job Number
X-561
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Know something, little friend?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Electro [Max Dillon] (villain, introduction, origin); Aunt May Parker; Betty Brant; J. Jonah Jameson; Flash Thompson; Liz Allen
Synopsis
Electro decides to break some other criminals out of jail so they can help him with his crime spree. Spider-Man must balance taking care of Aunt May, who is in the hospital, and capturing Electro.
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Keywords
armored car; Forest Hills Bank; gold; lightning strike; surgery; West Side House of Detention

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Spider's Web / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Steve Ditko (illustration)
Inks
Steve Ditko (illustration)
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
typeset
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Indexer Notes

Letters page includes Special Announcements Section.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Defeat of Spider-Man!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. The Man Called Electro!
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Spider's Web
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