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 (editor)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

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

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

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

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

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Steve Ditko (credited)
Inks
Steve Ditko (credited)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)
Job Number
X-561
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Know something, little friend?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Liz Allan; Betty Brant; Electro [Max Dillon] (origin) (antagonist) (introduction); J. Jonah Jameson; Aunt May Parker; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Flash Thompson
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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.
Reprints
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)

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

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby (illustration)
Inks
George Roussos (illustration)
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
Artie Simek

Indexer Notes

House ad for Fantastic Four # 23.

[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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