The Amazing Spider-Man #39 [Regular Edition]
(August 1966)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1966-05-10
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

On-sale date from 1966 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:

Spidey and the Green Goblin...Both Unmasked! (Table of Contents)

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

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
John Romita
Inks
John Romita
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Sam Rosen
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Green Goblin [Norman Osborn]
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Treasure Chest of Fun (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

How Green Was My Goblin! (Table of Contents: 2)

Spider-Man / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
John Romita (credited as Johnny Romita)
Inks
Mike Esposito (credited as Mickey Demeo); John Romita (credited as Johnny Romita) (touch-ups)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
By now, that web-crawling weasel must have forgotten all about the Green Goblin!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Aunt May Parker; Anna Watson; Flash Thompson; Gwen Stacy; Harry Osborn; Ned Leeds; J. Jonah Jameson; Green Goblin [Norman Osborn] (identity revealed, villain); Professor Stromm (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
Peter heads to the doctor with the sniffles and learns that Aunt May's health is very fragile. Spider-Man is roped into tangling with a bunch of goons who zap him with a mysterious gas. Not realizing that the gas has weakened his spider sense, he changes into Peter Parker under the watchful gaze of the Green Goblin. The Goblin confronts Spidey outside of his home and captures him as Peter is worried that Aunt May might be overcome by the commotion. Trussed up in the Goblin's lair, Peter is shocked when the Goblin takes off his mask and reveals himself to be Norman Osborn.
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Indexer Notes

Continued next issue. John Romita touch-up credits from John Romita at the San Diego Comic-Con (July 21, 2006).

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

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

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Steve Ditko
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Who's the wiseguy that's holdin' out?
Characters
Thing; Spider-Man
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Indexer Notes

Letters from Donald Jackson, Ron Wilshire, Melanie Skinner, Tom Salazar, Charles Key, Dan Struckman, John Cahill, Mike McBride, and Anne Kong. The page also includes a membership form for the Merry Marvel Marching Society.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Spidey and the Green Goblin...Both Unmasked!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Treasure Chest of Fun
  3. 2. How Green Was My Goblin!
    Spider-Man
  4. 3. ["Items of lasting insignificance from the four corners of Marveldom!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  5. 4. ["Here he is!!"]
  6. 5. ["Who's the wiseguy that's holdin' out?"]
    Spider's Web
  7. 6. ["3 complete fishing outfits"]
  8. 7. ["We're looking for people who like to draw"]
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