(July 1968)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly, except November, semi-monthly
On-sale Date
1968-04-09
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 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

The Name of the Dame Is... Medusa! (Table of Contents)

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

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
John Romita (signed as Romita)
Inks
John Romita (signed as Romita)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Medusa [Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Joe Weider Course and Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Make Way For---Medusa! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
John Romita (credited) (layouts); Don Heck (credited) (pencils)
Inks
Mike Esposito (credited as Mickey Demeo)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited as Sammy Rosen)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Something just sliced thru my webbing!
Feature Logo
The Amazing Spider-Man
Genre
superhero
Characters
J. Jonah Jameson; Medusa [Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon]; Harry Osborn; Norman Osborn; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Captain George Stacy; Gwen Stacy; Mary Jane Watson; Montgomery G. Bliss; Wilberforce
Synopsis
Medusa travels to New York City to gauge the reaction of the common person to the presence of an Inhuman.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The Spectacular Spider-Man Magazine #1 appears about this time.

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

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

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
John Romita (illustration); Don Heck (illustration)
Inks
Mike Esposito (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Spider-Man; Kingpin
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Jimmy Goodking, Alan Meerow, Robert Gluckson, Mark Lamberti, Dave Markus, Mike Duffy, Don Gembala, and Greg Boles.

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

Spectacular Spider-Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Niresk Fishing Outfits / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Roman War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Name of the Dame Is... Medusa!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. ["Tired of being 'skinny'?"]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  3. 2. Make Way For---Medusa!
    Spider-Man
  4. 3. ["The second Golden Age of Marvel is here!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Spider's Web
  6. 5. ["The greatest event in the history of comic magazines!"]
    Spectacular Spider-Man
  7. 6. ["3 complete fishing outfits"]
    Niresk Fishing Outfits
  8. 7. ["132pc. Roman soldiers set"]
    Roman War Soldiers
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  • David Bruce
  • Kevin C
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Björn Eklöf
  • Del Gruber
  • Darrel McCann
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore