(February 1969)
Marvel,
1963 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, except November, semi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1968-11-12
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Perfect Film & Chemical Corp.
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A. by World Color Press, Inc., Sparta, Illinois 62286
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Mission: Crush the Kingpin!
Spider-Man / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- John Romita (signed as Romita)
- Inks
- John Romita (signed as Romita)
- Colors
- Marie Severin ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Kingpin
- Reprints
-
in HIP Comics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #19100 -
in O Homem-Aranha (Editora Brasil-América [EBAL], 1969 series) #35 -
in Ihmesarja (Kuvajulkaisut, 1967 series) #43 -
in Die Spinne (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #70 - in A Teia do Aranha (Editora Abril, 1989 series) #7
-
in El Tony Extraordinario Suplemento [El Fabuloso Hombre Araña] (Editorial Columba, 1968 series) #231 -
in L'Uomo Ragno [Collana Super-Eroi] (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #70 -
in Marvelserien (Williams Förlags AB, 1967 series) #29 (1969) - in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #100
-
in L'Étonnant Spider-Man (Editions Héritage, 1969 series) #4 (octobre 1970) -
in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #101 ([circa 1971]) -
in Vengeur (Arédit-Artima, 1972 series) #7 (4ème trimestre 1973) [Modifié [Edited]] -
in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #52 (August 1974) which is reprinted - in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #79 (17 August 1974)
- in Marvel's Greatest Superhero Battles (Simon and Schuster, 1978 series) (1978)
-
in El Asombroso Hombre Araña (Novedades, 1980 series) #63 (8 de julio de 1981) - in Strange Spécial Origines (Editions Lug, 1981 series) #163 (5 juillet 1983)
- in Spider-Man Comics Magazine (Marvel, 1987 series) #6 (November 1987)
- in The Essential Spider-Man (Marvel, 1996 series) #4 (December 2000)
-
in Spiderman de John Romita (Planeta DeAgostini, 1999 series) #28 (abril 2001) - in Spider-Man Visionaries: John Romita (Marvel, 2001 series) (August 2001)
- in Os Maiores Clássicos do Homem-Aranha (Panini Brasil, 2002 series) #1 - John Romita (novembro de 2002)
- in The Essential Spider-Man (Marvel, 1996 series) #4 [Third Edition] (2011) [reprinted in black and white]
- in Spider-Man: The Lifeline Tablet Saga (Marvel, 2017 series) (2017)
- in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #3 (2017)
- in Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #5 - The Secret of the Petrified Tablet (2019)
-
Mission: Crush the Kingpin!
Spider-Man / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- John Romita (credited) (plot); Stan Lee (credited) (script)
- Pencils
- John Romita (credited) (layouts); Jim Mooney (credited) (pencils)
- Inks
- Jim Mooney (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Kingpin's hiding somewhere in this area!
- Feature Logo
The Amazing Spider-Man- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Kingpin; Robbie Robertson; Randy Robertson; J. Jonah Jameson; Gwen Stacy; Mr. Stacy (Gwen's father)
- Synopsis
- Spider-Man goes heads-up with the strength of the Kingpin, who is knocked out when his own cane-gun backfires. The police arrest the Kingpin for theft of the priceless tablet, but he claims that his ally Spider-Man has spirited it away. Meanwhile, Spider-Man manages to open the vault and retrieve the tablet, but when he tries to return it the police open fire on him.
- Reprints
- in Die Spinne (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #70
- in Marvelserien (Williams Förlags AB, 1967 series) #29 (1969)
- in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #100
- in L'Étonnant Spider-Man (Editions Héritage, 1969 series) #4 (octobre 1970)
- in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #101 ([circa 1971])
- in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #52 (August 1974)
- in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #79 (17 August 1974) [Pages 1-10], #80 (24 August 1974) [Page 10-20 plus new splash, o.t. "Mission: Crush The Kingpin!"]
- in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #66 (5 juin 1975)
- in Marvel's Greatest Superhero Battles (Simon and Schuster, 1978 series) (1978)
- in El Asombroso Hombre Araña (Novedades, 1980 series) #63 (8 de julio de 1981)
- in Strange Spécial Origines (Editions Lug, 1981 series) #163 (5 juillet 1983)
- in Marvel-pocket (Semic, 1984 series) #4/1985; 5 ([oktober] 1985)
- in Spider-Man Comics Magazine (Marvel, 1987 series) #6 (November 1987)
- in L'Uomo Ragno Classic (Edizioni Star Comics, 1991 series) #21 (Ottobre 1992) [Gli impianti di stampa potrebbero essere quelli di Marvel Tales 52.]
- in The Essential Spider-Man (Marvel, 1996 series) #4 (December 2000)
- in Spiderman de John Romita (Planeta DeAgostini, 1999 series) #28 (abril 2001)
- in Spider-Man Visionaries: John Romita (Marvel, 2001 series) (August 2001)
- in Os Maiores Clássicos do Homem-Aranha (Panini Brasil, 2002 series) #1 - John Romita (novembro de 2002)
- in The Essential Spider-Man (Marvel, 1996 series) #4 [Third Edition] (2011) [reprinted in black and white]
- in Artist's Editions (IDW, 2010 series) #[nn] - John Romita's The Amazing Spider-Man (December 2011)
- in Spider-Man: The Lifeline Tablet Saga (Marvel, 2017 series) (2017)
- in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #3 (2017)
- in Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #5 - The Secret of the Petrified Tablet (2019)
- in Artisan Edition (IDW, 2019 series) #[3] - John Romita’s The Amazing Spider-Man (March 2021)
-
[no title indexed]
Spider's Web / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Romita; Jim Mooney (illustrations)
- Inks
- Jim Mooney; Frank Giacoia (illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen; typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Stan and John, Since now it is up to us Marvel Maniacs to answer or reply to a question or comment...
- Characters
- Peter Parker; Harry Osborn; Gwen Stacy
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Letters from Mitchell J. Shields, Terry Wheeler, Robert McCloud, Shirley Gorman, Jay Owens, James Scott Hicks, Kerry Gammill, Will Weisert and Bruce Wonch. Also includes "Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom."
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Mission: Crush the Kingpin!
Spider-Man -
1.
["Hercules wrist band"]
-
2.
Mission: Crush the Kingpin!
Spider-Man -
3.
["Sensational scoops to startle, stun, and soothe you!"]
Bullpen Bulletins -
4.
["Dear Stan and John, Since now it is up to us Marvel Maniacs to answer or reply to a question or comment..."]
Spider's Web -
5.
["Two more triumphs for Marvel..!"]
Captain America; Fantastic Four -
6.
["Tired of being 'skinny'?"]
-
7.
["We're looking for people who like to draw"]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Björn Eklöf
- Dennis Forcier
- Del Gruber
- Katy Hayhurst
- Mike Nielsen
- Derek Reinhard
- Per Sandell
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
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