The Amazing Spider-Man #82 [Regular Edition]

(March 1970)

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

And Then Came Electro! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

John Romita (credited) (plot); Stan Lee (credited) (script)

Pencils

John Romita (credited) (layouts); Jim Mooney (credited) (pencils); Marie Severin (see notes)

Inks

Jim Mooney (credited); Marie Severin (see notes)

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Weary and dejected, a brooding youth sits motionless in the silence of his room...

Feature Logo

The Amazing Spider-Man

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mary Jane Watson; Anna Watson (Mary Jane’s aunt); J. Jonah Jameson; Electro [Max Dillon] (origin recap); Captain George Stacy; Flash Thompson; Harry Osborn; Robbie Robertson; Marvin (talk show host)

Synopsis

Peter decides that it would be good for his public image to go on a TV talk show. Unfortunately he chooses a network where Max Dillon [Electro] works. In collusion with Jameson, Electro attacks Spider-Man live on stage. Spider-Man defeats him, but it is a Pyrrhic victory; Peter is as beat up as Max.

Reprints

• in El Sorprendente Hombre Araña (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1963 series) #101
• in Die Spinne (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #83
• in Hit Comics Die Spinne (BSV - Williams, 1971 series) #224
• in TV21 (City Magazines, 1970 series) #67 (2nd January 1971), #68 (9th January 1971), #69 (16th January 1971), #70 (23rd January 1971), #71 (30th January 1971)
• in Marvel Annual (IPC, 1972 series) #1974 (1973)
• in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #101 (18 January 1975) [Pages 1-10], #102 (25 January 1975) [pages 11-16, 18-20 plus new splash, o.t. "And Then Came Electro!"]
• in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #63 (November 1975)
which is reprinted
• in L'Uomo Ragno Classic (Edizioni Star Comics, 1991 series) #24 (Gennaio 1993) [La storia è tratta dalla ristampa di "Marvel Tales" (vedi nota).]
• in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #79 (5 juillet 1976)
• in The Amazing Spider-Man (Simon and Schuster, 1979 series) (1979)
• in El Asombroso Hombre Araña (Novedades, 1980 series) #76 (7 de octubre de 1981)
• in Spider-Man Comics Magazine (Marvel, 1987 series) #10 (July 1988)
• in The Essential Spider-Man (Marvel, 1996 series) #4 (December 2000)
• in Spiderman de John Romita (Planeta DeAgostini, 1999 series) #34 (octubre 2001)
• in The Essential Spider-Man (Marvel, 1996 series) #4 [Third Edition] (2011) [reprinted in black and white]
• 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)

Indexer Notes

The "Midnight Talk Show" host, Marvin, is modeled after Merv Griffin (with his co-host modeled after Arthur Treacher). Marie Severin redrew their faces (pencils and inks) on pages 14 and 15.

There is a great two-panel scene where the web-head - in Peter-civvies with a bag on his head - swings into a laundromat to wash his costume in preparation for the show.

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Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Incredible Items and Inconceivable Info of Inestimable Importance! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

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

Script

Roy Thomas ?

Pencils

John Buscema (illustrations)

Inks

Jim Mooney (illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Stan, John R., John B., Jim and Sam,...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man; Human Torch

Reprints

• in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #3 (2017)

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Dan Barrett, Stan Reynolds, Jay Richardson, Jeffrey Morgan, Dan Dlugonski, Christine Cassello, and Marc De Matteis; includes two panels reproduced from a previous issue and Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.

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

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Academy for Home Study / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Famous Artists Schools / advertisement / 1 page (report information)