The Amazing Spider-Man #96 [Regular Edition]
(May 1971)

Marvel, 1963 Series
< Previous Issue |
| Next Issue >
Volume
1
Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1971-02-09
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
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

No Approved by the Comics Code Authority seal. On-sale date from 1971 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Gil Kane (signed); Marie Severin (layout)
Inks
Gil Kane (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Morrie Kuramoto

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Spider-Man's getting away!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Green Goblin (inset)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Green Goblin's face in lower left section of cover by John Romita.

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Famous name prizes or cash

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Ad for Olympic Sales Club, Inc.

--And Now, the Goblin! (Table of Contents: 2)

Spider-Man / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Gil Kane (credited)
Inks
John Romita (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)

Job Number
556-Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Last ish, we saw Peter Parker in London, where he had gone to find the girl he loves.
Feature Logo
The Amazing Spider-Man
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Betty Brant; Robbie Robertson; Harry Osborn; Aunt May Parker; Anna May Watson; Mary Jane Watson; Green Goblin [Norman Osborn] (villain); Gwen Stacy (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
Peter returns from England and winds up getting a job with Norman Osborn. Unfortunately, Norman is shocked into becoming the Green Goblin again and sets his sights on Spider-Man.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Continued in the next 2 issues.

Drug references in the story meant that it could not be approved by the Comics Code.

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby; John Romita; Jim Steranko (illustrations)
Inks
Joe Sinnott; John Romita (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes an ad for Marvelmania stationary.

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

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee; ?
Pencils
Jack Kirby; Barry Windsor-Smith; Marie Severin; Gene Colan (illustrations)
Inks
Frank Giacoia; Vince Colletta; Marie Severin (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Indisputably incredible items to incite your interest, intensify your involvement, and increase your information!
Characters
Thor; Namor; Conan; Iceman; Daredevil; Spider-Man; Iron Man; Captain America; Hulk; Thing; Black Widow; Human Torch

Indexer Notes

Includes Stan Lee's Soapbox.

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

Spider's Web / letters page / 1.66 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan, There is one mag that has never been better, that one being Spider-Man.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from John Ostapkovich, Tom Hurd, John H. Madden, Joseph Mecca, Tom Steinke and Jaff Lapka.

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

Captain America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.34 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sal Buscema (illustration)
Inks
Sal Buscema (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
Morrie Kuramoto

First Line of Dialogue or Text
To stalk the Spider-Man!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America; Falcon; Spider-Man

Indexer Notes

House ad for Captain America #137.

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma

Indexer Notes

Ad for the Academy for Home Study.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
More and more men report Telepander Training helps develop power-packed muscles in only 35 days!

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Ad for the Telepander program of weight training.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Make money get prizes with fast selling American seeds
Characters
Rick Barry; Wilt Chamberlain

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Ad for the American Seed Co.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Spider-Man's getting away!"]
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. ["Famous name prizes or cash"]
  3. 2. --And Now, the Goblin!
    Spider-Man
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Mighty Marvel Checklist
  5. 4. ["Indisputably incredible items to incite your interest, intensify your involvement, and increase your information!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  6. 5. ["Dear Stan, There is one mag that has never been better, that one being Spider-Man."]
    Spider's Web
  7. 6. ["To stalk the Spider-Man!"]
    Captain America
  8. 7. ["Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma"]
  9. 8. ["More and more men report Telepander Training helps develop power-packed muscles in only 35 days!"]
  10. 9. ["Make money get prizes with fast selling American seeds"]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • David Bruce
  • Martin Burch
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Björn Eklöf
  • Del Gruber
  • Merlin Haas
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore