The Amazing Spider-Man #102 [Regular Edition]
(November 1971)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly except July, semi-monthly
On-sale Date
1971-08-10
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
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 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:

Vampire at Large! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Morrie Kuramoto

Genre
superhero
Characters
Lizard [Curt Connors]; Morbius [Michael Morbius]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Spider-Man is portrayed with six arms.
Morbius is misspelled as Moribus on the cover.

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

La Salle Extension University / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Vampire at Large! (Table of Contents: 2)

Spider-Man / comic story / 35 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Gil Kane (credited)
Inks
Frank Giacoia (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Job Number
662-Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Man--or man-like lizard--stand away from the chosen victim of Morbius!
Feature Logo
The Amazing Spider-Man
Genre
superhero
Characters
Martine Bancroft (flashback); J. Jonah Jameson; Lizard [Curt Connors]; Morbius [Michael Morbius] (origin); Emil Nikos (flashback, death); Aunt May Parker; Robbie Robertson; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Gwen Stacy; Charlie (death); Syd; Leo
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Spider-Man versus Morbius versus the Lizard and we learn the origin of Morbius. Plus, Doctor Connors prepares a serum that cures Spider-Man of his six-arm problem.
Reprints
Keywords
Long Island

Indexer Notes

The Morbius flashback sequence mentions that Michael Morbius was awarded a Nobel Prize. The story is broken into three parts, with part one on the first twelve pages, part two on pages 13-23 and titled The Way It Began and part three on pages 24-35 and titled The Curse and the Cure!

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

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

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Honor House Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[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)

The Insult That Made a Man Out of "Mac" (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

North American School of Drafting / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Spider's Web / letters page / 0.6 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas ?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan and Gil, Issue #98 of Spider-Man featured, among other things, a very brief conversation between J. Jonah Jameson and the Bugle's city editor, Joe Robertson.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from; Gary L. McCullough, and Bradley D. Ellis.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 0.4 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Junior Sales Club of America Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

American Specialty Company Christmas Cards & Seals / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Vampire at Large!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. ["This free booklet tells you how you can break into computer programming"]
    La Salle Extension University
  3. 2. Vampire at Large!
    Spider-Man
  4. 3. ["I put 2 full inches on my arms - 3 inches on my chest and trimmed 4 inches off my waist in just 7 weeks..."]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  5. 4. ["Hey fellow! Which would you rather have..."]
    Grit Newspaper
  6. 5. ["Monster s-i-z-e monsters"]
    Honor House Products
  7. 6. ["when I planned to retire before fifty"]
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
  9. 8. The Insult That Made a Man Out of "Mac"
    Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System
  10. 9. ["Now--for the first time ever... Tammy Wynette sings all her greatest hits"]
  11. 10. ["Polaris nuclear sub"]
  12. 11. ["Be a stand-out in your crowd."]
  13. 12. ["Happy birthday, bullpen baby!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  14. 13. ["These 3 big drafting kits given to you!"]
    North American School of Drafting
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
  16. 15. ["Dear Stan and Gil, Issue #98 of Spider-Man featured, among other things, a very brief conversation between J. Jonah Jameson and the Bugle's city editor, Joe Robertson."]
    Spider's Web
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Mighty Marvel Checklist
  18. 17. ["204pc Revolutionary War soldiers set"]
    Revolutionary War Soldiers
  19. 18. ["Choose from a parade of prizes at J.S.C.A."]
    Junior Sales Club of America Cards
  20. 19. ["Make money get prizes with fast selling $1.00 Christmas packs"]
    American Specialty Company Christmas Cards & Seals
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