The Amazing Spider-Man
#159
[25¢]
(August 1976)
Marvel,
1963 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1976-05-11
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Barcode
- 0714860245708
- Editing
- Len Wein (credited) (editor); Marv Wolfman (credited) (cook & bottle-washer)
Issue Notes
On sale date from the Comic Reader #130.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
Hammerhead Is Comin' Thru!
Spider-Man / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Ross Andru; John Romita (see notes)
- Inks
- Frank Giacoia; John Romita (see notes)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Danny Crespi
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doctor Octopus [Otto Octavius]; Hammerhead; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
-
in The Amazing Spider-Man (Republican Press, 1978 series) #15 -
in Aventuras do Homem Aranha [Spider-man] (Agência Portuguesa de Revistas, 1978 series) #8 -
in Spider-Man (Editorial Bruguera, 1980 series) #65 -
in Die Spinne (Condor, 1980 series) #10 which is reprinted -
in Σπάιντερ Μαν [Spider-Man] (Kabanas Hellas, 1977 series) #71, #385 -
in L'Étonnant Spider-Man (Editions Héritage, 1969 series) #61 (juillet 1976) -
in L'Uomo Ragno [Collana Super-Eroi] (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #208 (19 Aprile 1978) -
in El Sorprendente Hombre Araña (Editorial OEPISA, 1974 series) #115 (1979) -
in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #136 [Direct] (February 1982) - in El Asombroso Hombre Araña (Novedades, 1980 series) #155 (13 de abril de 1983)
-
Indexer Notes
Andru pencil credit provided 2006 by Nick Caputo and confirmed by Steven Tice. Inks credit also per Nick, who noted Romita provided alterations on Hammerhead's face.
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Arm-in-Arm-in-Arm-in-Arm-in-Arm-in-Arm with Doctor Octopus
Spider-Man / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Len Wein (credited)
- Pencils
- Ross Andru (credited)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito (credited); Dave Hunt (sourced) (backgrounds)
- Colors
- Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
- Letters
- Joe Rosen (credited); Gaspar Saladino (splash)
- Job Number
- JV-339
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doctor Octopus [Otto Octavius]; Hammerhead; J. Jonah Jameson; Aunt May Parker; Robbie Robertson; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Tinkerer [Phineas Mason]; Toy; Miss Plum
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Spider-Man reluctantly teams up with Doctor Octopus to rescue Aunt May from Hammerhead.
- Reprints
- in Die Spinne (Condor, 1980 series) #10 which is reprinted
- in L'Étonnant Spider-Man (Editions Héritage, 1969 series) #61 (juillet 1976)
- in L'Uomo Ragno [Collana Super-Eroi] (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #208 (19 Aprile 1978)
-
in Edderkoppen (Atlantic Forlag, 1978 series) #9/1978 ([5. september] 1978) [page 6 panel 2-3 and page 7 panel 1-4 removed] -
in Spindelmannen (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) #9/1978 (1978) -
in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #123 (5 mars 1980) - in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #136 (February 1982)
- in El Asombroso Hombre Araña (Novedades, 1980 series) #155 (13 de abril de 1983)
- in Marvel Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #1 (July 2017)
- in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #5 (2021)
- in Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #9 - Spider-Man or Spider-Clone? (2023)
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- Keywords
- helicopter; Spider-mobile
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Hammerhead Is Comin' Thru!
Spider-Man -
1.
Arm-in-Arm-in-Arm-in-Arm-in-Arm-in-Arm with Doctor Octopus
Spider-Man
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Valmiki Annamanthadoo
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Björn Eklöf
- Michael Hoskin
- Darrel McCann
- Mike Nielsen
- Derek Reinhard
- Per Sandell
- Ramon Schenk
- Steven Tice
- Jim Van Dore
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