(February 1977)

Marvel, 1971 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.30 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860212002
Editing
Archie Goodwin (credited) (editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Gil Kane; John Romita (see notes)
Inks
Bob Layton ?; John Romita (see notes); Dick Giordano ? (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
June Braverman ?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I've found you Fury -- and now I'm going to kill you!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Nick Fury; Spider-Woman [Jessica Drew]; S.H.I.E.L.D.
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Possible Layton inks and alterations on Spider-Woman and Nick Fury faces per Nick Caputo, February 2017. Inks are credited to Dick Giordano and John Romita in Marvel: The First 80 Years (Titan, 2020).

Possible Braverman lettering also per Nick. Previous indexer credited Irv Watanabe.

Cover Thumbnail for Marvel Spotlight (Marvel, 1971 series) #32
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Dark Destiny! (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Woman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Archie Goodwin (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited) (breakdowns); Jim Mooney (credited) (finished art)
Inks
Jim Mooney (credited)
Colors
Janice Cohen (credited)
Letters
Irv Watanabe (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
She glides from the clouds on finely spun wings of glistening filament.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Nick Fury; High Evolutionary [Herbert Edgar Wyndham] (flashback); Jared Kurtz (introduction, death); Spider-Woman [Jessica Drew] (aka "Arachne" this issue, introduction, origin); Count Otto Vermis (introduction, death); New Men (flashback); Hydra; S.H.I.E.L.D.
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The mysterious Spider-Woman is tricked by Hydra into trying to kill Nick Fury.
Reprints
Keywords
French Riviera

Indexer Notes

Next appearance is in Marvel Two-in-One (Marvel, 1974 series) #29. The story is continued in Spider-Woman (Marvel, 1978 series) #1.

The 'widows peak" design on Spider-Woman's mask appears to be an afterthought, it does not appear on the cover art.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Spotlight Mail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Steve Frankos, Stuart Snyder, Larry McHugh, John Shaw, Arn McConnell, Edward R. Manja and Jim Ward.

Of Vainglorious Vampires, Vanquished Villains, and Valiant Victors! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

The Incredible Hulk and the Green Thumb (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Hostess Fruit Pies; Hulk / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["I've found you Fury -- and now I'm going to kill you!"]
    Spider-Woman
  2. 1. Dark Destiny!
    Spider-Woman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Spotlight Mail
  4. 3. Of Vainglorious Vampires, Vanquished Villains, and Valiant Victors!
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  5. 4. The Incredible Hulk and the Green Thumb
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Hulk
This issue was modified by, among others
  • CuRT
  • Nick Caputo
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Lee Lines
  • James Ludwig
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore
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