The Amazing Spider-Man #166 [Regular Edition]
(March 1977)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.30 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1976-12-07
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860245703
Printer
Printed in the United States of America
Editing
Len Wein (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the Comic Reader #138.
This issue has variants:

The War of the Reptile-Men! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
John Romita
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi
First Line of Dialogue or Text
If the Lizard doesn’t get you, insect-- then Stegron will!!!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Lizard [Curt Connors]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Stegron [Vincent Stegron]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

King Kong / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

War of the Reptile-Men! (Table of Contents: 2)

Spider-Man / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

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)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Man, some Christmas this is gonna be!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Liz Allan; Billy Connors; Martha Connors; Glory Grant; J. Jonah Jameson; Lizard [Curt Connors] (villain); Marla Madison; Harry Osborn; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Spider-Slayer (cameo); Stegron [Vincent Stegron] (villain); Flash Thompson; Mary Jane Watson; Forbes; Wilson
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Marla unveils her new Spider-Slayer robot to Jonah. Spider-Man spends Christmas rescuing Billy Connors from Stegron with the Lizard nipping at his heels.
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Keywords
Central Park; Christmas; Empire State University

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

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

With Winsome Wags, Warped Wrongdoers and a Wandering Warlock! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

City Crisis (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Hostess Twinkies; Iron Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

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

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

Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The War of the Reptile-Men!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. ["The most exciting original motion picture event of all time."]
    King Kong
  3. 2. War of the Reptile-Men!
    Spider-Man
  4. 3. ["La Salle Extension University"]
    La Salle Extension University
  5. 4. With Winsome Wags, Warped Wrongdoers and a Wandering Warlock!
    Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Stan's Soapbox
  6. 5. City Crisis
    Hostess Twinkies; Iron Man
  7. 6. ["Let Joe Weider build you a better body for just $3.98"]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  8. 7. ["Monster record"]
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    American Seeds
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