(June 1977)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.30 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1977-03-08
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860245706
Printer
Printed in the United States of America
Editing
Len Wein (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Confrontation! (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
Peter Parker, I know you're Spider-Man-- --and I have photos to prove it!
Genre
superhero
Characters
J. Jonah Jameson; Peter Parker
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Keywords
photographs

Indexer Notes

Romita cover credit provided 2006 by Nick Caputo.

Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #169 [30¢] Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #169 [35¢] Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #169 [Whitman]
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset; ?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
J.S.C.A. Jolly Giant has it all for you!
Characters
Jolly Giant

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Confrontation (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Len Wein (credited)
Pencils
Ross Andru (credited)
Inks
Mike Esposito (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
Irv Watanabe (credited); Gaspar Saladino (splash)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
If you had to choose one word to describe this evening so far, that word would have to be “dull” -- exceedingly dull!!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Liz Allan; Doctor Faustus [Johann Fennhoff]; Barton Hamilton; J. Jonah Jameson; Marla Jameson; Harry Osborn; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Stan Lee; Frank Springer ?
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
J. Jonah Jameson confronts Peter Parker with the photographs that show Spider-Man disposing of the Peter Parker clone. He accepts Peter's explanation.
Reprints
Keywords
Empire State University

Indexer Notes

Continued next issue.

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

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

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Let Joe Weider build you a better body for just $4.98
Characters
Arnold Schwarzenegger (photo); Joe Weider (photo); Franco Columbu (photo)

Indexer Notes

Located on page number 5.

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

Universal Bodybuilding / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?; ? (photographs)
Inks
?; ? (photographs)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Super bodybuilding course
Characters
Morrie Mitchell (photo)

Indexer Notes

Located on page number 13.

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

Spider's Web / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Len Wein
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Feature Logo
The Spider's Web

Indexer Notes

Letters from Edward B. Via, Dan Long, Frank Miller and Mike Deangelis; includes Everybody is a Star Department which credits Clancy Little and Michelle Snyderman as being drawn into p. 16, panel 4 of the story in this issue. This sequence appears between pages 11 and 12 of the previous sequence.

Zounds! A Zealful Zetetic of Zestful Zanies to Zap the Zeitgeist! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
Stan Lee (signed); ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Feature Logo
Marvel Bullpen Bulletins [times three]
Characters
Godzilla

Indexer Notes

Stan Lee's Soapbox; Items.

Captain America and the Sore Sir's Apprentices (Table of Contents: 7)

Captain America; Hostess Cup Cakes / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Jim Novak
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America; Sore Sir's apprentices
Synopsis
Captain America defeats Sore Sir's Apprentices with the help of a Hostess Cupcake.

Indexer Notes

Hostess Cupcake ad.

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

Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Earn famous name prizes or cash

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

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

Niresk Fishing Outfits / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
3 complete fishing outfits

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Confrontation!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. ["J.S.C.A. Jolly Giant has it all for you!"]
    Junior Sales Club of America Cards
  3. 2. Confrontation
    Spider-Man
  4. 3. ["Let Joe Weider build you a better body for just $4.98"]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  5. 4. ["Super bodybuilding course"]
    Universal Bodybuilding
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Spider's Web
  7. 6. Zounds! A Zealful Zetetic of Zestful Zanies to Zap the Zeitgeist!
    Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Stan's Soapbox
  8. 7. Captain America and the Sore Sir's Apprentices
    Captain America; Hostess Cup Cakes
  9. 8. ["Earn famous name prizes or cash"]
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  10. 9. ["3 complete fishing outfits"]
    Niresk Fishing Outfits
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