The Amazing Spider-Man #174 [Regular Edition]
(November 1977)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1977-08-10
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860245711
Editing
Len Wein (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

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

The Hitman's Back in Town! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Punisher [Frank Castle]; Hitman; J. Jonah Jameson
Reprints
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The Hitman's Back in Town! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Len Wein (credited)
Pencils
Ross Andru (credited)
Inks
Jim Mooney (credited as Mooney) (pages 1-17); Tony DeZuniga (credited as DeZuniga) (pages 22-31)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Punisher [Frank Castle]; Harry Osborn; Flash Thompson; Bart Hamilton; Glory Grant; J. Jonah Jameson; Marla Madison; Robbie Robertson; Hitman (villain); The People's Liberation Front; Mamie Muggins
Synopsis
The People's Liberation Front hire the super criminal known as Hitman to kidnap J. Jonah Jameson. Spider-Man and the Punisher try to intervene.
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Keywords
kidnapping

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

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Universal Bodybuilding / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

He's All Mouth! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Captain Marvel; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

U. S. School of Music Lessons / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Spy-Scope / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Spalding Sports Equipment / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Hitman's Back in Town!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. The Hitman's Back in Town!
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. ["I know why Ken likes to shoot Daisy B-B guns with me."]
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
  4. 3. ["Super bodybuilding course"]
    Universal Bodybuilding
  5. 4. ["Stop the presses!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Stan's Soapbox
  6. 5. He's All Mouth!
    Captain Marvel; Hostess Twinkies
  7. 6. ["The secret of teaching yourself music"]
    U. S. School of Music Lessons
  8. 7. ["See up to 7 miles away with secret spy scope"]
    Spy-Scope
  9. 8. ["Hey look!"]
    Spalding Sports Equipment
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