(January 1978)

Marvel, 1976 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1977-10-04
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by The Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860219901
Editing
Archie Goodwin (editor)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.

October 25, 1977 is the on-sale date of this issue according to "Mike's Amazing World of Comics" mikesamazingworld.com .

Killing Me Softly With His Hate! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Frank Giacoia ?
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza ?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Razorback; Hate Monger [Man-Beast]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Possible Giacoia inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Joe Sinnott.

Killing Me Softly... ...With His Hate! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Bill Mantlo (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited as S. Buscema) (breakdowns); John Tartaglione (credited as J. Tartag) (finished art); Mike Esposito (credited as Espo)
Inks
John Tartaglione (credited as J. Tartag) (finished art); Mike Esposito (credited as Espo)
Colors
Irene Vartanoff (credited)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (page 1); Karin Dougherty (credited as Karen D.)

Feature Logo
The Spectacular Spider-Man!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Razorback; Sister Sun [Sha Shan]; Man-Beast [as Hate-Monger] (villain); Brother Power (villain); Flash Thompson; Bobbi Sue Hollis
Synopsis
Spider-Man, Razorback and Flash Thompson escape from the Hate-Monger's trap and return to the city to try to stop his rally.
Reprints

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

Spectacular Spider-Mail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Spectacular Spider-Mail
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Greg Smart, Bob Underwood, Meredith Robbins and Charles David Haskell.

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

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan); ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

The Ding-A-Ling Family (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
?
Pencils
John Buscema ?; Sal Buscema ?
Inks
Joe Sinnott
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Sif; Volstagg; Ding-A-Ling Family
Synopsis
A family of space-traveling hillbillies invades Asgard, where Thor engages them in battle. Sif is able to stop the fight by distracting the Ding-a-Lings with Hostess Fruit Pies.
Reprints
Keywords
Asgard
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Killing Me Softly With His Hate!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Killing Me Softly... ...With His Hate!
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Spectacular Spider-Mail
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  5. 4. The Ding-A-Ling Family
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Thor
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Benjamin Beck
  • Max Capp
  • Nick Caputo
  • Björn Eklöf
  • Merlin Haas
  • R. S. Martin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Eric Rom
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore