The Amazing Spider-Man Annual
#13
[Direct]
(1979)
Marvel,
1964 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- annually
- On-sale Date
- 1979-08-14
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Editing
- Marv Wolfman (editor)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
Ready or Not! The Triumphant Return of... Doctor Octopus!
Spider-Man / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Keith Pollard (signed)
- Inks
- Bob McLeod (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Irv Watanabe
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doctor Octopus [Otto Octavius]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
- Reprints
-
in Hämähäkkimies (Semic, 1980 series) #5/1985 -
in John Romita Classic Spiderman (Panini España, 2005 series) #76 -
in Il Settimanale de L'Uomo Ragno (Editoriale Corno, 1981 series) #17 -
in Σουπερ Σπαϊντερμαν [Super Spider-Man] (Kabanas Hellas, 1984 ? series) #14 -
in The Amazing Spider-Man 30th Anniversary Poster Magazine (Marvel, 1992 series) #1 (1992) - in Essential Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006) [black and white]
- in The Spectacular Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2022 series) #1 (2022)
-
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The Arms of Doctor Octopus
Spider-Man / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Marv Wolfman (credited)
- Pencils
- John Byrne (credited)
- Inks
- Terry Austin (credited)
- Colors
- Glynis Oliver (credited as Wein)
- Letters
- John Costanza (credited as Costanza)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doctor Octopus [Otto Octavius] (villain); Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Jimbo Ryan (introduction, villain); Willie Wilde (introduction, villain)
- Reprints
-
in Spindelmannen superseriepocket (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1979 series) #6 which is reprinted -
in Die Spinne Comic - Taschenbuch (Condor, 1979 series) #11 -
in Une Aventure de l'Araignée (Editions Lug, 1977 series) #13 - Les tentacules ensorcelés (3ème trimestre 1981) -
in Edderkoppen pocket [Edderkoppen superseriepocket] (Atlantic Forlag, 1979 series) #6 (1981) - in Edderkoppens ekstra sommernummer (Atlantic Forlag, 1984 series) (sommer 1984) [minus pages 19 and 20]
- in Essential Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006) [black and white]
- in The Spectacular Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2022 series) #1 (2022)
-
Indexer Notes
Continued in SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL (Marvel, 1979 series) #1; This story has lots of background graffiti and tiny writing which is mostly made up of names of fellow comic artists but Lex Luthor is mentioned twice.
A Gallery of Spider-Man's Most Famous Foes!
A Gallery of Spider-Man's Most Famous Foes! / illustration / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Kingpin [Wilson Fisk]; Looter [Norton Fester]; Man Mountain Marko; Molten Man [Mark Raxton]; Prowler [Hobie Brown]; Rhino [Aleksei Sytsevich]; Shocker [Herman Schultz]; Silvermane [Silvio Manfredi]; The Kangaroo
- Reprints
- in Spindelmannen (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) #1/1982 (1982)
- in Edderkoppen (Atlantic Forlag, 1978 series) #1/1982 ([januar] 1982)
-
in Marvel Superheroes [Marvel Super-Heroes] (Marvel UK, 1979 series) #390 (October 1982) [4 pages only - those featuring The Shocker, The Looter, The Rhino, & The Kingpin. Black & white] - in Edderkoppen (Atlantic Forlag, 1978 series) #3/1983 ([mars] 1983), #3/1983 ([mars] 1983), #3/1983 ([mars] 1983), #3/1983 ([mars] 1983)
- in Spindelmannen (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) #3/1983 ([Mars] 1983)
- in Edderkoppen (Atlantic Forlag, 1978 series) #4/1983 ([april] 1983), #4/1983 ([april] 1983), #4/1983 ([april] 1983)
- in Spindelmannen (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) #4/1983 ([april] 1983)
- in Nova (Editions Lug, 1978 series) #69 (5 octobre 1983) [2 pages (The Shocker & The Rhino)], #70 (5 novembre 1983) [2 pages (The Kangaroo & The Prowler)], #71 (5 décembre 1983) [1 page (Silvermane; Man-Mountain Marko)], #87 (5 avril 1985) [2 pages (The Molten Man; The Looter)], #90 (5 juillet 1985) [1 page (The Kingpin)]
- in Essential Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006) [black and white]
- in The Spectacular Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2022 series) #1 (2022)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits added 2005 by Steven Tice.
Peter Parker's Pad!
A Mighty Marvel Bonus Page / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Marv Wolfman
- Pencils
- Keith Pollard
- Inks
- Frank Giacoia ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza (pages 45-46); Rick Parker ? (page 47)
- Reprints
- in Die Spinne (Condor, 1980 series) #32 which is reprinted
- in Edderkoppen (Atlantic Forlag, 1978 series) #10/1981 ([6. oktober] 1981), #10/1981 ([6. oktober] 1981), #11/1981 ([3. november] 1981)
- in Nova (Editions Lug, 1978 series) #74 (5 mars 1984)
- in Essential Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006) [black and white]
- in The Spectacular Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2022 series) #1 (2022)
-
Indexer Notes
Schematics for Peter Parker's apartment, the Daily Bugle, the Daily Globe, and Empire State University. Credits added 2005 by Steven Tice.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Ready or Not! The Triumphant Return of... Doctor Octopus!
Spider-Man -
1.
The Arms of Doctor Octopus
Spider-Man -
2.
A Gallery of Spider-Man's Most Famous Foes!
A Gallery of Spider-Man's Most Famous Foes! -
3.
Peter Parker's Pad!
A Mighty Marvel Bonus Page
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Björn Eklöf
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Katy Hayhurst
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Darrel McCann
- Derek Reinhard
- Eric Rom
- Per Sandell
- Richard Thomson
- Steven Tice
- Jim Van Dore
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