Spider-Man Comics Weekly #44

(December 15, 1973)

Spider-Man No More! (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Man / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

John Romita

Inks

Mike Esposito

Letters

Sam Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What say we skip any long introductions?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (origin recap); Aunt May Parker; Anna May Watson; Harry Osborn; Professor Miles Warren; Gwen Stacy; J. Jonah Jameson; Betty Brant; Mary Jane Watson; Patch [Frederick Foswell] ; Kingpin [Wilson Fisk] (introduction, villain); The Mob (villain); Johnny Carson (cameo); Ed McMahon (cameo); Uncle Ben Parker (cameo flashback); The Burglar (cameo flashback)

Synopsis

Fearing for his aunt's health and tired of being hounded by Jameson, Peter gives up being Spider-Man and concentrates on being a simple college student. A kid finds the discarded Spidey suit in the trash can and brings it to the Daily Bugle where Jonah proudly puts it on display. Pete's personal life starts looking up but crime increases as the Kingpin gathers the mob under his leadership. Feeling guilty about the crime wave, Peter remembers the lessons taught to him by his uncle's death and decides to become Spider-Man once again.

Reprints

• from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #50 (July 1967)

No. 7 (Table of Contents: 2)

Pen pals swap shop / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Small ads type feature where readers write in with items they wish to swap with other readers. Between pages 8 and 9 of the Spider-Man story.

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Matchbox toys / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Mighty World of Marvel ; The Avengers / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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The Web and the Hammer / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

? (illustrations)

Inks

? (illustrations)

Letters

typeset

Characters

Thor; Spider-Man

Indexer Notes

Includes two panels taken from Thor and Spider-Man stories. Bottom right of second page features a Charles Atlas advert.

With My Hammer in Hand...! (Table of Contents: 6)

Thor / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Vince Colletta

Letters

Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I knew that here in the great blast furnaces of Pittsburgh, I would find a giant forge to mend my hammer!

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Thor; Odin; Ularic the Warlock; Don Blake; Avengers [Scarlet Witch;Quicksilver; Hawkeye]; Hooded Man [Harris Hobbs]; Jane Foster; Loki (villain); Absorbing Man [Crusher Creel] (villain)

Synopsis

Thor repairs his damaged hammer in a furnace in Pittsburgh and then returns the enchanted Norn Stones to Odin in Asgard. Loki, in servitude to Ularic the Warlock, imprisons his new master. Thor returns to Earth to find Blake's surgery has closed and that Jane Foster is missing. He tries to enlist the aid of the Avengers to find her, but discovers that most of his old allies have left the group. Hawkeye's brash attitude offends Thor and he leaves too. Loki, meanwhile, has used Ularic's enchantments to reach into outer space and bring back Thor's old foe, the Absorbing Man. He's not happy!

Reprints

• from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #120 (September 1965)

Keywords

Asgard; Norn Stones; Pittsburgh PA

Indexer Notes

First part of original story. The last panel of page 6 has been replaced with a text blurb for next issue , featuring a shadowed figured outline of the Absorbing Man and his wrecking ball.

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activity / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hey! We promised we'd try and make you rich!

Characters

The Thing [Ben Grimm]

Indexer Notes

Quiz and entry form. Prize is £1 a week for a year. Back cover.