The Amazing Spider-Man
#220
[Direct]
(September 1981)
Marvel,
1963 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.50 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1981-06-02
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Editing
- Denny O'Neil (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
A Coffin For... The Amazing Spider-Man
Spider-Man / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bob Layton (signed as
BOB LAYTON) - Inks
- Bob Layton (signed as BOB LAYTON)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Irv Watanabe ?; typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Moon Knight [Marc Spector; Steven Grant; Jake Lockley]
- Reprints
-
in Edderkoppen (Winthers Forlag, 1978 series) #61 -
in De spectaculaire Spider-Man (Juniorpress, 1981 series) #11 -
in Σπάιντερ Μαν [Spider-Man] (Kabanas Hellas, 1977 series) #132 -
in L'Étonnant Spider-Man (Editions Héritage, 1969 series) #123/124 (1981) -
in Die Spinne (Condor, 1980 series) #66 (1982) -
in Edderkoppen (Atlantic Forlag, 1978 series) #8/1984 ([august] 1984) -
in Spindelmannen (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) #8/1984 ([augusti] 1984) -
in El Asombroso Hombre Araña (Novedades, 1980 series) #302 (5 de febrero de 1986) -
in Moon Knight Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) #1 (2020) - in Marvel-Verse: Moon Knight (Marvel, 2021 series) (2021)
-
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A Coffin for Spider-Man!
Spider-Man / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Michael Fleisher (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob McLeod (credited)
- Inks
- Bob McLeod (credited)
- Colors
- Bob Sharen (credited)
- Letters
- Bob McLeod (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Darkness envelops the International Exchange Building...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Maggia; Moon Knight [Marc Spector; Steven Grant; Jake Lockley] (guest-star, appears as Steven Grant); J. Jonah Jameson (guest-star); Marlene Alraune (guest-star); Jean-Paul "Frenchie" DuChamp (guest-star); Blinky; Pete; Ernie; Louie Frenchetti; Weasel
- Synopsis
- Moon Knight seems to have gone rogue and is one of the contenders for a key position in a criminal syndicate. His final test of loyalty is to kill Spider-Man... Moon Knight and Spider-Man are actually secret partners in a sting operation and team up to bring down the syndicate.
- Reprints
- in De spectaculaire Spider-Man (Juniorpress, 1981 series) #11
- in L'Étonnant Spider-Man (Editions Héritage, 1969 series) #123/124 (1981)
- in Die Spinne (Condor, 1980 series) #66 (1982)
- in Edderkoppen (Atlantic Forlag, 1978 series) #7/1984 ([juli] 1984)
- in Spindelmannen (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) #7/1984 ([juli] 1984)
-
in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #175 (5 juillet 1984) - in El Asombroso Hombre Araña (Novedades, 1980 series) #302 (5 de febrero de 1986)
-
in Marvel (Labor Comics, 1986 series) #1 (Giugno 1986) - in Moon Knight Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) #1 (2020)
- in Marvel-Verse: Moon Knight (Marvel, 2021 series) (2021)
-
- Keywords
- Long Island
The Nursing Home Caper
May Parker / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Mike W. Barr (credited as Mike Barr)
- Pencils
- Win Mortimer (credited)
- Inks
- Win Mortimer (credited)
- Colors
- Don Warfield (credited)
- Letters
- Jack Morelli (credited as John Morelli)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The air is filled with sunshine this fine summer day...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Aunt May Parker; Peter Parker [Spider-Man]; Anna May Watson; Polly; Mr. Brewster; Razor; Scab; Rodney
- Synopsis
- Someone steals money from a dance for the elderly. Aunt May exposes the robber.
- Reprints
- in L'Étonnant Spider-Man (Editions Héritage, 1969 series) #123/124 (1981)
- in Die Spinne (Condor, 1980 series) #66 (1982)
- in Edderkoppen (Atlantic Forlag, 1978 series) #7/1984 ([juli] 1984)
- in Spindelmannen (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) #7/1984 ([juli] 1984)
- in Nova (Editions Lug, 1978 series) #94 (5 novembre 1985)
- in El Asombroso Hombre Araña (Novedades, 1980 series) #302 (5 de febrero de 1986)
-
- Keywords
- Restwell Nursing Home
Indexer Notes
John Morelli letters (not colors) this issue.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
A Coffin For... The Amazing Spider-Man
Spider-Man -
1.
A Coffin for Spider-Man!
Spider-Man -
2.
The Nursing Home Caper
May Parker -
3.
Hot-Tempered Triumph!
Hostess Twinkies; Human Torch
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Chris Boyko
- Peter Croome
- Björn Eklöf
- Del Gruber
- David Haglund
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Darrel McCann
- Mike Nielsen
- Derek Reinhard
- Eric Rom
- Per Sandell
- Steven Tice
- Jim Van Dore
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