Super Spider-Man
#163
(27 March 1976)
Marvel UK,
1976 Series
- Price
- 0.09 GBP
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics International Ltd.
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group
Gang War!
Spider-Man / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Hammerhead; Doctor Octopus
Indexer Notes
Sign-off stamp on back of original artwork credits Dave Hunt pencils and "FG" (Frank Giacoia)inks.
Gang War, Shmang War! What I Want to Know Is... Who the Heck Is Hammerhead?
Spider-Man / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Gerry Conway
- Pencils
- John Romita; Jim Starlin
- Inks
- John Romita; Tony Mortellaro
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Gwen Stacy; Professor Miles Warren; Aunt May; Hammerhead (Origin); Doctor Octopus; Jonas Harrow (flashback); Gwen Stacy; Flash Thompson
- Synopsis
- Dr. Octopus and Hammerhead are at war, with Spider-Man against them both.
- Reprints
-
from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #114 (November 1972) [Each page of the reprint comprises two pages from the original.]
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...The Depths of Death!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Steve Englehart (co-plot, script)
- Pencils
- Frank Brunner; Dave Cockrum
- Inks
- Frank Brunner (co-plot); Dick Giordano; Crusty Bunkers (uncredited)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Dr. Strange; Death; Ancient One
- Synopsis
- Strange confronts Death, takes refuge inside form of Eternity. Strange fears Death no longer, and he dies! Strange beholds Ancient One, who tells Strange he has won first in series of trials as Sorcerer Supreme. Ankh appears on Strange's forehead.
- Reprints
- from Doctor Strange (Marvel, 1974 series) #4 (October 1974) [Reprints last half of story with each reprint page comprising two pages of the original, except first 1/2 page with panel by unknown artist.]
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- Keywords
- Ankh
London Invaded
Spider-Man / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- in Back Issue! (TwoMorrows Publishing, 2003 series) #136 (July 2022) [Pin-up.]
-
Indexer Notes
Spider-Man pin-up.
Once More... the Mandarin!
Iron Man / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mandarin; Mei-Ling; Janice Cord; Senator Byrd
- Synopsis
- The Mandarin hatches a plot to expose Tony Stark as Iron Man
- Reprints
- from Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #10 (February 1969) [Reprints first 6 pages of story with two pages of original per page of reprint.]
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[no title indexed]
The Web and the Hammer / letters page / 1 page
- Characters
- Spider-Man
Indexer Notes
Letters from: Sandra Sinfield, Fasim (Jim) Hogue, Derek (Wonder) Williamson, and Mark Ball.
Death Is a Stranger
Thor / comic story / 5.5 pages
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor; Odin; Balder; Sif; Abomination; Silver Surfer (flashback); Stranger
- Synopsis
- The Abomination bring Thor to the Stranger's abode and convinces him to battle the Stranger.
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #178 (July 1970) [Reprints first 11 pages of story with two pages of original per page of reprint.]
-
- Keywords
- Asgard
Fight and Future Freedom!
Captain America; Guardians of the Galaxy; The Thing / comic story / 4.5 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Thing; Guardians of the Galaxy [Major Vance Astro; Charlie-27; Yondu; Martinex]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Sharon Carter; Tarin; Badoon; Zakkor; Zom Soldiers; Monster of Badoon; Drang
- Synopsis
- The Thing, Captain America and Sharon Carter have traveled forward in time to the year 3018 and help the Guardians of the Galaxy drive the world conquering Badoon from earth.
- Reprints
- from Marvel Two-in-One (Marvel, 1974 series) #5 (September 1974) [Reprints last 8 pages of story with two pages of original per page of reprint, except for 1st 1/2 page which is by unknown artist.]
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Gang War!
Spider-Man -
1.
Gang War, Shmang War! What I Want to Know Is... Who the Heck Is Hammerhead?
Spider-Man -
2.
...The Depths of Death!
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3.
London Invaded
Spider-Man -
4.
Marvel Mastermind 1975 the All-Correct Finalists
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5.
Once More... the Mandarin!
Iron Man -
6.
[no title indexed]
The Web and the Hammer -
7.
Death Is a Stranger
Thor -
8.
["You dare not miss this week's super issue!"]
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9.
The Marvel Sea-Monkeys Offer
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10.
Fight and Future Freedom!
Captain America; Guardians of the Galaxy; The Thing -
11.
Patch and Dr. Monster
Patch; Trebor Blobs
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- Weldon Adams
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- Nick Caputo
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