The Amazing Spider-Man #578 [Direct Edition]
(January 2009)

Marvel, 1999 Series
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Price
2.99 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
thrice monthly
On-sale Date
2008-11-19
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Rated A
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Publishing Inc.
Brand
Marvel [in horizontal box]
Barcode
759606047161 57811
Editing
Stephen Wacker (editor); Tom Brennan (assistant); Tom Brevoort (executive)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Marcos Martín
Inks
Marcos Martín
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Kung Fu Panda The Game
Synopsis
An advertisement for the Activision computer game, "Kung Fu Panda: The Game."

Indexer Notes

inside front cover

Crime and Punishers (Table of Contents: 2)

The DB / recap / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
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Unscheduled Stop Part 1 (Table of Contents: 3)

Spider-Man / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Waid
Pencils
Marcos Martín
Inks
Marcos Martín
Colors
Javier Rodríguez
Letters
Virtual Calligraphy (as VC); Joe Caramagna
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man; J. Jonah Jameson, Sr.; Shocker
Synopsis
An explosion traps Spider-Man and the passengers of a commuter train in a flooding tunnel.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Bust Back in to School...
Synopsis
An advertisement for FAB Starpoint's school supplies, featuring licensed Marvel characters.

Indexer Notes

This advertisement is between pages 3 and 4 of the Spider-Man story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Get Ready to Hero Up!
Synopsis
An advertisement for marvelkids.com's "Marvel Super Hero Squad" on-line comic.

Indexer Notes

This advertisement is between pages 8 and 9 of the Spider-Man story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

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You Don't Need Instruments to Rock
Synopsis
An advertisement for Disney's computer game, "Ultimate Band."

Indexer Notes

This advertisement is between pages 12 and 13 of the Spider-Man story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Beyond the Movies
Synopsis
An in-house promotional advertisement for Marvel digital comics, the Incredible Hulk and Iron Man.

Indexer Notes

This advertisement is between pages 13 and 14 of the Spider-Man story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

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Spider-Man: Web of Shadows
Synopsis
An advertisement for the Activision computer game, "Spider-Man: Web of Shadows."

Indexer Notes

This advertisement is between pages 17 and 18 of the Spider-Man story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Synopsis
An in-house promotional advertisement for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Marvel, 2008 series).

Indexer Notes

This advertisement is between pages 21 and 22 of the Spider-Man story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

The Amazing Spider-Mail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stephen Wacker
Letters
typeset
Synopsis
Letters of comment from Alicia Ford; Zachary Boatright; Steve Dishon, Kokomo IN; Brooks M. Williams; Dion C. Cautrell, Kearney NE; and David B. Jacobs.

Indexer Notes

This letter column follows the final page of the Spider-Man story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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It's carnival time -- Shrek Style!
Synopsis
An advertisement for the Activision computer game, "Shrek's Carnival Craze Party Games," featuring licensed characters from the DreamWorks animated film, "Shrek."

Indexer Notes

inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Get Ready to Bolt!
Synopsis
An advertisement for the Disney computer game, "Bolt: The Video Game."

Indexer Notes

back cover

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. ["Kung Fu Panda The Game"]
  3. 2. Crime and Punishers
    The DB
  4. 3. Unscheduled Stop Part 1
    Spider-Man
  5. 4. ["Bust Back in to School..."]
  6. 5. ["Get Ready to Hero Up!"]
  7. 6. ["You Don't Need Instruments to Rock"]
  8. 7. ["Beyond the Movies"]
  9. 8. ["Spider-Man: Web of Shadows"]
  10. 9. ["The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"]
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    The Amazing Spider-Mail
  12. 11. ["It's carnival time -- Shrek Style!"]
  13. 12. ["Get Ready to Bolt!"]
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