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Issue: The Amazing Spider-Man #78
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Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (1 story, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age, then Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; #200 square bound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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The Night of the Prowler!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; The Prowler
Reprinting
FlagBiblioteca Marvel: Spiderman #15 published ?
FlagMarvel Tales #59 published June 1975
as The Night of the Prowler! [Illustration on Cover, Front]with changes and additions
FlagEl Asombroso Hombre Araña #72 published September 1981
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagThe Essential Spider-Man #4 [unnamed variant] published December 2000
as The Night of the Prowler! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagHIP Classics #19140 published ?
as De nacht van de Sluiper! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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? (photos)
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typeset
Subject Matter
Chuck Sipes (photo); Dave Draper (photo)
Secret muscle building "tools"
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Miscellaneous
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Inside front cover. Ad for a variety of Joe Weider products.
The Night of the Prowler!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Gwen Stacy; Flash Thompson; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Prowler [Hobie Brown] (introduction, origin)
The city is quiet tonight!
Peter tries to see Gwen only to find that she is (apparently) on a date with Flash. Hobie approaches his boss with ideas for new safety devices for his job as window-washer, only to be rebuffed. He implements them in private, adds a cloak and a mask, and thus creates The Prowler. Hobie plans to rob a newspaper as the Prowler then return the money as Hobie, making himself a hero. Naturally Peter (as Peter) discovers the Prowler in the act and J. Jonah discovers Peter in front of an empty safe.
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FlagMarvel Tales #59 published June 1975
FlagMarvel Tales #59 published June 1975
as The Night of the Prowler! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Essential Spider-Man #4 [unnamed variant] published December 2000
as The Night of the Prowler! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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Continued in the next issue.

A note on the splash page explains: "Thanks to John Romita, Jr. for suggesting the Prowler."
[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset; ?
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Miscellaneous
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Bullpen page includes Items, The Mighty Marvel Checklist, and an ad for Marvelmania.
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
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Miscellaneous
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Letters from Mark A.H. Drobnick, Jean Laidig, Ronald Gayda, and Michael J. Susko, Jr.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma
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Miscellaneous
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Ad for the Academy for Home Study.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Santa Claus
Do you need extra money?
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Miscellaneous
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Inside back cover. Ad to earn money by selling greeting cards.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
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typeset
Subject Matter
Norman Rockwell
We're looking for people who like to draw
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Miscellaneous
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Back cover. Ad for the Famous Artists School.

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