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Issue: The Amazing Spider-Man #79
Publication Date: December 1969
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Issues: #79 of 443 Issues (968 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/16/1969
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)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
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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
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 6 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue:
FlagEl Asombroso Hombre Araña #73 published September 1981 as Merodear... ¡Nunca Más! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
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To Prowl No More!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Peter Parker; The Prowler [Hobie Brown]; J. Jonah Jameson
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #60 published August 1975
as To Prowl No More! [Illustration on Cover, Front]modified; with cover alterations, possibly by Mike Esposito changing Peter Parker to Spider-Man
In Content Item: FlagEl Asombroso Hombre Araña #73 published September 1981
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Essential Spider-Man #4 [unnamed variant] published December 2000
as To Prowl No More! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHIP Classics #19144 published ?
as Stop de Sluiper! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Tired of being 'skinny'?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Ad for a weight gain supplement.
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To Prowl No More!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; The Prowler [Hobie Brown]; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Gwen Stacy; Mindy (Hobie's girlfriend, reference only)
First Line: Someone in a costume... robbing Jonah Jameson in his office!
Synopsis: Spider-Man and the Prowler fight. The Prowler gets away using a gas bomb, then plans another robbery to make himself (Hobie) a hero when the loot is recovered. Peter anticipates the move and gets there during the robbery. This time the Prowler's gas has no effect and Peter unmasks him to find a well-intentioned kid like himself. Spider-Man lets him go.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #60 published August 1975
as To Prowl No More! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Essential Spider-Man #4 [unnamed variant] published December 2000
as To Prowl No More! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Silver Surfer
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Obituary for George Klein; Item; The Mighty Marvel Checklist; house ad for The Silver Surfer series.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Lizard [Curt Connors]
First Line: Dear Stan, John, and Jim, It seems that you can't win!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Star Ellis, Brion Houlihan, John O'Grady, and Don Dewsnap; includes a panel reproduced from issue #75.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for the Academy for Home Study.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Santa Claus
First Line: Do you need extra money?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad to earn money by selling greeting cards.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Norman Rockwell
First Line: We're looking for people who like to draw
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for the Famous Artists School.

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