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Issue: The Amazing Spider-Man #80
Publication Date: January 1970
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Issues: #80 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: 10/14/1969
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (1 story, 1 cover)
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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
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On the Trail of... the Chameleon!

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Genres: superhero
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #61 published September 1975
as On the Trail of... the Chameleon! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSpider-Man: The Secret Story of Marvel's World-Famous Wall Crawler #[nn] published January 1981
as Amazing Spider-Man #80 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEl Asombroso Hombre Araña #74 published September 1981
as Tras el Rastro de... ¡El Camaleón! [Illustration on Cover, Front]background recolored & title logo obscures the Chameleon's face. Skin tone of black police officer on middle right changed
In Content Item: FlagThe Essential Spider-Man #4 [unnamed variant] published December 2000
as On the Trail of the Chameleon! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHIP Classics #19148 published ?
as Op het spoor van de Kameleon! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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First Line: New catalog of 2000 novelties 10¢
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Ad for a catalog from the Johnson Smith Company.
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On the Trail of... the Chameleon!

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First Line: I can't keep brooding about Gwen ditching me for Flash Thompson!
Synopsis: Harry brings Flash to Peter's apartment and forces them to work out the confusion about Gwen. Peter and Gwen reunite and attend a gala where paintings are stolen under the nose of Captain Stacy - it is the work of the Chameleon. Spider-Man sets a trap for the Chameleon but fails to unmask him until he sees... Peter Parker!
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In Issue: FlagMarvel-pocket #4/1985; 5 published October 1985
In Issue: FlagTV21 Annual #1972 published ?Heavily edited and rewritten to bring the page count down from 20 pages to 8 pages.
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #61 published September 1975
as On the Trail of... the Chameleon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSpider-Man: The Secret Story of Marvel's World-Famous Wall Crawler #[nn] published January 1981
as On the Trail of...the Chameleon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Essential Spider-Man #4 [unnamed variant] published December 2000
as On The Trail of...the Chameleon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Collect Coins.. The Hobby Road to Riches

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Disclose Notes: On page 6. Advertisement for collector coins by Centre Coin Co.
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These 3 Big Drafting Kits* Given to You!

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Disclose Notes: On page 6. Advertisement for drafting kits by the North American School of Drafting.
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A Sagacious Smattering of Somewhat Senseless Small-Talk!

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First Line: Items! Wanna know why we're always bragging that Marvel's...
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Disclose Notes: On page 10. The page also promotes the Fantastic Four Annual #7 and the Amazing Spider-Man Annual #6 with images of both covers.
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Matchbox Jigsaw Puzzles.

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Disclose Notes: On page 11. Advertisement for Matchbox jigsaw puzzles by Fred Bronner Corporation.
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Get Both Spending Money and Free Prizes

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Disclose Notes: On page 11. Advertisement by Grit Publishing Co.
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Disclose Notes: On page 15. Advertisement for skill-building books by Theodore Abel & Co.
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I'll Make You a Master of Karate

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Disclose Notes: On page 22. Advertisement for a Super Karate Book and practice dummy by Precise Publications.
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Disclose Notes: On page 22. Shop by mail ads.
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2 More Triumphs from Marvel

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Here's a Whole Treasure Chest of Fun

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Disclose Notes: Ad for novelty items from Honor House Prod. Corp.
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First Line: Dear Stan and all the other Marvel Madmen, I keep reading pros and cons for Spidey keeping or losing his secret identity.
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Disclose Notes: Letters from Linda Hill, James D. Grosbach, Greg Falcon, Laura Winkler, Cpl. G. Richard Bozarth, and John Collado; includes Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.
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Now You Can Finish High School at Home

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First Line: Sorry, we only hire high school graduates.
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Gains of Up to a-Pound-a-Day Proven by Thousands

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First Line: Tired of being 'skinny'?
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad for a weight gain supplement.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for the Famous Artists School.

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