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Issue: The Amazing Spider-Man #83
Publication Date: April 1970
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Issues: #83 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: 01/13/1970
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1970 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 #77 published October 1981 as El Estratega [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
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
ORIGINAL COVER ART from the Private Collection of Gene Park
 
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The Coming of... the Schemer!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #64 published January 1976
as The Coming of... the Schemer! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEl Asombroso Hombre Araña #77 published October 1981
as El Estratega [Illustration on Cover, Front]recolored
In Content Item: FlagThe Essential Spider-Man #4 [unnamed variant] published December 2000
as The Coming of the Schemer! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHIP Classics #19160 published ?
as De komst van de Beramer! [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): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: This delicious zestful drink puts an end to the skinny body!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Ad for a weight gain product.
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The Schemer!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Doctor Bromwell
First Line: Ever since Spider-Man drove the Kingpin into hiding last year, no one has been powerful enough to take his place as King of Crime... until now!
Synopsis: The Schemer tries to become the new King of Crime in New York, and starts a war with the Kingpin. Flash Thompson goes to war in Vietnam and Gwen Stacy is injured in a traffic accident.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #64 published January 1976
as The Schemer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Essential Spider-Man #4 [unnamed variant] published December 2000
as The Schemer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: Continued in the next 2 issues. As revealed when reprinted in Marvel Tales # 64, Tony Mortellaro assisted Esposito on backgrounds.
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes an ad for Marvelmania International posters and decals.
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Awesome Announcements Calculated to Rouse You Into a Seething Sea of Lethargy!

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes Stan's Soapbox and The Mighty Marvel Checklist.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: Dear Stan, John, and Jim, Spider-Man #77 was too fabulous...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.8
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Paul Boring, Bob Asbrand, Jean Leidig, Randy Schuppener, and Lester Boutillier; includes a panel reproduced from a previous issue and Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.
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Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.2
Disclose Notes: Filed October 1, 1969. Total Paid Circulation 12 month average: 372,352.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: 204pc. Revolutionary War soldiers set
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for plastic toy soldiers.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Now you can finish high school at home
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. 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): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Do you have art talent worth developing?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for the Famous Artists School.

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