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Issue: The Amazing Spider-Man #84
Publication Date: May 1970
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Issues: #84 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: 02/17/1970
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 #78 published October 1981 as ¡El Rey Vuelve a Atacar! [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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Assets1
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The Kingpin Strikes Back!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Kingpin
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHIP Classics #19164 published January 1971
as De Kegelkoning slaat terug! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #65 published March 1976
as The Kingpin Strikes Back! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEl Asombroso Hombre Araña #78 published October 1981
as ¡El Rey Vuelve a Atacar! [Illustration on Cover, Front]recolored
In Content Item: FlagThe Essential Spider-Man #4 [unnamed variant] published December 2000
as The Kingpin Strikes Back! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Famous name prizes or cash... from Olympic
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Ad for Olympic Sales Club, Inc.
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The Kingpin Strikes Back!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Schemer; Gwen Stacy; Captain George Stacy; Kingpin; Vanessa Fisk
First Line: It's a good thing I didn't capture the Schemer when last we fought... there wasn't any reward for him then!
Synopsis: Peter could use the $5,000 reward, so Spider-Man sets out to capture The Schemer. He eventually finds him in his fancy car but keeps falling off it. Schemer arrives at the Kingpin's mansion and confronts him; Vanessa intervenes. Spider-Man has followed Schemer, breaks in, and has a brief tiff with Kingpin before they both realize that both Schemer and Vanessa have vanished.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #65 published March 1976
as The Kingpin Strikes Back! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Essential Spider-Man #4 [unnamed variant] published December 2000
as The Kingpin Strikes Back! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 19
Job Number: 170-Z
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In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.4
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Captain America; Hulk; Iron Man; Human Torch; Spider-Man; Daredevil; Thor; Dr. Doom; Silver Surfer
First Line: Exciting new club Marvelmania International
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.6
Disclose Notes: Ad for Marvelmania International.
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Mighty Marvel's On the Move Again!

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Thing [Ben Grimm]
First Line: And when we say we're on the move again, we're not just garglin' hamfat, people!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Items; Stan's Soapbox.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
First Line: Dear Stan and John, After reading Spider-Man #80...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Robert Kowalski, Mike Conrad, Dirk Burhans, Tim Seidler, Glen Quasny, B. W. Hiatt, Neil Maloney, and Bruce Long; includes three panels reproduced from a previous issue and Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Arnold Schwarzenegger (photo); Joe Weider (photo)
First Line: I put 2 full inches on my arms - 3 inches on my chest and trimmed 4 inches off my waist in just 7 weeks...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for the "Weider System" of body building.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Audel skill-building practical guides
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad for self-improvement books.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Wilt Chamberlain; Rick Barry
First Line: Make money get prizes with fast selling American seeds
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for the American Seed Co.

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