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Issue: Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man #[nn]

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Publication Date: January 1976

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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue (2 Printings)

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Variant: British

Rating: [no rating]

Publisher: Flag

Marvel; DC

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Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc. and Marvel Comics Group

On Sale Date: 01/1976

Volume: none

Pages: 100

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: £0.75 GBP

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Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
16 (8 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

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Notes: "A DC-Marvel Production" on spine. Indicia reads "Published by" and "Copyright © 1976 National Periodical Publications, Inc. [a.k.a. DC] and the Marvel Comics Group, a division of Cadence Industries Corporation," but National's address is given as Office of Publication.

On sale date from the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Books and Pamphlets, 1976. Same date given in Comic Reader #126, as well as a scan of The Amazing World of DC Comics #9 on Rob Kelly's Treasury Comics website. Also, the Marvel UK comics of the time bear this out, as they run back-cover ads for this title on the issues dated "week ending Jan. 10, 1976" and "Jan. 17". As the British Marvels were published at the actual time of their cover-dates, this confirms that this title was on sale in the UK during January 1976.

Credits based on interviews conducted by Daniel Best for article available at Adelaide Comics and Books website [accessed 26 August 2009]. Official credits in publication are "drawn by" Andru and "inked by" Giordano. Splash page reads "Presented by: Carmine Infantino and Stan Lee"; this was changed to "Edited by" in the 1991 Crossover Classics collection, but no primary editor is given in the original. Conway told Steve Cohen that he "did the actual editorial work," i.e. "proofing, supervision of production, supervision of art and lettering and coloring" [via Facebook 4 September 2009]. Lee's introduction says literary agent David Obst "started the entire project". DC/National production manager Sol Harrison "co-ordinat[ed] the project" with the assistance of his Marvel counterpart Sol Brodsky per Infantino's introduction.

Full indicia: "SUPERMAN VS. THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN. Published by National Periodical Publications, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group. Office of Publication: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y. Copyright © 1976 by National Periodical Publications, Inc. and the Marvel Comics Group, a division of Cadence Industries Corporation. All Rights Reserved. The stories, characters and incidents mentioned in this magazine are entirely fictional. No actual persons, living or dead, are intended or should be inferred. Printed in the U.S.A."

First Marvel / DC crossover and second co-publication, after MGM's Marvelous Wizard of Oz. Next crossover is Marvel Treasury Edition #28 featuring Superman and Spider-Man.

According to Overstreet, there are 5,000 numbered issues signed by Carmine Infantino and Stan Lee. Based on information gleaned from several internet postings and sales, it appears that only 2000 copies were in the signed edition. Furthermore, because Carmine Infantino was no longer editor at DC as of the end of January 1976, it appears that only a fraction of the 2000 copies were signed by him (at least from #431 up do not bear Infantino's signature). All copies were signed by Stan Lee. Overstreet's claim of the signed copies being a second printing is not supported by any data on the comics themselves.

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Format

Publication Type: Trade Paperback

Color: color

Dimensions: tabloid

Paper Stock: cardstock cover; newsprint interior

Binding: squarebound

Publishing Format: one-shot

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14 Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man #[nn] [unnamed variant]

Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man #[nn] [British]

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Content Items (16 total)

The Battle of the Century

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

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Pages: 1

A Soliloquy from Stan Lee; A Comment from Carmine Infantino

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

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Inker(s): ? (Photos)

Colorist(s): ? (Photos)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Character(s): Stan Lee (photo); Carmine Infantino (photo)

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Pages: 1

Notes: The inside front cover presents "A Soliloquy from Stan Lee" and "A Comment from Carmine Infantino" above indicia.

The Battle of the Century!

Credits on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

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Pages: 1

Job Number: C-154

Notes: The first interior page is a pin-up of the heroes facing off above the credits and story title.

Prologue 1: Superman

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

First Line: Winter in Metropolis:

Synopsis: After a rampage through Metropolis, Luthor tussles with Superman and is sent to jail -- but first manages to hide a device stolen from STAR Labs.

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Pages: 15

Job Number: C-154

Notes: Pgs. 1-15. According to a letter in Back Issue #66 (August 2013), Terry Austin asserts that he was Dick Giordano's sole background inker in this period. He explains; "I was hired by Dick Giordano in the summer/early fall of 1974 when Klaus Janson vacated the position. I was Dick's only background inker for every project that he worked on for the next three years that I was in his employ." Page 2 has "Terry's Bar" and page 3 had "Austin Bread" as businesses drawn into the cityscape. Previous indexer credited Joe Rubinstein and Bob Wiacek with assists.

Now a Pause for Hero Identification

Character Profile on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

First Line: Born on the planet Kypton...

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Notes: Superman's origin is recapped on an unnumbered page.

Prologue 2: The Amazing Spider-Man

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

First Line: Winter in Manhattan:

Synopsis: Spider-Man battles Doc Ock on a Manhattan rooftop and again over Central Park.

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Pages: 15

Job Number: C-154

Notes: Pgs. 16-30.

Yet Another Pause for Hero Identification

Character Profile on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

First Line: While still in high school, young Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider at a science exhibition...

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Notes: Spider-Man's origin, powers, and gadgets are recapped on an unnumbered page.

Prologue 3: Lex Luthor and Dr. Octopus

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

First Line: Several miles southwest of Deming, New Mexico...

Synopsis: Luthor and Octopus escape from a New Mexico prison.

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Pages: 5

Job Number: C-154

Notes: Pgs. 31-35. According to a letter from Terry Austin in Back Issue #66 (August 2013), Bob Wiacek inked backgrounds on three pages of this chapter only. This information was confirmed by Wiacek.

And Leave Us Not Forget Our Villainous Villains

Character Profile on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

First Line: Such as our Otto Octavious.

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Notes: The villains' origins are recapped on an unnumbered page.

Chapter One: A Duel of Titans

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

First Line: So this is the World News Conference!

Synopsis: The Daily Bugle and WGBS / Daily Planet staffers arrive at the World News Conference in New York City. At the display of Comlab One, "the world's first orbiting communications laboratory," Lois Lane and Mary Jane Watson appear to vanish in a flash of the Man of Steel's super-vision.

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Notes: Pgs. 36-45. "One" is spelled out, but later chapters use numerals.

Chapter 2: When Heroes Clash!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

First Line: Far below, on the streets surrounding Manhattan's Columbus Circle...

Synopsis: Superman and Spider-Man battle over Manhattan, the Web-Slinger having secretly been charged with red-sun radiation by Luthor.

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Pages: 14

Job Number: C-154

Notes: Pgs. 46-59. First meeting of Superman and Spider-Man, after a brief exchange as Peter Parker and Clark Kent in previous chapter.

Chapter 3: The Call of Battle!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

First Line: Down there, Spider-Man: The old Penn Central Railroad Yard.

Synopsis: Our heroes trace their nemeses to an abandoned railroad yard and then Africa's Mount Kilimanjaro.

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Job Number: C-154

Notes: Pgs. 60-71.

Chapter 4: The Doomsday Decision

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

First Line: Your pal Luthor goes in for gizmos in a big way, Supes!

Synopsis: After the villains arrive at the satellite headquarters of the Injustice Gang, Luthor uses the stolen STAR Labs device to control the just-launched Comlab One. Spider-Man and Superman tackle their foes in orbit before the Metropolis Marvel must return Earthside to confront a tsunami, while Doc Ock is stunned by the extent of his partner's schemes.

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Pages: 20

Job Number: C-154

Notes: Pgs. 72-91.

Epilogue

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

First Line: Twenty minutes later...

Synopsis: Peter Parker and Clark Kent return with exclusives of their alter-egos in action.

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Job Number: C-154

Notes: Pg 92.

How This Famous Cover Was Born

Illustration on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Notes: The inside back cover presents Infantino's cover sketches, followed by a black-&-white reproduction of the end result.

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Illustration on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

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Notes: Back cover. Pin-up of Spider-Man and Superman.