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Issue: The Amazing Spider-Man #118
Publication Date: March 1973
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Issues: #118 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: 12/05/1972
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 14 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from The Comic Reader #91, November 1972.
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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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Disclose Reprinted In9
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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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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The Smasher Strikes! The Disruptor Destroys!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; The Disruptor; The Smasher
First Line: The moment is now!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man #12 [Regular Edition] published October 2010
In Issue: FlagΣπάιντερ Μαν [Spider-Man] #7 published ?
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #97 [Regular Edition] published November 1978
as The Smasher Strikes! The Disruptor Destroys! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEl Asombroso Hombre Araña #114 published June 1982
as ¡ El Destructor ataca! ¡El Disruptor destruye! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSpinneman Classics #76 published ?
as [untitled] [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): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: U-control monster size ghost
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Ad for an assortment of novelty items from the Johnson Smith Company.
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Countdown to Chaos!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Gwen Stacy; Mary Jane Watson; Harry Osborn; The Disruptor [Richard Raleigh] (villain, identity revealed in this issue, dies); The Smasher (villain); Mr. Thaxton (villain)
First Line: Don't move, Robertson!
Synopsis: The identity of the Disruptor is revealed.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man #12 [Regular Edition] published October 2010
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #97 [Regular Edition] published November 1978
as Countdown to Chaos! [Story on Interior Page(s)]in this form; minus 3 pp.
In Content Item: FlagEl Asombroso Hombre Araña #114 published June 1982
as ¡El caos se acerca! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagThe Spectacular Spider-Man #1 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1968
was Lo, This Monster [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Job Number: 1291-Z
Disclose Notes: This story incorporates, and greatly revises, material from Spectacular Spider-Man #1 (1968). Many new pages are included, and changes are made to conform to current continuity, including re-drawing the deceased Captain Stacy and replacing him with Joe Robertson and giving Raleigh a costumed identity as the Disruptor. Info per Nick Caputo, March 2019.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: These 3 big drafting kits given to you!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The ad is located between story pages 5 and 6.
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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: It was midnight.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The ad is located between story pages 9 and 10.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Morrie Mitchell (photo)
First Line: Super bodybuilding course
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The ad is located between story pages 11 and 12.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Men! Women!... help those who can't help themselves!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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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: Wow! 100 pc. coin kit only $2
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Four or Five Phenomenal Flashes, Fitfully Fashioned to Fight Lethargy!

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: It worked, gang!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes Stan Lee's Soapbox, Items, and the Mighty Marvel Checklist.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.8
Disclose Notes: Letters from Mike Baron and Bill Creighton.
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Statement of Ownership

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.2
Disclose Notes: Located on letters page. Total No. Copies Printed (net press run): Average no. copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 519,531. Actual no. of single issue nearest to filing date: 525,451.
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[untitled]

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?; ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Mac; Charles Atlas (photo)
First Line: Charles Atlas, world's no. 1 body-builder, says: don't be half a man!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Never finished high school?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Have you seen this coupon before?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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