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Issue: The Amazing Spider-Man #171
Publication Date: August 1977
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Issues: #171 of 443 Issues (968 Printings)
Title:
Variant: 30¢ Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 05/10/1977
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0714860245708
Price: $0.35 USD Marvel Comics Variant Edition
$0.30 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #143, May 1977.
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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 In15
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
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Cover, Front
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Nova [Richard Rider]; Photon [Jason Dean]
First Line: With my two greatest foes slain... ...nothing can stop Photon!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Essential Spider-Man #8 published May 2007black and white
In Issue: FlagBiblioteca Marvel: Spiderman #28 published ?
In Issue: FlagΣπάιντερ Μαν [Spider-Man] #83 published ?
In Content Item: FlagAtlantic special #2/1978 published February 1978
as Spindeln i Photons våld. [Illustration on Cover, Front]cover
In Content Item: FlagEl Asombroso Hombre Araña #167 published July 1983
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Nova #1 published January 2006
as Amazing Spider-Man #171 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
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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: Fun tricks free things!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Photon Is Another Name For...?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Nova [Richard Rider]; Photon [Jason Dean]; A.I.M.; Molten Man; Liz Allan; Harry Osborn; Dr. Ralph Rider; Franklin Risk; Michael Lincoln; Harry Daze; Captain James Steele; Manners (butler, dead); Charles Rider
First Line: Stop!
Synopsis: Spider-Man and Nova determine the true identity of Photon and solve the mystery of who killed Nova's uncle.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Essential Spider-Man #8 published May 2007black and white
In Issue: FlagNova Classic #1 published January 2013
In Content Item: FlagAtlantic special #2/1978 published February 1978
as Photon, även känd under namnet...? [Story on Interior Page(s)]1 sida bortredigerad
In Content Item: FlagGli Eterni #12 published February 1979
as Nova [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Nova #1 published January 2006
as Photon Is Another Name For...? [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Nova (Marvel, 1976 series) #12 (August 1977)
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Arnold Schwarzenegger (photo); Joe Weider (photo); Franco Columbu (photo)
First Line: Let Joe Weider build you a better body for just $7.98
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Located on page number 5.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Ikaris
First Line: Dear Marvel, You’ve really got to hand it to Jonah – he’s persistent!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from M.E. Robbins, Mike Nelson, Matt Pierce, and James L. Bleeker; includes house ad for The Eternals series.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Spock (photo of Leonard Nimoy)
First Line: Star Trek lives!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Located on page number 25.
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In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Hi, Believers!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Stan Lee's Soapbox; Items; obituary for Bob Brown.
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Rust Be My Destiny!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Iron Man [Tony Stark]
First Line: The dried-up fools!
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Pages: 1
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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: Located on page number 32.
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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: 3 complete fishing outfits
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Street Ball

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Character(s): Rick Barry; Dr. J [Julius Erving]
First Line: Hey look!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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