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Issue: The Amazing Spider-Man #173
Publication Date: October 1977
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Issues: #173 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: 07/12/1977
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0714860245710
Price: $0.35 USD Marvel Comics Variant Edition
$0.30 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (1 story, 1 cover)
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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
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The Molten Man's Last Stand!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Molten Man; Liz Allen
First Line: Help me-- before this fire kills us all!
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In Issue: FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man #173 published ?
In Content Item: FlagSpindelmannen #12/1978 published January 1978
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEdderkoppen #12/1978 published November 1978
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEl Asombroso Hombre Araña #169 published July 1983
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Danny Crespi cover letters credit from Todd Klein via The Crespi Files, page 51 posted on his Facebook page on 1 August 2017. Cover letters originally given to John Costanza.
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If You Can't Stand the Heat...!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Molten Man [Mark Raxton] (villain); Liz Allen; Flash Thompson; Harry Osborn; Mary Jane Watson; Marty; Benny
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In Issue: FlagKa-Zar #3/1984 published June 1984
In Content Item: FlagEdderkoppen #12/1978 published November 1978
as Hvis heten blir for hard...! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEl Asombroso Hombre Araña #169 published July 1983
as ¡La Última Batalla de el Hombre de Oro! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagKa-Zar #3/1984 published August 1984
as Hvis heten blir for besværlig [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 17
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Pacific Comics...the collector's best friend.
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Pages: 0.5
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First Line: Remember how many times you felt left out because you were broke!
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Disclose Notes: Located on lower half of page number 8.
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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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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Located on page number 9.
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Character(s): Johnny Unitas; Ken Unitas
First Line: I know why Ken likes to shoot Daisy B-B guns with me.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Located on page number 13.
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[untitled]

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Randy Divinski, Michael Biegel, Tony Sprague and "The Green Goblin." Located on page number 19.
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First Line: Monster record
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Disclose Notes: Located on page number 20.
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Character(s): Brian Eastman (photo)
First Line: Impossible?
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Disclose Notes: Located on page number 21.
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Character(s): Star-Lord [Peter Quill]
First Line: This is it, gang!
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Disclose Notes: Stan Lee's Soapbox; Items.
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First Line: 100pc. toy soldier set
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Disclose Notes: Located on page number 32.
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First Line: Earn famous name prizes or cash
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Orca
Character(s): Orca (killer whale)
First Line: An angry thunderbolt of terror explodes out of the ocean’s depths!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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