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Issue: The Spectacular Spider-Man #20
Publication Date: July 1978
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Issues: #20 of 265 Issues (650 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 04/25/1978
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0714860219907
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #155 (April 1978).
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Death Waits--In Lightmaster's Lair!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man; Lightmaster
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagL'Uomo Ragno [Collana Super-Eroi] #264 published June 1980
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEl Asombroso Hombre Araña #235 published October 1984
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSpider-Man [Hi-C Mini Comics] #3 published January 1987
as Death Waits--In Lightmaster's Lair! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #1 published January 2005
as Spectacular Spider-Man #20 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man; White Tiger [Hector Ayala] (guest star); Enforcers [Ox; Fancy Dan; Montana] (villain); Lightmaster [Edward Lansky] (villain); Flash Thompson; Sha Shan; Mrs. Muggins; Holly Gillis; Police Lieutenant D'Angelo
Synopsis: Lightmaster kidnaps Hector Ayala, believing that he is Spider-Man. Spider-Man rescues Hector and defeats Lightmaster but not before Hector's real identity is revealed to the public.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagL'Uomo Ragno [Collana Super-Eroi] #264 published June 1980
as Il Signore della Luce [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEdderkoppen #6/1982 published July 1982
as Hvor var du da lysene sluknet? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEl Asombroso Hombre Araña #235 published October 1984
as ¿Dónde Estabas cuando la Luz se Apagó? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSpider-Man [Hi-C Mini Comics] #3 published January 1987
as Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? [Story on Interior Page(s)]minus one page
In Content Item: FlagEssential Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #1 published January 2005
as Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: C-855
Disclose Notes: Story continues in the next issue. White Tiger's secret identity is revealed to the world.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: Dear Marvel, Along with being a rather superb effort...
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Pages: 0.7
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Peter Petruski; (unsigned); and Peter Stone.
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[untitled]

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First Line: And now the... Beatles!
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Pages: 0.3
Disclose Notes: Promo ad for Marvel Super Special #4.
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[untitled]

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Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes Stan's Soapbox; Items.
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Captain America and the Time Warp!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Reprinting
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Pages: 1

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