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Issue: The Amazing Spider-Man #193
Publication Date: June 1979
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Issues: #193 of 443 Issues (968 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Edition
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 03/13/1979
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (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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reprinted 2 times as/in other Issues.
reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as 2 Content Items in other Issues:
FlagEdderkoppen #3/1981 published March 1981 as Blåmandag! [Story on Interior Page(s)] edited reprint
FlagEl Asombroso Hombre Araña #189 published December 1983 as ¡Sobre las Alas de la Mosca! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in another Issue:
FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man #19 [unnamed variant] published January 2017
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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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Return of the Fearsome Fly!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; The Fly
First Line: If The Fly has all my powers-- --then how can I ever defeat him?
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagΣπάιντερ Μαν [Spider-Man] #105 published ?
In Content Item: FlagEl Asombroso Hombre Araña #189 published December 1983
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSpider-Man #8 published ?
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover art credits confirmed 2008 by Al Milgrom.
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The Wings of the Fearsome Fly!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Fly (villain); the burglar (villain); Mysterio (villain); J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Glory Grant; Betty Brant; Ned Leeds; Barney Bushkin; Aunt May Parker; Mary Jane Watson; Gravis Fletcher
First Line: Sometime late last night, the rain turned to soft snow flurries which sweeped [sic] across a suddenly helpless New York City.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagSpider-Man: Return of the Burglar #[nn] [premiere edition] published January 2012
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: LG397
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: So there I was a few weeks ago, gabbin’ with a gaggle of undergrads during a light-hearted lecture at the College of St. Thomas in Minnesota.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Brains over Brawn!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Iron Man [Tony Stark]
First Line: Once we crush Iron Man, we can take over the Stark plant.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Dear Marv, John, and Jim, Can we consider issue #189 a milestone issue?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Responses may have been written by Mark Gruenwald as Marv Wolfman is referred to in the third person. Letters from Dave Posey, Stan Wolfe, and Bill Jourdain.
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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): Dr. J [Julius Erving]; Rick Barry
First Line: Hey look!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Comic ad for Spalding Basketballs, on the back cover.

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