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Issue: Spider-Man Comics Weekly #44
Publication Date: December 1973
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Issues: #44 of 157 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel UK
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Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management London Ltd.
On Sale Date: (not set)
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Pages: 32
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Price: £0.05 GBP
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Content Items: 8 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Peter L. Skingley
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour Cover; Black & White Interior; Some Colour Interiors
Dimensions: British Magazine Size; 21.6 cm x 28 cm; 8.5 inches" x 11"
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Pages: 1
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Spider-Man No More!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (origin recap); Aunt May Parker; Anna May Watson; Harry Osborn; Professor Miles Warren; Gwen Stacy; J. Jonah Jameson; Betty Brant; Mary Jane Watson; Patch [Frederick Foswell] ; Kingpin [Wilson Fisk] (introduction, villain); The Mob (villain); Johnny Carson (cameo); Ed McMahon (cameo); Uncle Ben Parker (cameo flashback); The Burglar (cameo flashback)
First Line: What say we skip any long introductions?
Synopsis: Fearing for his aunt's health and tired of being hounded by Jameson, Peter gives up being Spider-Man and concentrates on being a simple college student. A kid finds the discarded Spidey suit in the trash can and brings it to the Daily Bugle where Jonah proudly puts it on display. Pete's personal life starts looking up but crime increases as the Kingpin gathers the mob under his leadership. Feeling guilty about the crime wave, Peter remembers the lessons taught to him by his uncle's death and decides to become Spider-Man once again.
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Feature(s): Pen pals swap shop
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Disclose Notes: Small ads type feature where readers write in with items they wish to swap with other readers. Between pages 8 and 9 of the Spider-Man story.
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Feature(s): Matchbox toys
First Line: Guess where Santa gets his toys?
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Disclose Notes: Advert for Matchbox toys with illustration of Santa Claus and five toys. Between pages 8 and 9 of the Spider-Man story.
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mighty World of Marvel ; The Avengers
Character(s): Hulk; Captain America; Quicksilver; Hawkeye; Scarlet Witch
First Line: Umbu the unliving has been destroyed,E
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Disclose Notes: Advert for Mighty World of Marvel #63 with cover reproduction and The Avengers UK edition with illustration of the Avengers.
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Character(s): Thor; Spider-Man
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Disclose Notes: Includes two panels taken from Thor and Spider-Man stories. Bottom right of second page features a Charles Atlas advert.
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With My Hammer in Hand...!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thor; Odin; Ularic the Warlock; Don Blake; Avengers [Scarlet Witch;Quicksilver; Hawkeye]; Hooded Man [Harris Hobbs]; Jane Foster; Loki (villain); Absorbing Man [Crusher Creel] (villain)
First Line: I knew that here in the great blast furnaces of Pittsburgh, I would find a giant forge to mend my hammer!
Synopsis: Thor repairs his damaged hammer in a furnace in Pittsburgh and then returns the enchanted Norn Stones to Odin in Asgard. Loki, in servitude to Ularic the Warlock, imprisons his new master. Thor returns to Earth to find Blake's surgery has closed and that Jane Foster is missing. He tries to enlist the aid of the Avengers to find her, but discovers that most of his old allies have left the group. Hawkeye's brash attitude offends Thor and he leaves too. Loki, meanwhile, has used Ularic's enchantments to reach into outer space and bring back Thor's old foe, the Absorbing Man. He's not happy!
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Character(s): The Thing [Ben Grimm]
First Line: Hey! We promised we'd try and make you rich!
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Disclose Notes: Quiz and entry form. Prize is £1 a week for a year. Back cover.

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