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Issue: Spider-Man Comics Weekly #48

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Publication Date: January 1974

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Issues: #48 of 157 Issues

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Variant: unnamed

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Publisher: Flag

Marvel UK

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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Ltd.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume:

Pages: 36

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Price: £0.06 GBP

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Content Items: 10 (2 stories, 1 cover)

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Notes: First issue with new glossy covers. Change of printer. Page count increased to 36 pages.

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Format

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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Content Items (10 total)

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Pages: 1

Notes: Cover from the original with alterations.

No. 11

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Feature(s): Pen pals swap shop

First Line: How it works:

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Pages: 1

Notes: Small ads type page where readers write in with items they wish to swop with other readers.

The Tentacles and the Trap!

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Doctor Octopus [Otto Octavius] (villain); Aunt May Parker; Harry Osborn; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Gwen Stacy; Mary Jane Watson

First Line: Of course I remember you!

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Pages: 20

Notes: Inferior reproduction from this issue with very muddy tones obscuring the images.

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Character(s): Spider-Man

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Pages: 2

Notes: Includes six Spider-Man panels. Between pages 9 and 10 of the Spider-Man story.

Where Mortals Fear To Tread!

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; Absorbing Man [Crusher Creel] (villain); Jane Foster; Harris Hobbs; Loki (villain); Odin;

First Line: Last issue, while battling the dreaded Absorbing Man, mighty Thor turned to aid a helpless child!

Synopsis: Thor and Absorbing Man resume their battle from last issue. Thor gains the upper hand. Loki, fearful of Creel’s defeat, transports him to Asgard. Meanwhile, Thor rescues Jane Foster from a locked room filling with smoke. He transforms into Doctor Blake, but the transformation is witnessed by reporter Harris Hobbs who engineered the smoke-filled room scenario for the purpose of discovering Thor’s secret. Hobbs says he will destroy his evidence of Thor’s dual-identity if Thor will take him to Asgard. Meanwhile, in Asgard, Creel confronts Odin who blasts him with cosmic energy, which he absorbs!

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Pages: 10

Notes: First part of story

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First Line: Make yourself the owner of a colour T.V.

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Announcement of a create a superhero competition coming next issue.

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Feature(s): Charles Atlas

First Line: "You, too, can have a body like mine!

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Pages: 0.25

Notes: Advert for Charles Atlas course with order form

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First Line: Stamp quiz

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Notes: Advert for stamp collecting sets.

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First Line: Make sure of your copy every week

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Pages: 0.13

Notes: Coupon to fill in and give to newsagent to reserve Spider-Man Comics Weekly each week.

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Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Mighty World of Marvel ; The Avengers

Character(s): Daredevil

First Line: Big changes from Marvel

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Pages: 1

Notes: Advert for Mighty World of Marvel and Avengers UK with new glossy covers and increased page count to 36 pages. Illustration of Daredevil and partial cover reproductions of the two comics. (Issues #67 and #17 respectively).