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Issue: Spider-Man Comics Weekly #53
Publication Date: February 1974
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Issues: #53 of 157 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel UK
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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics International Ltd.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN:
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Price: £0.06 GBP
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Content Items: 10 (3 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
Disclose Notes: Ink credit confirmed by Al Milgrom. Info per Jason Schachter.
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No. 14

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Pen pals swap shop
First Line: Waiting for you in this grand opening of the PEN PALS SWAP SHOP could be the very thing that you've been yearning for all your life.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Small ads type page where readers write in with items they wish to swap with other readers.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Advert for Charles Atlas course with order form and two adverts for stamp collecting sets.
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Trial by Combat!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ? (grey tones)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Ka-Zar [Kevin Plunder]; Zabu; Aunt May Parker; Anna Watson; Captain George Stacy; John Jameson; J. Jonah Jameson; Harry Osborn
First Line: I have heard enough! I will find your Spider-Man!
Synopsis: Spider-Man is still dealing with the loss of his memory; meanwhile, J. Jonah Jameson enlists the aid of Ka-Zar to capture Spider-Man.
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Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Second part of story with a new splash page made up of panel 4 from page 10 of the original story, enlarged and with Spider-Man's mask in the background. With new title, a caption and credits added.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Matchbox toys
First Line: Join the "Matchbox " Surtees formula 1 club
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Hulk
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Disclose Notes: Stamp collecting sets advert, coupon for newsagent to reserve a copy of Spider-Man Comics Weekly each week and an advert for "Marvel" with a picture of the Hulk.
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The Stronghold of Doctor Weird!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Doctor Weird [Carlo Strange] (introduction); Carla Strange (introduction); Nikita Khrushchev (cameo)
First Line: Realizing that the struggle between good and evil is a no-holds-barred duel to the death,E
Synopsis: An imprisoned criminal scientist takes control of Iron Man in order to free himself. He threatens to blow up the world unless he is made world ruler. Iron Man stops him by shorting out his power and is helped by the villain's conscience-stricken daughter.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Doctor Strange name changed to Doctor Weird throughout including the title, his daughter is only referred to by her first name.

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The web and the hammer
Character(s): Spider-Man; Thor
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Three panels taken from Spider-Man stories one from a Thor story. Letters pages are printed between pages 6 & 7 of the Iron Man story.
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When Titans Meet!!

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Colorist(s): ? (grey tones)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thor; Hercules; Odin; Zeus; Jane Foster; Don Blake; Atlas (introduction); Demon (villain); Sally; Mr. Wilkins
First Line: Through the awesome power of a necromantic norn stone
Synopsis: Thor finally reveals his secret identity to Jane Foster. This time she believes him. Thor then flies off to Asia to confront The Demon.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Second part of story with a new splash page made up of an illustration of Thor in flight and the Demon seen from behind taken from last panel of page 16 of the original story. With new title and credits added.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mighty World of Marvel; The Avengers
Character(s): Hulk; Sub-Mariner; The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]]; Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]
First Line: Marvel's greatest comics!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advert for Mighty World of Marvel #72 and Avengers #22 with cover reproductions.

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