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Issue: The Amazing Spider-Man #222
Publication Date: November 1981
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Issues: #222 of 443 Issues (968 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Edition
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 08/04/1981
Volume: 2
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (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 as/ in another Issue.
reprinted 5 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in another Issue:
FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man #21 [unnamed variant] published January 2019
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Speed Demon [James Saunders]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagJohn Romita Classic Spiderman #83 published ?
In Content Item: FlagEl Asombroso Hombre Araña #304 published February 1986
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes: in Ed Hannigan: Covered (Marvel, 2009 series) #[nn]
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: From a cover sketch by Ed Hannigan.
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Faster Than the Eye!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Speed Demon [James Saunders] (first and introduction; formerly the Whizzer; changes his identity); J. Jonah Jameson; Lance Bannon; Robbie Robertson; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Grandmaster; Thor; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Clint Barton]
First Line: Please don't shoot us!
Synopsis: Super-speedster Whizzer first appears in his new identity as the Speed Demon! He robs department stores and boutiques, initially succeeding in making a fool out of Spider-Man.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEdderkoppen #7/1984 published July 1984
as Hurtigere enn synet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSpindelmannen #7/1984 published July 1984
as Snabbare än ögat! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEl Asombroso Hombre Araña #304 published February 1986
as ¡Más Rápido que el Ojo! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagL'Uomo Ragno #5 published September 1987
as Il Demone della Velocita' [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 21
Disclose Notes: The origin and early history of Whizzer/Speed Demon is revealed in flashbacks.
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A Lesson to be Learned!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: To be street wise, ya gotta stop bullyin' around!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from John Hardy II, Michael Quentin Lee, and Mike Halterman; includes list of winners from Marvel's Win-Yourself-Some-Big-Bucks-Contest and editorial from Tom DeFalco.

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