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108May 1972
$0.20

The Amazing Spider-Man #108

Marvel · May 1972 · on sale 1972-02-15

First appearance: Sha Shan1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue
#108
Publication date
May 1972
Key date
1972-05-00
On-sale date
1972-02-15
Indicia publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Price
$0.20
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Sha Shan - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Marked for Murder!cover1pencils: John Romita; inks: John Romita; letters: Sam Rosen, Morrie KuramotoPeter Parker, Spider-Man, Flash Thompson
2Vengeance from Viet Nam!comic story21script: Stan Lee; pencils: John Romita; inks: John Romita, Tony Mortellaro; letters: Artie SimekMay Parker, Harry Osborn, Peter Parker, Sha Shan First, Spider-Man, Gwen Stacy, Flash Thompson
5Nifty Notes, Nostalgic Nuances, and Narcissistic Name-Dropping, Featuring Non-Toxic News of the Nation's Most Notorious Non-Entities!in-house column1script: Stan LeeLuke Cage
6-letters page0.67letters: typeset
7-statement of ownership0.33script: R. C. Le Crow

Plus 6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 0.06 GBP

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Marvel Tales #871978On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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