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167April 1977
$0.30

The Amazing Spider-Man #167

Marvel · April 1977 · on sale 1977-01-11

First appearance: Will o' the WispFirst appearance: Jackson ArvadFirst appearance: Barton Hamilton1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue
#167
Publication date
April 1977
Key date
1977-04-00
On-sale date
1977-01-11
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.30
Pages
36
Barcode
0714860245704
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Will o' the Wisp - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Jackson Arvad - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Barton Hamilton - 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
0Looks Like It's Going To Be One of Those Days!!cover1pencils: John Romita; inks: John Romita; letters: John CostanzaJ. Jonah Jameson, Peter Parker, Spider-Man, Spider-Slayer, Will o' the Wisp First, Jackson Arvad First
2...Stalked by the Spider-Slayer!comic story17script: Len Wein; pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Mike Esposito, Dave Hunt; colors: Glynis Wein; letters: Joe RosenLiz Allan, Barton Hamilton First, J. Jonah Jameson, Marla Madison Jameson, Harry Osborn, May Parker, Peter Parker, Robbie Robertson, Spider-Man, Spider-Slayer, Flash Thompson, Anna Watson, Mary Jane Watson, Will o' the Wisp First
6-letters page0.75script: Len Wein
7-statement of ownership0.25script: Ed Shukin
8A Xylograph of Xenial Xenagogues and Xenodochial Xerrifs!in-house column1script: Stan LeeHuman Fly

Plus 8 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
WhitmanSee the GCD record for identification notes.

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Series context

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Sources

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