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173October 1977
$0.30

The Amazing Spider-Man #173

Marvel · October 1977 · on sale 1977-07-12

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Identification plate

Series
The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue
#173
Publication date
October 1977
Key date
1977-10-00
On-sale date
1977-07-12
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.30
Pages
36
Barcode
0714860245710
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Molten Man's Last Stand!cover1pencils: Ross Andru; inks: John Romita; letters: Danny CrespiSpider-Man [Peter Parker]; Molten Man; Liz Allen
1If You Can't Stand the Heat...!comic story17script: Len Wein; pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Jim Mooney; colors: Glynis Wein; letters: John CostanzaSpider-Man [Peter Parker]; Molten Man [Mark Raxton] (villain); Liz Allen; Flash Thompson; Harry Osborn; Mary Jane Watson; Marty; Benny
6-letters page1script: Len Wein; pencils: John Romita; inks: John Romita
9-in-house column1script: Stan Lee; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Terry AustinStar-Lord [Peter Quill]

Plus 8 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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WhitmanSee the GCD record for identification notes.

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