The Amazing Spider-Man #174 (1977) for Sale - Where to Buy

Identification plate

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Hitman's Back in Town!	cover	1	pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Danny Crespi	Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Punisher [Frank Castle]; Hitman; J. Jonah Jameson
1	The Hitman's Back in Town!	comic story	17	script: Len Wein; pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Jim Mooney, Tony DeZuniga; colors: Glynis Wein; letters: Joe Rosen	Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Punisher [Frank Castle]; Harry Osborn; Flash Thompson; Bart Hamilton; Glory Grant; J. Jonah Jameson; Marla Madison; Robbie Robertson; Hitman (villain); The People's Liberation Front; Mamie Muggins
4	-	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee

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

Edition	How to tell
Whitman	See the GCD record for identification notes.

Collection	Year
Marvel Tales #216	1988	On eBay ›
Essential Punisher #1 ISBN 0-7851-1364-9	2004	On eBay ›

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Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
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