The Amazing Spider-Man #188 (1979) for Sale - Where to Buy

Identification plate

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Dave Cockrum; inks: Terry Austin	Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Jigsaw
1	The Jigsaw Is Up!	comic story	17	script: Marv Wolfman; pencils: Keith Pollard, Mike Esposito; inks: Mike Esposito; colors: B. Sharen; letters: J. Novak	Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Jigsaw; John Jameson; Aunt May Parker; Betty Brant; Harry Osborn; Liz Allan; Flash Thompson; Sha Shan; Mary Jane Watson; Brad Davis; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson
2	-	letters page	1	script: Mark Gruenwald
3	-	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

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

Collection	Year
The Essential Spider-Man #9 ISBN 978-0-7851-3074-1	2009	On eBay ›

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Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
Canadian and Whitman editions exist for many bronze books; match the barcode area to the plate.
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