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Publishers / Marvel / The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) / #195
195August 1979
$0.40

The Amazing Spider-Man #195

Marvel · August 1979 · on sale May 8, 1979

1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue
#195
Publication date
August 1979
Key date
August 1979
On-sale date
May 8, 1979
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.40
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Keith Pollard; inks: Al Milgrom; letters: Irving WatanabeSpider-Man [Peter Parker]; Betty Brant; Ned Leeds; Aunt May Parker; the burglar; Black Cat [Felicia Hardy]
1Nine Lives Has the Black Cat!comic story18script: Marv Wolfman; pencils: Keith Pollard, Frank Giacoia, Mike Esposito, Frank Springer, Marie Severin, Al Milgrom; inks: Frank Giacoia, Mike Esposito, Frank Springer, Al Kupperberg, Marie Severin, Al Milgrom; colors: Roussos; letters: CostanzaSpider-Man [Peter Parker]; the burglar; Kingpin; Mysterio; Black Cat [Felicia Hardy] (origin); Harry Osborn; Flash Thompson; Ned Leeds; Betty Brant; Aunt May Parker; Walter Hardy; Bruno Grainger; Boris Korpse; Henry; Manny; Lydia Hardy (introduction)
2-letters page1letters: typeset
3-in-house column1script: Stan LeePower Man [Luke Cage]; Iron Fist

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandbarcode 0714860245708

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Spider-Man vs. The Black Cat #1
ISBN 0-7851-1559-5		2005On eBay ›
The Essential Spider-Man #9
ISBN 978-0-7851-3074-1		2009On eBay ›
Spider-Man: Return of the Burglar #[nn]
ISBN 978-0-7851-6265-0		2012On eBay ›

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Series context

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