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30 (471)June 2001
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The Amazing Spider-Man #30 (471)

Marvel · June 2001 · on sale 2001-04-11

First appearance: MorlunFirst appearance: Ezekiel SimsFirst appearance: Joey Gastone1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1999 series)
Issue
#30 (471)
Publication date
June 2001
Key date
2001-06-00
On-sale date
2001-04-11
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics
Price
$2.25; 3.50 CAD
Pages
36
Barcode
75960604716103011
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Ezekiel Sims - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Joey Gastone - 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
0-cover1pencils: J. Scott Campbell; inks: Tim Townsend; colors: Justin PonsorPeter Parker, Spider-Man
1Transformations, Literal & Otherwisecomic story22script: J. Michael Straczynski; pencils: John Romita Jr.; inks: Scott Hanna; colors: Dan Kemp, Avalon Studios; letters: Richard Starkings, Comicraft's Wes AbbottJoey Gastone First, Morlun First, Harry Osborn, Peter Parker, Ezekiel Sims First, Spider-Man, Gwen Stacy, Flash Thompson
2-letters page1letters: typeset
3House Advertisementpromo (ad from the publisher)1
4Marvel Subscription Formpromo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandbarcode 07447002457606

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Marvel Tales Flip Magazine #12005On eBay ›
Marvel Must Haves: Amazing Spider-Man #30–32 #[nn]2003On eBay ›
Amazing Spider-Man by JMS Ultimate Collection #1
ISBN 978-0-7851-3893-8		2009On eBay ›
Coming Home
ISBN 0-7851-0806-8		2001On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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