Publishers / Marvel / The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) / #49
49December 1980
$0.50

The Spectacular Spider-Man #49

Marvel · December 1980 · on sale 1980-09-23

First appearance: The SmugglerOrigin: White Tiger1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
The Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 1976 series)
Issue
#49
Publication date
December 1980
Key date
1980-12-00
On-sale date
1980-09-23
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.50
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

Origin story on record for: White Tiger.

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
0The Surprises Start When Spidey Meets The Smuggler!cover1pencils: Keith Pollard; inks: Bob McLeod; letters: Irving WatanabeErik Josten, Peter Parker, The Smuggler First, Spider-Man
1Enter: The Smuggler!comic story16script: Roger Stern; pencils: Jim Mooney, Bruce Patterson; inks: Bruce Patterson; colors: Ken Fedu; letters: Rick ParkerPhillip Chang, Erik Josten, May Parker, Peter Parker, The Smuggler First, Spider-Man
2--The White Tigercomic story6script: Roger Stern; pencils: Denys Cowan; inks: Jim Mooney; colors: Ed Hannigan; letters: Joe RosenHector Ayala, Blackbyrd, Abe Brown, Nathan Byrd, Bob Diamond, Jack Hart, Jack of Hearts, Edward Lansky, Lightmaster, Peter Parker, Spider-Man, Lin Sun, White Tiger Origin

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandbarcode 0714860219912

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Essential Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #2
ISBN 0-7851-2042-4		2006On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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