Spider-Man #79 for Sale - First Appearance of Todd Fields - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Spider-Man (Marvel, 1990 series)
Issue: #79
Publication date: April 1997
Key date: 1997-04-00
On-sale date: 1997-02-19
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $1.95; 2.75 CAD
Pages: 36
Barcode: 75960601321007911
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Todd Fields - 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.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Who Leads The Hordes of HYDRA?	cover	1	pencils: John Romita Jr.; inks: Scott Hanna; letters: Comicraft	Don Fortunato, Todd Fields First, Morbius, Michael Morbius, Peter Parker, S.H.O.C., Spider-Man
1	After the Fall	comic story	22	script: Howard Mackie; pencils: John Romita Jr.; inks: Scott Hanna; colors: Gregory Wright; letters: Richard Starkings, Kiff Scholl, Comicraft	Betty Brant, Don Fortunato, Todd Fields First, J. Jonah Jameson, Morbius, Michael Morbius, Peter Parker, S.H.O.C., Spider-Man, Paul Stacy, Wolfgang von Strucker, Mary Jane Watson
2	-	letters page	4	letters: typeset

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 1.99 USD; 2.70 CAD; barcode 07447001321104

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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