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Issue: The Amazing Spider-Man #222

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Publication Date: November 1981

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Issues: #222 of 443 Issues (939 Printings)

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Variant: Newsstand

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 2

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0714860245711

Price: $0.50 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
4 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Silver Age, then Modern Age US

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched; #200 square bound

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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2 The Amazing Spider-Man #222 [Direct Edition]

The Amazing Spider-Man #222 [Newsstand]

The Amazing Spider-Man #222 [UK Cover Price]

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Content Items (4 total)

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Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Speed Demon [James Saunders]

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Reprint Notes: in Ed Hannigan: Covered (Marvel, 2009 series) #[nn]

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Pages: 1

Notes: From a cover sketch by Ed Hannigan.

Faster Than the Eye!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Speed Demon [James Saunders] (first and introduction; formerly the Whizzer; changes his identity); J. Jonah Jameson; Lance Bannon; Robbie Robertson; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Grandmaster; Thor; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Clint Barton]

Synopsis: Super-speedster Whizzer first appears in his new identity as the Speed Demon! He robs department stores and boutiques, initially succeeding in making a fool out of Spider-Man.

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Pages: 21

Notes: The origin and early history of Whizzer/Speed Demon is revealed in flashbacks.

A Lesson to be Learned!

Advertisement (Comic Format) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Genres: superhero

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Pages: 1

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Notes: Letters from John Hardy II, Michael Quentin Lee, and Mike Halterman; includes list of winners from Marvel's Win-Yourself-Some-Big-Bucks-Contest and editorial from Tom DeFalco.