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Issue: The Spectacular Spider-Man #60
Publication Date: November 1981
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Issues: #60 of 265 Issues (650 Printings)
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Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 1981
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0714860219911
Price: $0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
4 (2 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
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Pages: 1
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Beetlemania!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; The Beetle [Abner Jenkins] (villain); The Gibbon [Martin Blank]; Coach Barnstorm; Greg Salinger; Debra Whitman; Biff Rifkin; Lt. Kris Keating; Jose Rivera
Synopsis: The Beetle's new battlesuit gives him an advantage over Spider-Man when they fight, as does the well-meaning interference of the Gibbon. Later, Beetle challenges Spider-Man to a rematch, but it's the Gibbon who eventually delivers the knockout punch and gets all the credit for defeating the villain.
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Pages: 22
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The Birth of a Legend!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (origin retold); Aunt May Parker; Uncle Ben Parker; Flash Thompson; Liz Allan; Crusher Hogan; the Burglar
Synopsis: Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider and gains the abilities of a spider. When he fails to stop a burglar who runs past him, his uncle is killed as a result. He therefore swears never to shirk his responsibility again.
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Pages: 17
Disclose Notes: "Based on the original story by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko!"
Retelling of Spider-Man's origin from Amazing Fantasy (Marvel, 1962 series) #15. Many panels contain the original Stan Lee dialogue and/or art redrawn from Steve Ditko's layouts.
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A Lesson to Be Learned!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thing [Ben Grimm]
Synopsis: The Thing tempts a purse snatcher with Hostess Cup Cakes and returns the purse to its grateful owner.
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