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Issue: The Spectacular Spider-Man #72
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Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 1982
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0714860219911
Price: $0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
4 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Tom DeFalco (editor); Jim Shooter (editor in chief)
Disclose Notes: Letters page replies by Tom DeFalco.
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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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Waiting for Doctor Octopus!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
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Subject Matter
superhero
Spider-Man; Ollie Osnick
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in Ed Hannigan: Covered (Marvel, 2009 series) #[nn]
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Waiting for Doctor Octopus!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Spider-Man; Milton and Zelda Osnick; Brad Rossi; Dr. Bailey Kuklin; DEBRA Whitman; Ollie Osnick (1st); Dr. Octopus; Moon Knight (cameo); Frank Miller (cameo, page six, panel one)
Inspired by Doc Ock, a bratty rich kid constructs his own mechanical arms and heads out on a crime spree.
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Miscellaneous
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There are a lot of in-jokes and pop culture details in the background of this story; Frank Miller is portrayed as an obsessive artist drawing water towers; Ollie's gang sits around his house listening to classical records while reading Playduck (a Howard the Duck movie reference); Ollie has Star Wars toys in his room including a Tie-Fighter, a B-Wing Fighter and a Darth Vader poster; Ollie passes a graveyard sporting tombstones for Elektra, Gwen Stacy, Jean Grey and Denny O'Neil; Cops find issues of Ka-Zar and other Marvel comics on the floor of a vandalized convenience store; Ollie steals Rom and G.I. Joe toys from FAO Toys (whose sign exclaims "Amusements for the Well Heeled").
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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typeset
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In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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