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Issue: The Amazing Spider-Man #78
Publication Date: November 1969
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Issues: #78 of 443 Issues (968 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/12/1969
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
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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
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
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The Night of the Prowler!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; The Prowler
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagBiblioteca Marvel: Spiderman #15 published ?
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #59 published June 1975
as The Night of the Prowler! [Illustration on Cover, Front]with changes and additions
In Content Item: FlagEl Asombroso Hombre Araña #72 published September 1981
as ¡La noche del Merodeador! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Essential Spider-Man #4 [unnamed variant] published December 2000
as The Night of the Prowler! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHIP Classics #19140 published ?
as De nacht van de Sluiper! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Chuck Sipes (photo); Dave Draper (photo)
First Line: Secret muscle building "tools"
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Ad for a variety of Joe Weider products.
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The Night of the Prowler!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Gwen Stacy; Flash Thompson; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Prowler [Hobie Brown] (introduction, origin)
First Line: The city is quiet tonight!
Synopsis: Peter tries to see Gwen only to find that she is (apparently) on a date with Flash. Hobie approaches his boss with ideas for new safety devices for his job as window-washer, only to be rebuffed. He implements them in private, adds a cloak and a mask, and thus creates The Prowler. Hobie plans to rob a newspaper as the Prowler then return the money as Hobie, making himself a hero. Naturally Peter (as Peter) discovers the Prowler in the act and J. Jonah discovers Peter in front of an empty safe.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Tales #59 published June 1975
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #59 published June 1975
as The Night of the Prowler! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Essential Spider-Man #4 [unnamed variant] published December 2000
as The Night of the Prowler! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: Continued in the next issue.

A note on the splash page explains: "Thanks to John Romita, Jr. for suggesting the Prowler."
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset; ?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Bullpen page includes Items, The Mighty Marvel Checklist, and an ad for Marvelmania.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Mark A.H. Drobnick, Jean Laidig, Ronald Gayda, and Michael J. Susko, Jr.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Second chance for high school drop-outs to get a diploma
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for the Academy for Home Study.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Santa Claus
First Line: Do you need extra money?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad to earn money by selling greeting cards.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Norman Rockwell
First Line: We're looking for people who like to draw
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for the Famous Artists School.

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