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Issue: The Amazing Spider-Man #82
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Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (1 story, 1 cover)
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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
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Cover, Front
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And Then Came Electro!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
superhero
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Electro
Reprinting
FlagEl Asombroso Hombre Araña #76 published October 1981
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagThe Essential Spider-Man #4 [unnamed variant] published December 2000
as And Then Came Electro! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagHIP Classics #19156 published ?
as En toen kwam Electro! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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John Romita stated regarding Marie Severin, "Mirthful Mistress of Comics that Marie drew the cover." It is believed that Marie inked the backgrounds on her own, with Romita inking the Electro and Spider-Man figures.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Joe Weider
Arnold Schwarzenegger (photo); Joe Weider (photo)
I put 2 full inches on my arms - 3 inches on my chest and trimmed 4 inches off my waist in just 7 weeks...
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Inside front cover. Ad for the "Weider System" of body building.
And Then Came Electro!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mary Jane Watson; Mrs. Watson (MJ's aunt Anna); J. Jonah Jameson; Electro [Max Dillon] (origin recap); Captain Stacy; Flash Thompson; Harry Osborne; Robbie Robertson; Marvin (talk show host)
Weary and dejected, a brooding youth sits motionless in the silence of his room...
Peter decides that it would be good for his public image to go on a TV talk show. Unfortunately he chooses a network where Max Dillon [Electro] works. In collusion with Jameson, Electro attacks Spider-Man live on stage. Spidey defeats him, but it is a Pyrrhic victory - Peter is as beat up as Max.
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FlagMarvel Tales #63 published November 1975
FlagMarvel Annual #1974 published January 1973
as And Then Came Electro! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man #[nn] published January 1979
as And then Came Electro! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Essential Spider-Man #4 [unnamed variant] published December 2000
as And Then Came Electro! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The "Midnight Talk Show" host, Marvin, is modeled after Merv Griffin (with his co-host modeled after Arthur Treacher). Marie Severin redrew their faces (pencils and inks) on pages 14 and 15.

There is a great two-panel scene where the web-head - in Peter-civvies with a bag on his head - swings into a laundromat to wash his costume in preparation for the show.
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Subject Matter
The Mighty Marvel Checklist
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Miscellaneous
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Includes an ad for Marvelmania International posters and decals. .
Incredible Items and Inconceivable Info of Inestimable Importance!

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typeset
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Includes Stan's Soapbox, Items, and an ad for Sgt. Fury #75.
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Spider-Man; Human Torch
Dear Stan, John R., John B., Jim and Sam,...
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Miscellaneous
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Letters of comment from Dan Barrett, Stan Reynolds, Jay Richardson, Jeffrey Morgan, Dan Dlugonski, Christine Cassello, and Marc De Matteis; includes two panels reproduced from a previous issue and Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Revolutionary War Soldiers
204pc. Revolutionary War soldiers set
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Miscellaneous
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Ad for plastic toy soldiers.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Academy for Home Study
Now you can finish high school at home
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Inside back cover. Ad for the Academy for Home Study.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Famous Artists School
Do you have art talent worth developing?
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Back cover. Ad for the Famous Artists School.

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