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Issue: The Spectacular Spider-Man #4
Publication Date: March 1977
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Issues: #4 of 265 Issues (650 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Standard Distribution
Rating: Approved by The Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 12/21/1976
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0714860219903
Price: $0.30 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by The Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #138, December 1976.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In11
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
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Cover, Front
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The Vulture Is a Bird of Prey!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man; Vulture
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuper Spider-Man #233 published July 1977
as Beware the Lightmaster! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuper Spider-Man #240 published September 1977
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagL'Uomo Ragno [Collana Super-Eroi] #224 published November 1978
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEl Asombroso Hombre Araña #219 published July 1984
as ¡El Buitre es un ave de presa! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #1 published January 2005
as Spectacular Spider-Man #4 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Additional cover art information provided 2006 by Al Milgrom. Cockrum pencils per original art, as seen here:

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=908825&GSub=110020
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The Vulture Is a Bird of Prey!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man; The Vulture; the Hitman [Burt Kenyon] (Introduction); Mr. Morgan; Sha Shan; Joe Knuckles; Professor Ballinger
Synopsis: The Vulture begins to take citizens captive requesting that Spider-Man appear and fight him.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuper Spider-Man #239 published September 1977
as The Vulture Is a Bird of Prey! [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 1-12, black and white
In Content Item: FlagSuper Spider-Man #240 published September 1977
as Enter: The Hitman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 13-17 plus new splash page, black and white, original title "The Vulture Is a Bird of Prey"
In Content Item: FlagL'Uomo Ragno [Collana Super-Eroi] #224 published November 1978
as Il predone [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEdderkoppen #2/1982 published February 1982
as Gribben og Hithan! [Gribben og Hitman!] [Story on Interior Page(s)]minus page 10
In Content Item: FlagEl Asombroso Hombre Araña #219 published July 1984
as ¡El Buitre es un ave de presa! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #1 published January 2005
as The Vulture Is a Bird of Prey! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Dave Kalis, David Lambert, Terry Kambouris, John Collins, Wilson Rivera, and Jay Marks. This sequence appears between pages 11 and 12 of the previous sequence.
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With Winsome Wags, Warped Wrongdoers and a Wandering Warlock!

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Stan Lee's Soapbox, Items.
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City Crisis

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Kwirkegard
First Line: Kwirkegard,E
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This sequence appears between pages 15 and 16 of the first sequence.

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