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Issue: The Spectacular Spider-Man #6
Publication Date: May 1977
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Issues: #6 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: 02/22/1977
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0714860219905
Price: $0.30 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by The Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #140, February 1977.
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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 In7
reprinted 6 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in another Issue:
FlagMorbius Epic Collection #2 published January 2021
Disclose Reprinted From1
reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Morbius
First Line: Against the might of Morbius The Living Vampire!!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEl Asombroso Hombre Araña #221 published July 1984
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #1 published January 2005
as Spectacular Spider-Man #6 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover art credit confirmed 2006 by Al Milgrom.
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The Power to Purge!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (3 page framing sequence)
Colorist(s): ? (3 page framing sequence)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (also in flashback); Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Torch]; Invisible Girl [Sue Richards]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Archie Bunker (on television; cameo); Martine Bancroft (also in flashback); Emil Nikos (flashback; corpse); Professor Hans Jorgenson; Jake Bolt; Paul; Bert; Jefferson Bolt (villain; death; turned into vampire); Michael Morbius (villain, also in flashback)
First Line: Hey! W-what--?
Synopsis: While swinging through the city, Spider-Man thinks about Morbius and how Spider-Man and Johnny Storm stopped his rampage on campus.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagL'Uomo Ragno [Collana Super-Eroi] #237 published June 1979
as Il ritorno di Morbius [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEdderkoppen #2/1982 published February 1982
as Morbius våkner til liv! [Story on Interior Page(s)]minus page 13
In Content Item: FlagEl Asombroso Hombre Araña #221 published July 1984
as ¡El poder de Morbius! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #1 published January 2005
as The Power To Purge! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Team-Up #3 published July 1972
was The Power to Purge! [Story on Interior Page(s)]14 pages are from Marvel Team-Up #3, the remaining 3 pages (issue pages 1,2 and 31) are new to this printing.
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Disclose Notes: First two pages have rescripted dialogue/captions and there is an all-new closing page.

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