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Issue: Spidey Super Stories #38
Publication Date: January 1979
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Issues: #38 of 57 Issues (75 Printings)
Title:
Is Variant Variant: Whitman
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel ComicsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
8 (6 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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Disclose Notes: Variants of this type were distributed under limited deals between publishers and distribution "jobbers" (Whitman was one, but not the only one) who could get comics into outlets that did not consistently carry comics. The retail unit was a bag containing more than one comic. A distribution variant, sold in Whitman branded plastic bags and distributed by Western Publishing Company, Inc.
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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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Take a Ride with the Fantastic Four!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Easy Reader
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Pages: 1
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Meet the Scorpion!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Scorpion
Character(s): Scorpion [MacDonald Gargan]
Synopsis: Scorpion defeats several people who laugh at his costume.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-824
Disclose Notes: On the inside front cover.
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The Scorpion Scare

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Aunt May Parker; Scorpion [MacDonald Gargan]; Green Goblin [Norman Osborn]
Synopsis: Scorpion captures Aunt May and uses her as bait to lure in Spider-Man.
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Pages: 13
Job Number: C-824
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Ask Aunt May!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Aunt May Parker
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Pages: 1
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The Last Dance

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Ms. Marvel
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers]; J. Jonah Jameson; Tip Toe Tulip; Fancy Dancer
Synopsis: Spider-Man and Ms. Marvel save Tip Toe Tulip from the Fancy Dancer.
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Pages: 6
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Don't Take the "A" Train

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Susan Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Mr. Mayor; Mad Thinker
Synopsis: Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four defeat Mad Thinker after he hijacks a subway train.
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Pages: 12
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Nancy Henderson
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Wit of the Web-Slinger
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Easy Reader
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the inside back cover.
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Hang on to Spidey Super Stories!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Marvel Subscriptions
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Aunt May Parker; Scorpion [MacDonald Gargan]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the back cover.

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