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103December 1971
$0.20

The Amazing Spider-Man #103

Marvel · December 1971 · on sale 1971-09-07

First appearance: Gog1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue
#103
Publication date
December 1971
Key date
1971-12-00
On-sale date
1971-09-07
Indicia publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Price
$0.20
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Gog - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Gog! He Who Walks the Savage Land!cover1pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam RosenGog First, Ka-Zar, Peter Parker, Kevin Plunder, Spider-Man, Gwen Stacy, Zabu
2Walk the Savage Land!comic story24script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Artie SimekKraven the Hunter, Sergei Kravinoff, Gog First, J. Jonah Jameson, Ka-Zar, Peter Parker, Kevin Plunder, Robbie Robertson, Spider-Man, Gwen Stacy, Zabu

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 0.06 GBP

Where to read it

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Marvel Tales #811977On eBay ›
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Series context

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Sources

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