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Publishers / Marvel / The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) / #187
187December 1978
$0.35

The Amazing Spider-Man #187

Marvel · December 1978 · on sale September 12, 1978

1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue
#187
Publication date
December 1978
Key date
December 1978
On-sale date
September 12, 1978
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.35
Pages
36
Barcode
0714860245712
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0...And Lurking in the Shadows -- Electro!cover1pencils: Keith Pollard; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Irv WatanabeSpider-Man [Peter Parker]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Electro's shadow
1The Power of Electro!comic story18script: Marv Wolfman, Jim Starlin; pencils: Jim Starlin, Bob McLeod; inks: Bob McLeod; colors: Michele W.; letters: A. KaweckiSpider-Man [Peter Parker]; Electro (villain); Captain America [Steve Rogers]; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Dum Dum Dugan; Robbie Robertson; J. Jonah Jameson; Rabinowitz; Robert Starr (flashback); Barry Starr; Mrs. Starr (flashback)
2-in-house column1script: Stan Lee

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
WhitmanSee the GCD record for identification notes.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
The Essential Spider-Man #9
ISBN 978-0-7851-3074-1		2009On eBay ›

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Series context

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