The Spectacular Spider-Man #53 (1981) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Terrible Tinkerer!	cover	1	pencils: John Romita Jr.; inks: Al Milgrom; letters: Dan Crespi	Spider-Man; Toy; Terrible Tinkerer
1	Toys of the Terrible Tinkerer	comic story	22	script: Bill Mantlo; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Frank Springer; colors: Ben Sean; letters: Jim Novak	Spider-Man; Tinkerer, Toy (death; a robot); Rocket Racer (flashback); Big Wheel (flashback)
3	-	letters page	0.75	script: Roger Stern
4	-	statement of ownership	0.25	letters: typeset

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 0714860219904
British	price 0.20 GBP

Collection	Year
Essential Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #2 ISBN 0-7851-2042-4	2006	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Spectacular Spider-Man #4 ISBN 978-1-302-92943-5	2021	On eBay ›

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