Spectacular Spider-Man

December 1976 • Volume 1 • USA • 1328 Collected

Spectacular Spider-Man #1

Spider-mans Origin retold; 1st Appearance of Edward Lansky

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(Marvel) Cover for Spectacular Spider-Man #1 Spider-mans Origin retold; 1st Appearance of Edward Lansky

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Basic Information

Published

December 1976

Comic Age

Bronze

Cover Price

.30

UPC

0714860219912

Characters

1st Appearance

LightMaster (Edward Lansky)

Appearance

Tarantula (Anton Miguel Rodriguez) , Eugene 'Flash Thompson' Thompson , Gloria 'Glory' Grant , Mary 'MJ' Watson

Origin Retold

Spider-Man (Peter Parker)

Creators

Writer

Gerry Conway 'Francis Bushmaster'

Interior Artist

Sal Buscema , Mike Esposito , David Hunt 'Dave'

Cover Artist

Sal Buscema , John Romita Sr , Irving Watanabe

Inker

Mike Esposito , David Hunt 'Dave'

Letterer

Joe Rosen

Colorist

David Hunt 'Dave'

Editor

Gerry Conway 'Francis Bushmaster'

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Stories

Stories may contain spoilers

Twice Stings the Tarantula!

Spider-Man is on the campus of Empire State University to snap photos of Vice-Chancellor Edward Lansky who is making a hard line against proposed budget cuts to the education system from the mayor's office. Although he is bored out of his mind, Spider-Man believes that Lansky is a straight up guy. Suddenly, the international terrorist known as the Tarantula leaps into the middle of the press conference. Spider-Man leaps into action to prevent the kidnapping of Lansky.

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