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Issue Details

Issue #171
Published August 1977
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.30 USD
Pages 36
Editing Len Wein
Notes Letters page replies by Len Wein.

Cover Details

Characters Spider-Man; Nova; Photon
Genre superhero
Pencils Ross Andru
Inks Frank Giacoia
Letters Dan Crespi ?
Reprinted in Essential Nova (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 [black and white]; in Essential Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1996 series) #8 [black and white]

17 page Spider-Man story "Photon Is Another Name For...?"

Characters Spider-Man; Nova; Photon, A.I.M., Molten Man; Liz Allan, Harry Osborn, Dr. Ralph Rider, Franklin Risk, Michael Lincoln, Harry Daze
Synopsis Spider-Man and Nova determine the true identity of Photon and solve the mystery of who killed Nova's uncle.
Genre superhero
Script Len Wein
Pencils Ross Andru (breakdowns), Mike Esposito (finished art)
Inks Mike Esposito
Colors Glynis Wein
Letters Joe Rosen
Notes Story continues from Nova (Marvel, 1976 series) #12 (August 1977)
Reprinted in Eterni, Gli (Editoriale Corno, 1978 series) #12; in Essential Nova (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 [black and white]; in Essential Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1996 series) #8 [black and white]