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Issue Details

Issue #40
Published December 1972
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Giacoia cover credit provided 2006 by Nick Caputo. Original indexer credited John Romita.

Cover Details

Characters Doctor Octopus; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Genre superhero
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Frank Giacoia
Notes Giacoia cover credit provided 2006 by Nick Caputo. Original indexer credited John Romita.

20 page Spider-Man story "Doc Ock Wins!"

Characters Anna Watson; Colonel John Jameson; Doctor Octopus; Gwen Stacy; Harry Osborn; J. Jonah Jameson; Mary Jane Watson; May Parker; Robbie Robertson; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils John Romita
Inks Mike Esposito [as Mickey DeMeo]
Letters Sam Rosen
Editing Stan Lee (original editor)
Reprinted from Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #55 (December 1967)

1 page Spider-Man cover reprint (on interior page) "untitled"

Characters Doctor Octopus; Spider-Man
Genre superhero
Pencils John Romita
Inks Mike Esposito
Editing Stan Lee (original editor)
Reprinted from Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #55 (December 1967)

1 page Universal Schools advertisement "How I Got the Tip of My Life"

Characters Jim; Ted
Notes Comics ad for Universal Schools.