A version of the Goblin story, trimmed by 18 pages, was reprinted in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #9 (1973), and portions of the "TV Terror" costume were reused for the costume of the Prowler. A next-issue box at the end promoted the planned contents of the unrealized issue #3, "The Mystery of the TV Terror". Lee, Romita and Mooney again collaborated on its single story, "The Goblin Lives!", featuring the Green Goblin. 1968) also sported a painted cover and the interior was in color as well.
These versions were themselves reprinted in Marvel Tales #95–97 (Sept.-Oct.
The feature story was reprinted in color, with some small alterations and bridging material by Gerry Conway, in The Amazing Spider-Man #116–118 (Jan.–March 1973) as "Suddenly.the Smasher!", "The Deadly Designs of the Disruptor!", and "Countdown to Chaos!" (with additional inking by Tony Mortellaro on the latter two). A 10-page origin story, "In The Beginning!", was by Lee, penciler Larry Lieber and inker Bill Everett. The 52-page black-and-white Spider-Man story, "Lo, This Monster!", was by writer Stan Lee, penciler Romita Sr. The first issue ( cover-dated July 1968) featured a painted, color cover by men's adventure-magazine artist Harry Rosenbaum, in acrylic paint on illustration board, over layouts by The Amazing Spider-Man artist John Romita Sr. It represented the first Spider-Man spin-off publication aside from the original series' summer Annuals, begun in 1964. It sold for 35 cents when standard comic books cost 12 cents and Annuals and Giants 25 cents.
The Spectacular Spider-Man was initially a two-issue magazine published by Marvel in 1968, as an experiment in entering the black-and-white comic-magazine market successfully pioneered by Warren Publishing and others. A third monthly ongoing series, Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man, debuted in 1976. In 1972, Marvel more successfully launched a second Spider-Man ongoing series, Marvel Team-Up, in which he was paired with other Marvel heroes. This led the company in 1968 to launch a short-lived magazine, the first to bear the Spectacular name. The Spectacular Spider-Man is a comic book and magazine series starring Spider-Man and published by Marvel Comics.įollowing the success of Spider-Man's original series, The Amazing Spider-Man, Marvel felt the character could support more than one title.
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