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.