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Issue Details

Issue #70
Published June 1978
Frequency Monthly
Cover Price 0.35 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jim Shooter
Notes Copyright ©1978 by Marvel Comics Group, a Division of Cadence Industries Corporation.

Cover Details - "When Walks the Living Monolith!"

Characters Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Thor [Dr. Don Blake]; The Living Monolith [Ahmet Abdol]
Genre Superhero
Pencils John Byrne
Inks Tom Palmer
Letters Irving Watanabe
Reprinted in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #206; in Uomo Ragno, L' [Collana Super-Eroi] (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #254

17 page Spider-Man and Thor story "Whom Gods Destroy!"

Characters Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Thor [Dr. Don Blake]; Havok [Alex Summers]; Martha; The Living Monolith [Ahmet Abdol] (villain)
Synopsis Thor and Spider-Man must stop The Living Monolith from destroying New York City.
Genre Superhero
Script Chris Claremont
Pencils John Byrne
Inks Tony DeZuniga
Colors Phil Rachelson [as Phil Rache]
Letters Annette Kawecki
Reprinted in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #206; in Uomo Ragno, L' [Collana Super-Eroi] (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #254

Half page Web-Zingers letters page "Web-Zingers"

Letters typeset
Notes Letters from readers - Johnny L. Amburn and Rob Worley. Letters page replies by Chris Claremont.

Half page Spider-Man text article "Be Merciful, Famed Spider-Man, For We Knew Not What We Did"

Characters Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Genre Superhero
Script Jon Roe; Stan Lee
Pencils John Romita
Inks John Romita
Letters John Costanza
Notes The bottom half of the letters page is a reproduction of an article from the Wichita Eagle with accompanying special Spider-Man strip. Sequence info 2005 Steven Tice.

1 page Marvel Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox promo (ad from the publisher) "Marvel Bullpen Bulletins [June 1978]; Stan's Soapbox"

Script Stan Lee; ?
Letters typeset
Notes Stan Lee column about why comic books are sometimes late. Obituary for John Verpoorten (1940-1977).

1 page Hulk; Hostess Fruit Pies advertisement "Leave Me Alone"

Characters Hulk [Bruce Banner]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Sal Buscema
Inks Joe Sinnott
Letters Joe Rosen