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Cover: Gil Kane & Frank Giacoia

Marvel Tales #40

Dec 1972 · Marvel · 0.20 USD

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“Doc Ock Wins!”

The bold cover by Gil Kane and Frank Giacoia says it all — a manipulated Spider-Man stands in the middle of a crowded city street, ensnared by Doctor Octopus's mechanical arms, declaring to the world that he now works for his greatest foe. Doc Ock himself lurks nearby in his green-and-yellow costume, mechanical tentacles coiling around the scene while onlookers react in shock. This December 1972 reprint from Marvel Tales packages Stan Lee and John Romita's Spider-Man storytelling at a wallet-friendly twenty cents, making it a fine way to revisit one of Spidey's most unsettling dilemmas.

writer Stan Lee · artist John Romita · inker Mickey Demeo · letterer Sam Rosen · cover Gil Kane, Frank Giacoia

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Full credits

writer Stan Lee

artist John Romita

inker Mickey Demeo

letterer Sam Rosen

cover pencils Gil Kane

cover inks Frank Giacoia

Reprints

↩ Reprints The Amazing Spider-Man #55 (1967)

Reprinted in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus #2 (2012), L'Uomo Ragno Gigante #5

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