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Cover: Gil Kane & John Romita

The Amazing Spider-Man #161

Oct 1976 · Marvel · 0.30 USD
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“..And the Nightcrawler Came Prowling, Prowling”

In "And the Nightcrawler Came Prowling, Prowling," Spider-Man and the mysterious Nightcrawler clash in a tense stand-off after both witness a violent shooting—each convinced the other is the culprit. Meanwhile, the Punisher is on a desperate hunt to track down an imposter using his name and methods. Written by Len Wein and illustrated by Ross Andru with inks by Mike Esposito, this 1976 issue features dynamic art and sharp pacing, with a cover by Gil Kane and inks by John Romita.

writer Len Wein · artist Ross Andru · inker Mike Esposito · colorist Glynis Wein · letterer Gaspar Saladino · letterer Irv Watanabe · inker Dave Hunt · cover Gil Kane, John Romita

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Cast · 12 characters

Billy RussoColossusElizabeth AllanFrank CastleHarry OsbornJigsawJ. Jonah JamesonKurt WagnerMary Jane WatsonRobbie RobertsonSpider-ManWolverine

Full credits

writer Len Wein
artist Ross Andru
inker Mike Esposito
colorist Glynis Wein
letterer Gaspar Saladino
letterer Irv Watanabe
inker Dave Hunt
cover pencils Gil Kane
cover inks John Romita

Reprints

Reprinted in L'étonnant Spider-Man #63 (1976), L'Uomo Ragno [Collana Super-Eroi] #215 (1978), Edderkoppen #9/1978 (1978), Spindelmannen #9/1978 (1978), Strange #124 (1980), El Hombre Araña / El Asombroso Hombre Araña #157 (1983), Die Spinne Comic-Jubiläums-Sonderheft #1 (1986), Marvel Tales #214 (1988), Essential Punisher #1 (2004), Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man #16 (2014), Punisher vs. the Marvel Universe #[nn] (2016), Punisher: Back to the War Omnibus #[nn] (2017), X-Men: Children of the Atom #[6] (2019), Punisher : l'intégrale #1974-1981 (2021), The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus #5 (2021), Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection #9 (2023), ComicOrama Jumbo des Super-Heros #282, De spectaculaire Spider-Man [De spektakulaire Spiderman] #20, Edderkoppen #9, Hämähäkkimies #12/1981, Σπάιντερ Μαν [Spider-Man] #73, The Amazing Spider-Man #16, 蜘蛛俠 [Zhīzhū xiá / Spider-Man] #1

Key issues in The Amazing Spider-Man

#121★
#121 Death — Death of Gwen Stacy
#300★
#300 1st full appearance — Venom (Eddie Brock)
#129★
#129 1st appearance — The Punisher (Frank Castle)
#1★
#1 1st appearance — J. Jonah Jameson
#14★
#14 1st appearance — Norman Osborn
#3★
#3 1st appearance — Otto Octavius
#31★
#31 1st appearance — Gwen Stacy
#50★
#50 1st appearance — Wilson Fisk

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