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Cover: Keith Pollard & Bob McLeod

The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #13

Name: The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #13
Brand: Marvel
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Aug 1979 · Marvel · 0.75 USD

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Amazing Spider-Man Annual #13 is notable as the first half of what Marvel staged as a coordinated crossover between its two Spider-Man monthlies — a structural experiment that required readers to follow the story from this issue directly into Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #1 to see the conclusion. The issue showcases the John Byrne/Terry Austin art team at the height of their Uncanny X-Men-era powers applied to a Spider-Man canvas, delivering a visually distinctive, noir-inflected New York backdrop that stood apart from the regular monthly's house style. Beyond the main story, the annual functions as a de facto who's-who reference book for the Spider-Man corner of the Marvel Universe, packaging pin-up profiles of nine major villains alongside detailed schematics of Peter Parker's apartment, the Daily Bugle bullpen, the Daily Globe, and a map of Empire State University — supplemental material that gave Bronze Age fans an unusually complete portrait of Spider-Man's world in a single issue.

Contains 2 stories

The Arms of Doctor Octopus

24 pp · Superhero

Jimbo Ryan (introduction, villain)Willie Wilde (introduction, villain)

Peter Parker's Pad!

3 pp

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History

The annual was written by Marv Wolfman, who was also the regular writer on the main Amazing Spider-Man monthly at the time, and penciled by John Byrne with inks by Terry Austin — the same Byrne/Austin pairing then producing their celebrated run on Uncanny X-Men. The cover was handled separately by Keith Pollard and Bob McLeod, and the villain pin-up section was drawn by Pollard and Frank Giacoia. Jim Shooter served as editor-in-chief over the line. The two-part structure was coordinated with Bill Mantlo, the writer of the companion Spectacular Spider-Man title, so that the crossover conclusion — titled 'And Men Shall Call Him… Octopus!' — ran in Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #1, illustrated by Rich Buckler and Jim Mooney.

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Main story: 'The Arms of Doctor Octopus' (Part 1 of 2), written by Marv Wolfman, penciled by John Byrne, inked by Terry Austin — Part 2 concludes in Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #1 (1979), written by Bill Mantlo with art by Rich Buckler and Jim Mooney.
Introduces two new minor characters: Jimbo Ryan (a villain whose possession of stolen plans sets the plot in motion) and Willie Wilde — both listed as first appearances on the Marvel Database.
Also features the death of Kent Blake, a Secret Service agent character revived from the 1950s Marvel anthology series Kent Blake of the Secret Service.
Second feature: 'A Gallery of Spider-Man's Most Famous Foes!' — an 8-page pin-up section scripted by Wolfman with art by Keith Pollard and Frank Giacoia, spotlighting Molten Man, Looter, Rhino, Shocker, Kingpin, Silvermane, Man-Mountain Marko, Prowler, and the Kangaroo.
Third feature provides floor plans and interior schematics of Peter Parker's apartment, the Daily Bugle and Daily Globe bullpens, and a campus map of Empire State University — the Daily Bugle floor layout from this issue has been cited as a canonical reference for the building's layout.
The issue has been reprinted in multiple collected editions, including the Spider-Man by John Byrne Omnibus (2019), The Spectacular Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 1 (2022), Marvel Masterworks: The Spectacular Spider-Man Vol. 3, and Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection Vol. 11 (2024).
Background graffiti and incidental text throughout the Byrne-drawn story is mostly composed of names of fellow comic artists, with 'Lex Luthor' appearing twice — a noted Easter egg documented in the Grand Comics Database.