The Amazing Spider-Man 1963 #83 Regular Edition - 7.5 - $45.00
The Schemer tries to become the new King of Crime in New York, and starts a war with the Kingpin. Flash Thompson goes to war in Vietnam and Gwen Stacy is injured in a traffic accident.
On-sale date from 1970 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
- - Inside front cover. Ad for a weight gain product.
- The Schemer! - Continued in the next 2 issues. As revealed when reprinted in Marvel Tales # 64, Tony Mortellaro assisted Esposito on backgrounds.
- - Includes an ad for Marvelmania International posters and decals.
- Awesome Announcements Calculated to Rouse You Into a Seething Sea of Lethargy! - Includes Stan's Soapbox and The Mighty Marvel Checklist.
- - Letters of comment from Paul Boring, Bob Asbrand, Jean Leidig, Randy Schuppener, and Lester Boutillier; includes a panel reproduced from a previous issue and Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.
- Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation - Filed October 1, 1969. Total Paid Circulation 12 month average: 372,352.
- - Ad for plastic toy soldiers.
- - Inside back cover. Ad for the Academy for Home Study.
- - Back cover. Ad for the Famous Artists School.
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