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The Amazing Spider-Man #72

Marvel · Series began 1963 · May 1969

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Dates

Cover date: May 1969
On sale: February 11, 1969
Pages: 36

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Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #72 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition12¢ cover
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UK pence edition1/- [0-1-0 GBP] cover

British

Printed cover price 1/- [0-1-0 GBP].
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Creators

pencils: John Romita, John Buscema, Jim Mooneyinks: John Romita, Jim Mooneyletters: Sam Rosenscript: John Buscema, Stan Lee

Stories

Rocked by... the Shocker! · 20 pages

Publisher’s description

The Shocker's on a crime spree and Spider-Man better be up to the task to stop him. Plus, Peter's relationship with Gwen Stacy gets further strained as the stress from his Spider-Man life seeps over to his personal life.

Reprinted in

Spider-Man Comics Weekly (1973), The Essential Spider-Man (1996), Sinister Tales (1964), Origins of Marvel Comics (1974), Spider-Man Comics Magazine (1987), The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (2007), Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (2009), Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (2013), Spider-Man: The Lifeline Tablet Saga (2017)