Dates
- Cover date
- November 1969
- On sale
- August 12, 1969
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #78 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Original edition15¢ coverSource ↗
- UK pence edition1/- [0-1-0 GBP] cover
British
Printed cover price 1/- [0-1-0 GBP].
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Creators
Stories
- The Night of the Prowler! · 20 pages
Peter tries to see Gwen only to find that she is (apparently) on a date with Flash. Hobie approaches his boss with ideas for new safety devices for his job as window-washer, only to be rebuffed. He implements them in private, adds a cloak and a mask, and thus creates The Prowler. Hobie plans to rob a newspaper as the Prowler then return the money as Hobie, making himself a hero. Naturally Peter (as Peter) discovers the Prowler in the act and J. Jonah discovers Peter in front of an empty safe.
Reprinted in
The Essential Spider-Man (1996), Marvel Tales (1966), Astounding Stories (1966), Spider-Man Comics Weekly (1973), Spider-Man Comics Magazine (1987), The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (2007), Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (2013)