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The Amazing Spider-Man #85

Marvel · Series began 1963 · June 1970

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Dates

Cover date: June 1970
On sale: March 17, 1970
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #85 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition15¢ cover
Source ↗
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, Jack Kirby, Gene Colaninks: John Romita, Jim Mooney, Joe Sinnott, Frank Giacoialetters: Sam Rosen, Morrie Kuramotoscript: Stan Lee

Stories

The Secret of the Schemer! · 19 pages
Peter pulls a double switch to keep Captain Stacy and Gwendy from identifying him as Spider-Man. Spider-Man tracks down the Schemer but they both fall into the Kingpin's trap. The ensuing battle comes to an abrupt end when the Schemer is revealed to be Richard Fisk, the Kingpin's long lost son.

Reprinted in

Spider-Man Comics Weekly (1973), The Essential Spider-Man (1996), Marvel Tales (1966), Spider-Man Comics Magazine (1987), The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (2007), Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (2013)