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Giant-Size Spider-Man #5

Marvel · Series began 1974 · July 1975

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Dates

Cover date: July 1975
On sale: April 15, 1975
Pages: 68

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Editions and covers

Original edition
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Story arc: The Original Clone Saga

This is part 1 of 1. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

Giant-Size Spider-Man #5

Creators

pencils: Gil Kane, Ross Andru, Steve Ditkoinks: Tom Palmer, Mike Esposito, Dave Hunt, Steve Ditkoletters: Gaspar Saladino, Artie Simek, Sam Rosenscript: Gerry Conway, Stan Leecolors: Petra Goldbergediting: Stan Lee

Stories

Beware the Path of the Monster! · 30 pages
Where Flies the Beetle...! · 18 pages
When the Beetle is released from prison he plans to take his revenge on the Human Torch and ends up fighting both the Torch and Spider-Man.

Publisher’s description

Man-Thing meets one of Spidey’s fiercest foes…the reptilian-minded Lizard! Get ready for a splash in the swamps – it’s Spider-Man and Man-Thing vs. an army of crocs!

Characters

Peter ParkerSpider-ManJohnny StormHuman TorchMary Jane WatsonJ. Jonah JamesonFlash ThompsonTed SallisMan-ThingBetty BrantCurt ConnorsLizardAbner JenkinsAnna WatsonBeetleMartha ConnorsDoris EvansGerald FordJoyce Delaney

Reprinted in

Spider-Man Pocket Book (1980), Marvel Masterworks: Marvel Team-Up (2010), Spider-Man: The Original Clone Saga (2011), Giant-Size Marvel Omnibus (2025)