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Cover of The Amazing Spider-Man #195
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The Amazing Spider-Man #195

Marvel · Series began 1963 · August 1979

Dates

Cover date
August 1979
On sale
May 8, 1979
Pages
36

Values

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Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #195 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct edition

    Direct

    No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

    Source ↗
  • Newsstand edition

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 0714860245708

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Keith Pollard, Frank Giacoia, Mike Esposito, Frank Springer, Marie Severin, Al Milgrominks: Al Milgrom, Frank Giacoia, Mike Esposito, Frank Springer, Marie Severinletters: Irv Watanabe, John Costanzascript: Marv Wolfman, Stan Leecolors: George Roussos

Stories

  • Nine Lives Has the Black Cat! · 18 pages

Publisher’s description

A jam-packed issue fraught with drama, tears, and death! Spider-Man fails to save Black Cat from herself, although he does learn interesting secrets from her past. What led Felicia Hardy to a cat burglar’s life? Betty Brant turns the tables on Peter, impressing no one. Plus, devastating news about Aunt May?

Reprinted in

The Essential Spider-Man (1996), Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (2003), Spider-Man vs. The Black Cat (2005), The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (2007), Spider-Man: Through the Decades (2011), Spider-Man: Return of the Burglar (2012), Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (2013)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).

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