Dates
- Cover date
- October 1979
- On sale
- July 10, 1979
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #197 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 0714860245710
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Dave Cockrum, Keith Pollard, Jim Mooney, Russ Heath, Sal Buscemainks: Frank Giacoia, Jim Mooney, Russ Heath, Klaus Jansonscript: Marv Wolfman, Stan Leecolors: Barry Grossmanletters: Joe Rosen, Irv Watanabe
Stories
- The Kingpin's Midnight Massacre! · 18 pages
Reprinted in
The Amazing Spider-Man (1977), The Essential Spider-Man (1996), Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (2003), The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (2007), Spider-Man: Return of the Burglar (2012), Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (2013), Spider-Man: Spider-Verse - Fearsome Foes (2018)