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Spencer Vicentini Sinclair LGY#864 63 VICENTINI SINCLAIR SPENCER BONUS DIGITAL EDITION – DETAILS INSIDE! $4.99 0 6 3 1 1 RATED US T 7 5 9 6 0 6 0 8 9 3 6 9 PETER PARKER was bitten by a radioactive spider and gained the proportional speed, strength, and agility of a SPIDER, adhesive fingertips and toes, and the unique precognitive awareness of danger called “SPIDER-SENSE”! After the tragic death of his Uncle Ben, Peter understood that with great power there must also come great responsibility. He became the crimefighting super hero called… KING’S RANSOM Part One To make ends meet, Peter took a high-paying gig from Norah Winters and J. Jonah Jameson at Threats & Menaces. The gig came with a new high-tech suit, which allows TNM subscribers to watch the world through Spidey’s eyes. Subscriptions went through the roof as viewers got to experience Spider-Man take down super villains, who seem to be cropping up at an alarming rate. The villains are working for NYC mayor Wilson Fisk, A.K.A. the Kingpin, who’s seeking the pieces of the powerful Lifeline Tablet. Peter and his roommate, “reformed villain” Fred Myers, A.K.A. Boomerang, have been trying to keep the pieces out of Kingpin’s hands, so Kingpin is doing everything in his power to distract Spidey and Boomerang while he schemes behind the scenes. Meanwhile, Peter’s other roommate, Randy Robertson--son of the Daily Bugle’s Robbie Robertson--has rekindled his relationship with Janice Lincoln. She’s the villain known as the Beetle--and the daughter of Robbie’s archenemy, Tombstone! NICK SPENCER ALEX SINCLAIR | colorist VC’s JOE CARAMAGNA | letterer writer MARK BAGLEY, JOHN DELL and EDGAR DELGADO | cover artists DUSTIN WEAVER; CARLOS PACHECO, MARIANO TAIBO and MATT MILLA FEDERICO VICENTINI variant cover artists ANTHONY GAMBINO | designer LINDSEY COHICK | assistant editor artist NICK LOWE | editor C.B. CEBULSKI | editor in chief SPIDER-MAN created by STAN LEE and STEVE DITKO THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN No. 63, June 2021. Published Twice Monthly by MARVEL WORLDWIDE, INC., a subsidiary of MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT, LLC. OFFICE OF PUBLICATION: 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104. BULK MAIL POSTAGE PAID AT NEW YORK, NY AND AT ADDITIONAL MAILING OFFICES. © 2021 MARVEL No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons, and/ or institutions in this magazine with those of any living or dead person or institution is intended, and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental. $4.99 per copy in the U.S. (GST #R127032852) in the direct market; Canadian Agreement #40668537. Printed in the USA. Subscription rate (U.S. dollars) for 12 issues: U.S. $26.99; Canada $42.99; Foreign $42.99. POSTMASTER: SEND ALL ADDRESS CHANGES TO THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, C/O MARVEL SUBSCRIPTIONS P.O. BOX 727 NEW HYDE PARK, NY 11040. TELEPHONE # (888) 511-5480. FAX # (347) 537-2649. subscriptions@marvel. com. KEVIN FEIGE, Chief Creative Officer; DAN BUCKLEY, President, Marvel Entertainment; JOE QUESADA, EVP & Creative Director; DAVID BOGART, Associate Publisher & SVP of Talent Affairs; TOM BREVOORT, VP, Executive Editor; NICK LOWE, Executive Editor, VP of Content, Digital Publishing; DAVID GABRIEL, VP of Print & Digital Publishing; JEFF YOUNGQUIST, VP of Production & Special Projects; ALEX MORALES, Director of Publishing Operations; DAN EDINGTON, Managing Editor; RICKEY PURDIN, Director of Talent Relations; JENNIFER GRÜNWALD, Senior Editor, Special Projects; SUSAN CRESPI, Production Manager; STAN LEE, Chairman Emeritus. For information regarding advertising in Marvel Comics or on Marvel.com, please contact Vit DeBellis, Custom Solutions & Integrated Advertising Manager, at [email protected]. For Marvel subscription inquiries, please call 888-511-5480. Manufactured between 03/12/2021 and 03/22/2021 by FRY COMMUNICATIONS, MECHANICSBURG, PA, USA. .
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