Comics & Books (1978)

Spider-Man Comics & Books items for the year 1978, grouped by month.

Annuals and other items with no specific month are at the bottom of this page.

You can use the 'Appearance Levels' controls to hide lower-level appearances such as reprints, articles if they do not interest you. Your preferences will be stored in a cookie.

January 1978

• Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #176
  "He Who Laughs Last...!"
  Len Wein (Writer), Ross Andru (Pencils)
• Comic Reader #152
• Best of Spidey Super Stories (Hardcover)
• Marvel Tales #87
• Marvel Team-Up #65
  "Introducing, Captain Britain"
  Chris Claremont (Writer), John Byrne (Pencils)
• Pizzazz #4
• Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #14
  "Killing Me Softly...With His Hate!"
  Bill Mantlo (Writer), Sal Buscema (Pencils)
• Spidey Super Stories #30
  Kolfax Mingo (Writer), Nick Cuti (Writer), Buscema (Pencils), Winslow Mortimer (Pencils)

February 1978

• Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #177
  "Goblin in the Middle"
  Len Wein (Writer), Ross Andru (Pencils)
• Avengers (Vol. 1) #168
• Electric Company Magazine #42
  "The Concrete Jungle!"
  Len Wein (Writer), Sal Buscema (Pencils)
• Pocket Book: Spider-Man Classics (Vol. 2)
• Marvel Tales #88
• Marvel Team-Up #66
  "Murder World"
  Chris Claremont (Writer), John Byrne (Pencils)
• Pizzazz #5
• Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #15
  "The Final Rage!"
  Bill Mantlo (Writer), Sal Buscema (Pencils)
• Spider-Man Newspaper Strip: 13 February 1978 - 9 April 1978
  "Mysterio in Hollywood"
  Stan Lee (Writer), John Romita, Sr. (Artist)
• Spidey Super Stories #31
  "Star Jaws"
  Kolfax Mingo (Writer), Winslow Mortimer (Pencils)
• What If? (Vol. 1) #7
  "What if Somebody else besides Spider-Man had been bitten by the radioactive spider?"
  Don Glut (Writer), Rick Hoberg (Pencils)

March 1978

• Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #178
  "Green Grows the Goblin!"
  Len Wein (Writer), Ross Andru (Pencils)
• Electric Company Magazine #43
  "Jest in Time!"
  Marv Wolfman (Writer), Sal Buscema (Pencils)
• FOOM #21
• Marvel Tales #89
• Marvel Team-Up #67
  "Tigra Tigra, Burning Bright"
  Chris Claremont (Writer), John Byrne (Pencils)
• Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #16
  "The Beetle and the Badge!"
  Elliot Maggin (Writer), Sal Buscema (Pencils)
• Spidey Super Stories #32
  Jim Salicrup (Writer), Don Perlin (Pencils), Winslow Mortimer (Pencils)
• Superhero Catalogue #3 (Spring 1978)
• Superhero Catalogue #3 (Spring 1978) Variant Cover
• Thor (Vol. 1) #269

April 1978

• Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #179
  "The Goblin's Always Greener...!"
  Len Wein (Writer), Ross Andru (Pencils)
• Electric Company Magazine #44
  "Brother Hoods"
• The Human Fly #8
• Book 1: Spider-Man, Mayhem in Manhattan
  Len Wein (Writer), Marv Wolfman (Writer)
• Marvel Tales #90
• Marvel Team-Up #68
  "The Measure of a Man!"
  Chris Claremont (Writer), John Byrne (Pencils)
• Pizzazz #7
• Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #17
  "Whatever Happened to the Iceman?"
  Bill Mantlo (Writer), Sal Buscema (Pencils)
• Spider-Man Newspaper Strip: 10 April 1978 - 2 July 1978
  "Dr. Doom's Robots"
  Stan Lee (Writer), John Romita, Sr. (Artist)
• Spider-Woman #1
• Spidey Super Stories #33
  "The Hulk's Carnival Crackup!"
  Jim Salicrup (Writer), Don Perlin (Pencils), Winslow Mortimer (Pencils)
• What If? (Vol. 1) #8
  "What if the World Knew that Daredevil was Blind?"
  Don Glut (Writer), Alan Kupperberg (Pencils)

May 1978

• Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #180
  "Who Was That Goblin I Saw You With?"
  Len Wein (Writer), Ross Andru (Pencils)
• The World's Greatest Comics Quiz
• Marvel Tales #91
• Marvel Team-Up #69
  "Night of the Living God!"
  Chris Claremont (Writer), John Byrne (Pencils)
• Pizzazz #8
• Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #18
  "My Friend, My Foe?"
  Bill Mantlo (Writer), Sal Buscema (Pencils)
• Spider-Woman #2
• Spidey Super Stories #34
  Roy Thomas (Plot), Jim Salicrup (Writer), Nick Cuti (Writer), Don Perlin (Pencils), Winslow Mortimer (Pencils)
• Thor (Vol. 1) #271

June 1978

• Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #181
  "Flashback!"
  Bill Mantlo (Writer), Sal Buscema (Pencils)
• Electric Company Magazine #45
  "The Spoiler Strikes!"
  Len Wein (Writer), Sal Buscema (Pencils)
• Marvel Comics Index #7
• Marvel Tales #92
• Marvel Team-Up #70
  "Whom Gods Destroy!"
  Chris Claremont (Writer), John Byrne (Pencils)
• Pizzazz #9
• Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #19
  "Again, the Enforcers!"
  Bill Mantlo (Writer), Sal Buscema (Pencils)
• Best of Spidey Super Stories (TPB)
• Spider-Woman #3

July 1978

• Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #182
  "The Rocket Racer's Back in Town!"
  Marv Wolfman (Writer), Ross Andru (Pencils)
• Crazy Magazine #39
• Defenders #61
  David Kraft (Writer), Ed Hannigan (Pencils)
• Electric Company Magazine #46
  "Battle in the World Below!"
  Len Wein (Writer), Sal Buscema (Pencils)
• Marvel Tales #93
• Marvel Team-Up #71
  "Deathgarden"
  Bill Kunkel (Writer), Dave Wenzel (Pencils)
• Pizzazz #10
• Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #20
  "Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?"
  Bill Mantlo (Writer), Sal Buscema (Pencils)
• Spider-Man Newspaper Strip: 3 July 1978 - 10 September 1978
  "Aunt May and the Street Hoods"
  Stan Lee (Writer), John Romita, Sr. (Artist)
• Spider-Woman #4

August 1978

• Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #183
  "...And Where the Big Wheel Stops, Nobody Knows!"
  Marv Wolfman (Writer), Ross Andru (Pencils)
• Defenders #62
• Electric Company Magazine #47
  "Close Encounters of the Webbed Kind!"
  Len Wein (Writer), Jim Mooney (Pencils)
• FOOM #22
• Marvel Tales #94
• Marvel Team-Up #72
  "Crack of Whip!"
  Bill Mantlo (Writer), Jim Mooney (Pencils)
• Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #21
  "Still Crazy After All These Years!"
  Bill Mantlo (Writer), Jim Mooney (Pencils)
• Spider-Woman #5

September 1978

• Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #184
  "White Dragon! Red Death!"
  Marv Wolfman (Writer), Ross Andru (Pencils)
• Crazy Magazine #42
• Electric Company Magazine #48
  "The Jester Bounces Back!"
  Len Wein (Writer), Ross Andru (Pencils)
• Marvel Tales #95
• Marvel Team-Up #73
  "A Fluttering of Wings Most Foul!"
  Gary Friedrich (Writer), Kerry Gammill (Pencils)
• Inside Kung Fu Vol. 5 #4
• Pizzazz #12
• Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #22
  "By the Light of the Silvery Moonknight!"
  Bill Mantlo (Writer), Mike Zeck (Pencils)
• Spider-Man Newspaper Strip: 11 September 1978 - 21 November 1978
  "Vera Arlen"
  Stan Lee (Writer), John Romita, Sr. (Artist)
• Spider-Woman #6
• Spidey Super Stories #35
  Jim Salicrup (Writer), Linda Lee Karas (Writer), Don Perlin (Pencils), Winslow Mortimer (Pencils)
• Spidey Super Stories #36
  Jim Salicrup (Writer), Julie Mishkin (Writer), Linda Lee Karas (Writer), Winslow Mortimer (Pencils)
• Superhero Catalogue #4 (Fall 1978)
• Superhero Catalogue #4 (Fall 1978) Variant Cover

October 1978

• Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #185
  "Spider, Spider, Burning Bright!"
  Marv Wolfman (Writer), Ross Andru (Pencils)
• Comics Journal #42
• Electric Company Magazine #49
  "V.I.P.E.R Spells Madness"
  Jim Salicrup (Writer), Ron Wilson (Pencils)
• Marvel Mazes to Drive You Mad!
• Marvel Tales #96
• Marvel Team-Up #74
  "Live From New York It's Saturday Night!"
  Chris Claremont (Writer), Bob Hall (Pencils)
• Pizzazz #13
• Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #23
  "Guess Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb!"
  Bill Mantlo (Writer), Jim Mooney (Pencils)
• Spider-Man Comics Weekly (UK) #295
• Spider-Man Comics Weekly (UK) #298
• Spider-Woman #7

November 1978

• Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #186
  "Chaos is...the Chameleon!"
  Marv Wolfman (Writer), Keith Pollard (Pencils)
• Electric Company Magazine #50
  "Two for the Price of One!"
  Len Wein (Writer), Ross Andru (Pencils)
• The Mighty World of Marvel Pin-Up Book
  Jim Salicrup (Writer/Editor), John Romita, Sr. (Artist)
• Marvel Tales #97
• Marvel Team-Up #75
  "The Smoke of That Great Burning!"
  Chris Claremont (Plot), Ralph Macchio (Writer), John Byrne (Pencils)
• Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #24
  "Spider-Man Night Fever"
  Bill Mantlo (Writer), Frank Springer (Pencils)
• Spider-Man Comics Weekly (UK) #300
• Spider-Man Comics Weekly (UK) #302
• Spider-Man Comics Weekly (UK) #303
• Spider-Man Newspaper Strip: 22 November 1978 - 28 January 1979
  "The Dance of Death"
  Stan Lee (Writer), John Romita, Sr. (Artist)
• Spider-Woman #8
• Spidey Super Stories #37
  Linda Lee Karas (Writer), Michael Siporin (Writer), Nick Cuti (Writer), Don Perlin (Pencils), Winslow Mortimer (Pencils)

December 1978

• Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #187
  "The Power of Electro!"
  Jim Starlin (Co-Plot/Pencils), Marv Wolfman (Writer)
• Electric Company Magazine #51
  "Winner Take All!"
  Marv Wolfman (Writer), Jim Mooney (Pencils)
• Marvel Comics Index #8
• Marvel Tales #98
• Marvel Team-Up #76
  ""If Not for Love... & Death Waits at Bayou Diable!"
  Chris Claremont (Writer), Alan Kupperberg (Pencils), Howard Chaykin (Pencils), Jeff Aclin (Pencils)
• Marvel Two-In-One #46
• Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #25
  "Carrion, My Wayward Son"
  Bill Mantlo (Writer), Jim Mooney (Pencils)
• Spider-Woman #9

Year 1978

• Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) Annual #12
• The Art of John Buscema Volume One
• Spider-Man Zaps Mr. Zodiac (#5779) BLB 5779 third printing, 69c (green spine)
• Ms. Marvel's Seventh Sense Pic-A-Word Shapes
• The Incredible Hulk Incredible Crosswords
• The Incredible Hulk's Smashing Puzzlers
• Marvel Comics Postcard Book
  Dick Giordano (Artist), Gene Colan (Artist), John Romita, Sr. (Artist), Tom Palmer (Artist)
• The Amazing Spider-Man Mighty Marvel Comics Calendar 1978
• Marvel Treasury Edition #18
• Mighty Marvel Superheroes Fun Book #3
  Owen McCarron (Writer), Owen McCarron (Artist)
• Mighty Marvel Superheroes Fun Book #4
  Scott Edelman (Writer/Editor), Harry Chester Studios (Artist)
• Mighty World of Marvel Annual (UK) 1978
• Space Trek #1 (Winter 1978)
• Spider-Man Annual (UK) 1978
• Amazing Spider-Man Mark of the Man-Wolf
  David Anthony Kraft (Writer), John Romita, Jr. (Pencils)
• Amazing Spider-Man Wolfman Strikes Again
• Spider-Man & The Endangered Species
  Lisa Hamill (Story), Brian Moore (Artist), Gary Brodsky (Artist), Joe Sinnett (Artist), Mike Esposito (Artist)
• Pez: Spider-Man vs. The Lizard
  David Kraft (Writer), Bob Lubbers (Pencils)
• Pez: Spider-Man vs. The Ringer
  David Kraft (Writer), Bob Lubbers (Pencils)
• Amazing Spider-Man (TPB, Canada)
• Spidey's Origin Retold
• TV 79