Comics & Books (1981)
Spider-Man Comics & Books items for the year 1981, grouped by month.
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January 1981
- Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #212
"The Coming Of Hydroman!"
Denny O'Neil (Writer), John Romita, Jr. (Pencils)
- Volume 4 #11 (January 31, 1981)
- Fantasy Masterpieces (Vol. 2) #14
- Marvel Tales #123
- Marvel Team-Up #101
"To Judge A Nighthawk!"
J.M. DeMatteis (Writer), Jerry Bingham (Pencils)
- Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #50
"Dilemma!"
Roger Stern (Writer), Denys Cowan (Pencils), John Romita, Jr. (Pencils)
- Spider-Man Newspaper Strip: 12 January 1981 - 22 March 1981
"Dr. Octopus and Aunt May"
Stan Lee (Writer), Larry Lieber (Artist)
- Spider-Woman #34
- Spidey Super Stories #50
Jim Salicrup (Writer), Steven Grant (Writer), Winslow Mortimer (Pencils)
- Uncanny X-Men (Vol. 1) #141
February 1981
March 1981
- Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #214
"Then Shall We Both Be Betrayed!"
Denny O'Neil (Writer), John Romita, Jr. (Pencils)
- Dazzler #1
"So Bright This Star"
Tom DeFalco (Writer), John Romita, Jr. (Pencils)
- Electric Company Magazine #73
"When the Trapmaster Strikes!"
Steven Grant (Writer), Jim Mooney (Pencils)
- Marvel Spotlight (Vol. 2) #11
- Marvel Tales #125
- Marvel Team-Up #103
"The Assassin Academy"
David Michelinie (Writer), Jerry Bingham (Pencils)
- Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #52
"The Day Of The Hero Killers!"
Roger Stern (Writer), Rick Leonardi (Pencils)
- Spider-Man Newspaper Strip: 23 March 1981 - 26 May 1981
"Killer Robots ("The Coming of...the Unhuman!")"
Stan Lee (Writer), Larry Lieber (Artist)
- Spider-Woman #36
- Spidey Super Stories #51
Jim Salicrup (Writer), Steven Grant (Writer), Winslow Mortimer (Pencils)
April 1981
May 1981
- Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #216
"Marathon"
Denny O'Neil (Writer), John Romita, Jr. (Pencils)
- Marvel Tales #127
- Marvel Team-Up #105
"A Small Circle Of Hate!"
Mike W. Barr (Writer), Carmine Infantino (Pencils)
- Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #54
"To Save The Smuggler!"
Marie Severin (Plot/Pencils), Roger Stern (Writer)
- Spider-Man Newspaper Strip: 27 May 1981 - 8 August 1981
"The Man With the Power"
Stan Lee (Writer), Larry Lieber (Artist)
- Spidey Super Stories #52
Jim Salicrup (Writer), Steven Grant (Writer), Winslow Mortimer (Pencils)
- Volume 1 No. 7 (May 10, 1981)
- Volume 1 No. 8 (May 17, 1981)
- Volume 1 No. 9 (May 24, 1981)
- Volume 1 No. 10 (May 31, 1981)
June 1981
July 1981
- Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #218
"Eye of the Beholder!"
Denny O'Neil (Writer), John Romita, Jr. (Pencils)
- Electric Company Magazine #76
"The Hero That Was"
Steven Grant (Writer), Jim Mooney (Pencils)
- LOC #2
- Marvel Tales #129
- Marvel Team-Up #107
"This Rumor of Revolution!"
Jim Shooter (Writer), Tom DeFalco (Writer), Herb Trimpe (Pencils)
- Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #56
"The Peril...And The Pumpkin?"
Roger Stern (Writer), Jim Shooter (Pencils)
- Spidey Super Stories #53
Steven Grant (Writer), Winslow Mortimer (Pencils)
- Volume 1 No. 15 (July 5, 1981)
- Volume 1 No. 16 (July 12, 1981)
- Volume 1 No. 17 (July 19, 1981)
- Volume 1 No. 18 (July 26, 1981)
August 1981
- Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #219
"Peter Parker, Criminal"
Denny O'Neil (Writer), Luke McDonnell (Pencils)
- Electric Company Magazine #77
"The Truth Trap"
Steven Grant (Writer), Jim Mooney (Pencils)
- Marvel Tales #130
- Marvel Team-Up #108
"Something Wicked This Way Kills!"
Tom DeFalco (Plot/Editor), David Michelinie (Writer), Herb Trimpe (Pencils)
- Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #57
"These Wings Enslaved!"
Roger Stern (Writer), Jim Shooter (Pencils)
- Spider-Man Newspaper Strip: 9 August 1981 - 5 October 1981
"The Assassin"
Stan Lee (Writer), Fred Kida (Artist), Larry Lieber (Artist)
- Spider-Woman #39
- Volume 1 No. 19 (August 2, 1981)
- Volume 1 No. 20 (August 9, 1981)
- Volume 1 No. 21 (August 16, 1981)
- Volume 1 No. 22 (August 23, 1981)
- Volume 1 No. 23 (August 30, 1981)
September 1981
- Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #220
"A Coffin for Spider-Man"
Michael Fleisher (Writer), Bob McLeod (Artist)
- Electric Company Magazine #78
"The Wizard Takes Over"
Steven Grant (Writer), Jim Mooney (Pencils)
- Hembeck #6
- Mad Super Special #36 (Fall 1981)
- Marvel Super Heroes #101
- Marvel Tales #131
- Marvel Team-Up #109
"Critical Mass!"
Tom DeFalco (Plot/Editor), David Kraft (Writer), Herb Trimpe (Pencils)
- Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #58
"Ring Out The Old, Ring In The New!"
Roger Stern (Writer), John Byrne (Pencils)
- Spidey Super Stories #54
Steven Grant (Writer), Winslow Mortimer (Pencils)
- Volume 1 No.24 (September 6, 1981)
- Volume 1 No. 25 (September 13, 1981)
- Volume 1 No. 26 (September 20, 1981)
- Volume 1 No. 27 (September 27, 1981)
October 1981
- Amazing Heroes #5
- Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #221
"Blues For Lonesome Pinky!"
Denny O'Neil (Writer), Alan Kupperberg (Pencils)
- Crazy Magazine #79
- Electric Company Magazine #79
"Too Many Mysterios!"
Steven Grant (Writer), Jim Mooney (Pencils)
- Incredible Hulk (Newspaper Reprint) #2
- Marvel Tales #132
- Marvel Team-Up #110
"Magma Force!"
Herb Trimpe (Plot/Pencils), David Michelinie (Writer)
- ROM: Spaceknight #23
- Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #59
"I Want Spider-Man!"
Roger Stern (Writer), Jim Mooney (Pencils)
- Spider-Man Comics Weekly (UK) #450
- Spider-Man Newspaper Strip: 6 October 1981 - 9 December 1981
"The Spider Brigade"
Stan Lee (Writer), Fred Kida (Artist), Larry Lieber (Artist)
- Spider-Woman #40
- Volume 1 No. 28 (October 4, 1981)
- Volume 1 No. 29 (October 11, 1981)
- Volume 1 No. 30 (October 18, 1981)
- Volume 1 No. 31 (October 25, 1981)
- What If? (Vol. 1) #29
November 1981
- Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #222
"Faster Than The Eye!"
Bill Mantlo (Writer), Bob Hall (Pencils)
- Electric Company Magazine #80
"The Games of the Grandmaster"
Steven Grant (Writer), Jim Mooney (Pencils)
- Fantastic Four (Vol. 1) #236
- Marvel Comics Index #9
- Marvel Tales #133
- Marvel Team-Up #111
"Of Spiders And Serpents!"
J.M. DeMatteis (Writer), Herb Trimpe (Pencils)
- Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #60
"Beetlemania!"
Roger Stern (Writer), Ed Hannigan (Pencils), Greg LaRocque (Pencils)
- Spidey Super Stories #55
Duncan Searl (Writer), Steven Grant (Writer), Winslow Mortimer (Pencils)
- Volume 1 No. 32 (November 1, 1981)
- Volume 1 No. 33 (November 8, 1981)
- Volume 1 No. 34 (November 15, 1981)
- Volume 1 No. 35 (November 22,1981)
- Volume 1 No. 36 (November 29, 1981)
December 1981
- Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #223
"Night of the Ape!"
Denny O'Neil (Plot), J.M. DeMatteis (Writer), John Romita, Jr. (Pencils)
- Volume 5 #6 (December 26, 1981)
- Crazy Magazine #81
- Defenders #102
- Electric Company Magazine #81
"The Santa Crimes"
Steven Grant (Writer), Jim Mooney (Pencils)
- Marvel Super Heroes #104
- Marvel Tales #134
- Marvel Team-Up #112
"A King Comes Riding"
J.M. DeMatteis (Writer), Herb Trimpe (Pencils)
- Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #61
"By the Light of the Silvery Moonstone...!"
Bill Mantlo (Writer), Roger Stern (Writer), Ed Hannigan (Pencils)
- Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends #1
Dan Spiegle (Pencils)
- Spider-Man Newspaper Strip: 10 December 1981 - 21 March 1982
"Doom's Law (Including "The Origin of Dr. Doom")"
Stan Lee (Writer), Fred Kida (Artist)
- Spider-Woman #41
- Volume 1 No. 37 (December 6, 1981)
- Volume 1 No. 38 (December 13, 1981)
- Volume 1 No. 39 (December 20, 1981)
- Volume 1 No. 40 (December 27, 1981)
- What If? (Vol. 1) #30
"What If Spider-Man's Clone Had Survived?"
Bill Flanagan (Writer), Rich Buckler (Pencils)
Year 1981
- Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) Annual #15
"Spider-Man: Threat Or Menace?"
Denny O'Neil (Writer), Mark Gruenwald (Writer), Roger Stern (Writer), Frank Miller (Pencils)
- Spider-Man Mad Libs: World's Greatest Kids' Party Game
- Spider-Woman Mad Libs: World's Greatest Kids' Party Game
- Bubble Funnies: #1 - Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock
"In the Clutches of Doc Ock!"
- Bubble Funnies: #4 - Spider-Woman vs. Doctor Doom
- Spider-Man: The Secret Story (Children's Press) Paperback
"The Secret Story of Marvel's World-Famous Wall Crawler"
Roger Stern (Writer)
- Spider-Man: The Secret Story (Children's Press) Library Binding
- Marvel Super Heroes Activity Book (Modern Promotions)
- Pocket Book: Spider-Man Greatest Team-Up Battles
- Pocket Book: Spider-Man Together With Thor, Havok & Man-Thing
- Marvel Team-Up Portfolio, Set One
- 7-11 Store: Spider-Man, Spider-Woman, Hulk, Captain America
"The Mystery of the Power Crown!"
- 7-11/Slurpee: Spider-Man & Spider-Woman Mini Comic
- Marvel Team-Up (Vol. 1) Annual #4
"Power Play!"
Frank Miller (Writer), Herb Trimpe (Pencils)
- Marvel Treasury Edition #28
Jim Shooter (Writer), John Buscema (Pencils)
- Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) Annual #3
"Dark Side Of The Moon"
David Kraft (Writer), Marv Wolfman (Writer), Alan Weiss (Pencils), Jim Sherman (Pencils)
- Spider-Man Annual (UK) 1981
- Spider-Man Pocket Book (UK) #13
- Spider-Man Pocket Book (UK) #14
- Spider-Man Pocket Book (UK) #15
- Spider-Man Pocket Book (UK) #16
- Spider-Man Pocket Book (UK) #17
- Spider-Man Pocket Book (UK) #18
- Spider-Man Pocket Book (UK) #19
- Spider-Man Pocket Book (UK) #20
- Spider-Man Pocket Book (UK) #21
- Pipeline To Peril (Dallas Times Herald/Sanger Harris)
"Pipeline To Peril"
- Spider-Man's Playtime Fun-Book Winter Special (UK) 1981