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The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #51 (Aug. 1967):
“In the Clutches of... the Kingpin!”
by Stan Lee, John Romita, Mike Esposito (as Mickey Demeo)

The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #51

Title: “In the Clutches of... the Kingpin!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Aug. 1967

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Stan Lee
Art by: John Romita, Mike Esposito (as Mickey Demeo)


13 characters in this story:

Character
(Click links for info about character
and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)		 Religious
Affiliation		 Team(s)
[Notes]		 Pub. #
app.
Spider-Man Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
(lead character)		 hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Protestant
 Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  Marvel 10,664
The Kingpin The Kingpin (Wilson Fisk) villain
CBR Scale: U Catholic (lapsed)
 HYDRA Marvel 619
Mary Jane Watson Mary Jane Watson supporting character
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination
unknown)
 [was wife of Peter Parker (Spider-Man)] Marvel 1,827
J. Jonah Jameson J. Jonah Jameson supporting character
CBR Scale: M hates Spider-Man
 [Peter Parker's boss; Spider-Man's denouncer] Marvel 1,719
Robbie Robertson Robbie Robertson supporting character
   black Marvel 739
Harry Osborn Harry Osborn supporting character
CBR Scale: I resurrected
 [Peter Parker's best friend; Green Goblin's son] Marvel 607
Hobgoblin Ned Leeds supporting character villain
   [Betty Brant's late husband] Marvel 10
Betty Brant Betty Brant supporting character
CBR Scale: I Students of Love (temporary)
 [former girlfriend of Peter Parker (Spider-Man)] Marvel 612
Gwen Stacy Gwen Stacy supporting character
   [Spider-Man's deceased girlfriend] Marvel 560
Big Man Big Man (Frederick Foswell) villain
   The Enforcers
[reporter; criminal mastermind]		 Marvel 104
Big Turk villain
   [henchman] Marvel 1
Blinker villain
   [henchman] Marvel 1
Flint Flint villain
   [Kingpin's early lieutenant/right-hand man] Marvel 8

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for The Amazing Spider-Man #51 (Aug. 1967) created 12 March 2011. Last modified 26 December 2013.

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