| "The Snakes Crawl at Night" | |
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| Marvel Spotlight | |
| Title: | "The Snakes Crawl at Night" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 9 |
| Cover price: | .20 |
| Cover date: | April, 1973 |
| Publisher: | Marvel Comics |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Roy Thomas |
| Writers: | Gary Friedrich |
| Pencilers: | Tom Sutton |
| Inkers: | Chic Stone |
| Cover artists: | Mike Ploog |
| Cover inker: | Mike Ploog |
| Cover letterer: | Morrie Kuramoto |
| Letterers: | Shelly Leferman |
| Editors: | Roy Thomas |
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"The Snakes Crawl at Night" is the title to the ninth issue of the Marvel Spotlight ongoing comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The story was written by Gary Friedrich with artwork by Tom Sutton and inks by Chic Stone. It was lettered by Shelly Leferman. The story was edited by Roy Thomas. The cover art illustration was rendered by Mike Ploog. This issue shipped with an April, 1973 cover date and carries a cover price of .20 cents per copy.
"The Snakes Crawl at Night"[]
Featured characters
Supporting characters
Villains
Minor characters
- Sam Silvercloud
- Crash Simpson (In flashback only)
- Casey Miller
Organizations
Races & Animals
Locations
Items
Vehicles
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Johnny Blaze was created by writers Gary Friedrich & Roy Thomas and artist Mike Ploog. He first appeared as the title story in Marvel Spotlight #5 in August, 1972.
- This issue carries the approval stamp of the Comics Code Authority.
- Later stories reveal that it was Mephisto who was responsible for bonding Johnny Blaze with Zarathos, but this is again retroactively removed from continuity, re-instituting Satan as the true Devil.
- This is the second appearance of Snake Dance.
- This is the second appearance of Sam Silvercloud.