The Six Arms Saga

"The Six Arms Saga"
Cover of The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1, 101 (Oct 1971), art by Gil Kane
PublisherMarvel Comics
Publication dateSeptember – November 1971
Genre
Title(s)The Amazing Spider-Man #100–102
Main character(s)Spider-Man
Morbius, the Living Vampire
The Lizard
Creative team
Writer(s)Stan Lee
Roy Thomas
Penciller(s)Gil Kane
Inker(s)Frank Giacoia
Letterer(s)Art Simek

"The Six Arms Saga" is a story arc featuring the popular Marvel Comics character Spider-Man, written by Stan Lee and drawn by Gil Kane. It spans the issues The Amazing Spider-Man #100–102 (1971) and features the first appearance and origin story of Morbius, the Living Vampire. The story arc is mostly remembered for Spider-Man growing four extra arms, and for a subsequent What If…? stating that keeping the arms would have allowed Spider-Man to save Gwen Stacy and defeat Thanos himself.

The Six-Armed Spider-Man appears in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.[1]

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