"The Six Arms Saga" | |
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Publisher | Marvel Comics |
Publication date | September – 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]