- Pencils
- Larry Lieber
- Inks
- John Romita
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Jean DeWolff (head shot); Green Goblin [Norman Osborn] (head shot); J. Jonah Jameson (head shot); Harry Osborn (head shot); Aunt May Parker (head shot); Robbie Robertson (head shot); Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Captain George Stacy (head shot); Gwen Stacy (head shot); Flash Thompson (head shot); Mary Jane Watson (head shot)
Interior front and back covers make a poster of the front cover art.
- Script
- Tom DeFalco (credited)
- Pencils
- Ron Frenz (credited) (layouts); Tom Morgan (credited) (finished pencils); James Fry (credited) (finished pencils); Jack Fury (art assist)
- Inks
- Joe Rubinstein (credited) (finishes); John Romita (credited); Russ Steffens (credited) (background inks)
- Colors
- George Roussos (credited); ? [as & Co.]
- Letters
- Joe Rosen (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Prologue: somewhere in the desert southwest of Hartsdale, New Mexico...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Arranger [Oswald Silkworth] (villain); Beyonder; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange] (cameo flashback); Eternity (cameo flashback); Thomas Fireheart; Green Goblin [Norman Osborn] (villain, Zarathos illusion); Kingpin [Wilson Fisk] (villain); Nathan Lubensky; Mephisto (villain); Molecule Man [Owen Reece] (cameo flashback); Aunt May Parker; Mary Parker (villain, Zarathos illusion); Richard Parker (villain, Zarathos illusion); Uncle Ben Parker (villain, Zarathos illusion); Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Captain George Stacy (villain, Zarathos illusion); Gwen Stacy (villain, Zarathos illusion); The Watcher [Uatu] (cameo flashback); Anna Watson; Mary Jane Watson; Zarathos (villain); Marty
- Synopsis
- The Beyonder makes a deal with the devil: he agrees not to destroy the cosmos if a hero can sustain his life's purpose in the face of overwhelming adversity. He chooses Spidey and frees Zarathos to torment him. Spidey overhears plans for the murder of Kingpin. Resolved to rescue him, Spidey is hampered in his quest by dead friends and foes from the past who accuse him of being a failure. Spidey is beaten down and begins to give in to despair. The source of the illusions, Zarathos, confronts Spider-Man and tries to convince him to let Kingpin be killed. Spidey finds the strength to fight back.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- New Mexico; Secret Wars II
Continued from Secret Wars II (Marvel, 1985 series) #8; Continued in Secret Wars II (Marvel, 1985 series) #9.
- Script
- Christopher Priest
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Letters from: Peter Kasperowicz, David Clarke, David Duncan, J.S., Peter Chisholm, Dennis Price, Skip Watson, Gary Bond, Edward Hughes, Thomas Fascela, Anthony Kowalewski, Roger Z. Cadenhead, and Greg Lowen; includes View From the Tenth Floor (editorial comments).