The Sensational Spider-Man #27 [Newsstand]
(May 1998)

Marvel, 1996 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.99 USD; 2.70 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1998
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by The Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Barcode
071486034216 05
Editing
Bob Harras (editor-in-chief); Ralph Macchio (editor); Matt Hicks (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of The Sensational Spider-Man (Marvel, 1996 series) #27 [Direct Edition - 50/50 - Spider-Man Outer Cover]. There exist further variants:

What's All the Buzz About? (Table of Contents)

Hornet / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Wieringo (credited)
Inks
Richard Case (credited as Rich Case)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hornet [Peter Parker]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Outer cover (not available on all copies); cover title is The Sensational Hornet 1.

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Identity Crisis! (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Wieringo (credited) (signed as Ringo)
Inks
Richard Case (credited as Rich Case) (signed as case)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream

Indexer Notes

Inner cover; cover title is The Sensational Spider-Man 27.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Previously in... / recap / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Wieringo
Inks
Richard Case
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hobie Brown; Hornet [Peter Parker]; J. Jonah Jameson; Looter [Norton Fester]; Flash Thompson; The Vulture [Adrian Toomes]

Inventing the Hornet! (Identity Crisis [Part 1]) (Table of Contents: 3)

Spider-Man; Hornet / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Todd DeZago (credited); Mike Wieringo (credited) (co-plotter)
Pencils
Mike Wieringo (credited)
Inks
Richard Case (credited as Rich Case)
Colors
Gregory Wright (credited)
Letters
Richard Starkings (credited as RS); Kiff Scholl (credited); Comicraft (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hobie Brown; Hornet [Peter Parker] (introduction); Looter [Norton Fester]; Norman Osborn; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Flash Thompson; The Vulture [Adrian Toomes]; Billy Walters; Mary Jane Watson-Parker; S.H.I.E.L.D.
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Peter tackles the Looter in his first foray as the Hornet.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Arachnotes / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: B. Clay Moore, Chris Schaeffer, Matthew Gray.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. What's All the Buzz About?
    Hornet
  2. 1. Identity Crisis!
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Previously in...
  4. 3. Inventing the Hornet! (Identity Crisis [Part 1])
    Spider-Man; Hornet
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Arachnotes
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