The Spectacular Spider-Man #139 [Newsstand]
(June 1988)

Marvel, 1976 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1988
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
071486021995 06
Editing
Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief); Jim Salicrup (editor); Glenn Herdling (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from Amazing Heroes #136.
This issue is a variant of The Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 1976 series) #139 [Direct].

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Sal Buscema (signed)
Inks
Sal Buscema (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
At last! The sinister origin of the man called Tombstone!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Tombstone
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for The Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 1976 series) #139 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976 series) #139 [Direct]
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Grave Memory (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Sal Buscema
Colors
Bob Sharen
Letters
Rick Parker
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Tombstone (origin); Robbie Robertson [Joe Robertson]; Arranger; Roland Rayburn; J. Jonah Jameson; Kate Cushing [Kathryn Cushing]; Ben Urich; Martha Robertson (flashback)
Synopsis
Joe Robertson leaves a taped confession for Peter Parker as he prepares to confront Tombstone.
Reprints

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

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Spectacular Spider-Mail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jim Salicrup; ?
Pencils
Mike Zeck; ?
Inks
Joe Sinnott; ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Malcolm Bourne, Stacey Dorchester, Lon Wolf, Charles S. Novinskie, and Stephen Cade; includes Salicrup's Section.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["At last! The sinister origin of the man called Tombstone!"]
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Grave Memory
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Spectacular Spider-Mail
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