The Amazing Spider-Man #226 [Newsstand]

(March 1982)

But the Cat Came Back... (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Roger Stern

Pencils

John Romita Jr. (breakdowns); Jim Mooney (finished art)

Inks

Jim Mooney

Colors

Bob Sharen

Letters

Joe Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Mitchell State Hospital in upstate New York likes to call itself a mental health care facility.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Black Cat [Felicia Hardy]; Phil Bradshaw (Maggia); Greg Salinger; Jean DeWolff; Jack Allen; George Mundy; Greg Reed

Synopsis

Felicia Hardy, the cat burglar known as the Black Cat, has faked insanity in order to be placed in a mental institution, which proves easier to escape from than prison. On the prowl again, she starts stealing from the mob. When Spider-Man tracks her down, the Black Cat says that she wants to help him fight crime, and after proving this with her actions, the new crime fighting partners unite in a kiss.

Reprints

• in De spectaculaire Spider-Man (Juniorpress, 1981 series) #13
• in Die Spinne (Condor, 1980 series) #72 (1983)
• in Spiderman (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #7 (April 1983)
• in Spindelmannen (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) #9/1984 ([augusti] 1984)
• in Edderkoppen (Atlantic Forlag, 1978 series) #9/1984 ([september] 1984)
• in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #183 (5 mars 1985)
• in El Asombroso Hombre Araña (Novedades, 1980 series) #310 (2 de abril de 1986)
• in L'Uomo Ragno (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #12 (Aprile 1988)
• in Spider-Man Megazine (Marvel, 1994 series) #2 (November 1994)
• in Backpack Marvels: Spider-Man (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (November 2000)
• in Coleccionable Spiderman (Planeta DeAgostini, 2002 series) #1 (Junio 2002)
• in Spider-Man vs. The Black Cat (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (2005)
• in Spider-Man: Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut (Marvel, 2012 series) [premiere edition] (2012)
• in Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2012 series) #44 - El Asombroso Spiderman de Roger Stern y John Romita Jr. (Enero 2013), #69 - El Asombroso Spiderman de Roger Stern y John Romita Jr. Edición Definitiva (Marzo 2016)

Keywords

Mitchell State Hospital; Tumminello Towers

Indexer Notes

Black Cat is also in #227.

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Spider's Web / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from John Brewer, Rick S. Jones, Frank Titone, T.M. Maple, Ted May and Kenny Dunckley; house ad for Marvel Tales #137.

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Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

The Deciding Factor! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Captain America; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)