The Amazing Spider-Man #343 [Newsstand]
(January 1991)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD
Pages
40
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1990
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved By the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Barcode
071486024576 01
Editing
Dan Cuddy (credited as assistant editor) (assistant editor); Jim Salicrup (credited) (editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #343 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

Powerless Part Three — Or Is It Four? Oh, Who Cares?! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Erik Larsen (signed as Erik Larsen [stacked name])
Inks
Terry Austin (signed as austin)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Black Cat [Felicia Hardy]; Scorpion [MacDonald Gargan]; Tarantula; Femme Fatales [Mindblast; Whiplash; Knockout; Bloodlust]
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Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #343 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #343 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #343 [Mark Jewelers] Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #343 [Australian]
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War Garden! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
David Michelinie (credited)
Pencils
Erik Larsen (credited)
Inks
Randy Emberlin (credited)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters
Rick Parker (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Manhattan, late, as Black Cat lays down the law: That does it, Spider!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Black Cat [Felicia Hardy]; Willie Lumpkin; Aunt May Parker; Mary Jane Parker; Harry Osborn; Liz Osborn; Flash Thompson; Chameleon [Dr. Turner] (villain); Scorpion [MacDonald Gargan]; Tarantula (villain); Femme Fatales [Mindblast; Whiplash; Knockout; Bloodlust] (villains); Dr. Wirtham [Cardiac] (cameo)
Synopsis
Spider-Man and Black Cat track down Dr. Turner and company. Spider-Man uses Turner's machine and regains his powers, but they accidentally take away Black Cat's powers as well. Aunt May invites her new boyfriend, Willie Lumpkin, to dinner with the family.
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Indexer Notes

Powerless Part 3

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

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

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Rol Hirst, Theodore Russel Isham, Joe Puntoni, Tim Walls, and Mark Phillips.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Powerless Part Three — Or Is It Four? Oh, Who Cares?!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. War Garden!
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Spider's Web
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