The Amazing Spider-Man #397 [Newsstand]
(January 1995)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
2.25 USD; 3.05 CAD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1994
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Barcode
071486024576 01
Editing
Danny Fingeroth (credited) (editor); Mark Bernardo (credited) (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

A giant-sized flip-book with cover on front and back.
This issue is a variant of The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #397 [Direct Edition].

Web of Death, 1 of 4 (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Mark Bagley (signed as Bagley)
Inks
Larry Mahlstedt (signed as MAHLSTEDT)
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Stunner
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.

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Web of Death, Part 1 of 4: Tentacles (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
J. M. DeMatteis (credited)
Pencils
Mark Bagley (credited)
Inks
Larry Mahlstedt (credited)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters
Bill Oakley (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I am Kaine-- and I know you, Spider-Man...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mary Jane Watson-Parker; Doctor Octopus [Otto Octavius] (villain); Stunner [Angelina Brancale] (villain); Kaine (villain)
Synopsis
Doc Ock discovers Spider-Man’s secret identity.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story continues in The Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 1976 series) #220.

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

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

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

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters by Jeremy Yoder, Steve Perram, David L. Pfeil and Tony Brandl.

Radically Both (Table of Contents: 4)

Spider-Man / text story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Christopher Golden
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Lizard [Curt Connors]

Indexer Notes

Text Piece With Clip Art; Abridged Story From "The Ultimate Spider-Man" Novel.

The Ultimate Spider-Man (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Pencils
Tom Grummett (signed as TG)
Inks
? [as BMC] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; The Lizard

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Web of Death, 1 of 4
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Web of Death, Part 1 of 4: Tentacles
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; ProFile
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Spider's Web
  5. 4. Radically Both
    Spider-Man
  6. 5. The Ultimate Spider-Man
    Spider-Man
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