The Amazing Spider-Man #540 [Newsstand]
(May 2007)

Marvel, 1999 Series
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Price
2.99 USD; 4.25 CAD
Pages
40
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2007
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Rated A
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Publishing Inc.
Brand
Marvel [in horizontal box]
Barcode
074470024576 05
Editing
Axel Alonso (editor); Michael O'Connor (assistant)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1999 series) #540 [Direct Edition].

Back in Black (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Ron Garney
Inks
Ron Garney
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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Indexer Notes

Cover sports Back in Black trade dress.

No image yet Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (1999 series) #540 [Direct Edition]
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[Recap] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Ron Garney
Inks
Ron Garney
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
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Back in Black Part 2 (Table of Contents: 2)

Spider-Man / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
J. Michael Straczynski (credited)
Pencils
Ron Garney (credited)
Inks
Bill Reinhold (credited)
Colors
Matt Milla (credited)
Letters
Cory Petit of Virtual Calligraphy (credited as VC's Cory Petit)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Kingpin [Wilson Fisk] (villain); Mary Jane Parker; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Jake Martino (villain)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Aunt May has lapsed into a coma and Peter performs a methodical and ruthless search for the sniper who shot her. He tracks down Jake Martino to the train station and beats him close to death trying to find who hired him. Before he can get any answers, however, Jake is shot by an unknown assailant. Spider-Man rides Jake's ambulance to the very hospital and gets the bad news from Mary Jane that she is probably not going to survive. Peter senses a spider tracer close by and finds the man who shot Jake on a cell phone. He takes the phone and finds the Kingpin on the other end of the line.
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Spider-Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Back in Black
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. [Recap]
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. Back in Black Part 2
    Spider-Man
  4. 3. Next Issue
    Spider-Man
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