The Amazing Spider-Man #552 [Newsstand]
(May 2008)

Marvel, 1999 Series
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Price
3.99 USD; 3.99 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
thrice monthly
On-sale Date
2008
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Rated A
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Publishing Inc.
Brand
Marvel [in horizontal box]
Barcode
009281021995 04
Editing
Stephen Wacker (editor); Tom Brennan (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

Barcode reads “FRNDLY NBHD SPIDER-MAN”
$3.99 price variant.
This issue is a variant of The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1999 series) #552 [Direct Edition]. There exist further variants:

Brand New Day (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Phil Jimenez
Inks
Andy Lanning
Colors
Jeromy Cox
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1999 series) #552 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (1999 series) #552 [Direct Edition] Cover Thumbnail for The Amazing Spider-Man (1999 series) #552 [Adi Granov Cover]
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Just Blame Spider-Man (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Bob Gale
Pencils
Phil Jimenez
Inks
Andy Lanning
Colors
Jeromy Cox
Letters
Cory Petit
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [also appears as Peter Parker]; Jonah Jameson; Betty Brant; Joe Robertson; Dexter Bennett; Bill Hollister; Lily Hollister; May Parker; Freak; Vin Gonzales [Charles Vincent Gonzales]; Al O'Neill; Harry Osborn; Carlie Cooper; Bookie; Black Mamba; Speed Demon; Slyde; Wrecker; Spot; Trapster; Thunderball; Lightmaster; Bulldozer; Shriek; Doctor Bong; Ox
Synopsis
The Daily Bugle spreads the story that Spider-Man is a serial killer. A drug addict nicknamed Freak steals an experimental formula, mistaking it for meth, and undergoes a horrible mutation.
Reprints

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

The Amazing Spider-Mail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stephen Wacker
Pencils
Phil Jimenez (illustration)
Inks
Phil Jimenez (illustration)
Colors
? (illustration)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

letters submitted by Jeff Ghearing; Brian Cahill; Greg Delaney; Angela Bullock; Josh Rector;
page also includes cover art for the following issue (#553)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Brand New Day
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Just Blame Spider-Man
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    The Amazing Spider-Mail
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