- Script:
- Gerry Conway (plot); Jim Shooter (script)
- Pencils:
- Sal Buscema
- Inks:
- Mike Esposito
- Colors:
- Glynis Wein
- Letters:
- Gaspar Saladino (page one), Karen Mantlo (miscredited to Joe Rosen)
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Spider-Man; The Lightmaster [Dr. Lansky] (Intro; Villain); Tarantula; Sha Shan; Richard Gorman; Flash Thompson; Glory Grant; Robbie Robertson
- Reprinted:
- in Essential Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 2005 series) #1
- in Uomo Ragno, L' [Collana Super-Eroi] (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #223
The lettering credit error is noted in the letters page to Spectacular Spider-Man #6.