The Spectacular Spider-Man #59 [Direct]

(October 1981)

I Want Spider-Man! (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Man / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script

Roger Stern (credited)

Pencils

Jim Shooter (credited as J. Strzltski) (sourced) (layouts); Jim Mooney (credited) (finished art)

Inks

Jim Mooney (credited)

Colors

Bob Sharen (credited as Sharencolor)

Letters

Jean Simek (credited as Simek Titles Ltd.)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man; Felix Simon; Philip Chang; Greg Salinger; The Beetle [Abner Jenkins]; The Gibbon [Martin Blank]; Lizard (cameo)

Synopsis

Martin Blank, part of a film crew pursuing footage of Spider-Man in action, sees it as an opportunity to fight the hero again as the Gibbon. Meanwhile, the Beetle has his own plans to defeat his old enemy, and both villains separately converge on Spider-Man to take him down.

Reprints

• in Die Spinne Comic - Taschenbuch (Condor, 1979 series) #14
• in Edderkoppen pocket [Edderkoppen superseriepocket] (Atlantic Forlag, 1979 series) #8 (1982)
• in Nova (Editions Lug, 1978 series) #57 (10 octobre 1982)
• in Edderkoppen (Atlantic Forlag, 1978 series) #6/1983 ([mai] 1983)
• in Spindelmannen (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) #6/1983 ([Juni] 1983)
• in El Asombroso Hombre Araña (Novedades, 1980 series) #273 (17 de julio de 1985)
• in L'Uomo Ragno (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #2 (Giugno 1987)
• in Raccolta l'Uomo Ragno (Edizioni Star Comics, 1988 series) #1 ([Giugno 1988])
• in Essential Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2007)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 2017 series) #5 (2022)

Keywords

Empire State University; FBI

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Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Task Force / Fighting Ships (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Fighting Ships; Task Force / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Hulk vs. The Phoomie Goonies (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Hostess Fruit Pies; Hulk / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Spectacular Spider-Mail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Tom DeFalco (credited)

Pencils

John Romita (illustration)

Inks

John Romita (illustration)

Colors

? (illustration)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Adam Walters, Stu Krull, Jeffrey Lowndes, Todd Jensen, Rick S. Jones, and Joseph Finley.
Introductory blurb from new series editor Tom DeFalco.

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Roman War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)