The Spectacular Spider-Man #78 [Direct]

(May 1983)

The Long Goodbye! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Bill Mantlo (credited)

Pencils

Al Milgrom (credited) (layouts)

Inks

Jim Mooney (credited) (finished art)

Colors

Bob Sharen (credited)

Letters

Joe Rosen (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Black Cat; Jean DeWolff; Dr. Octopus (villain); Boomerang (villain); J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Sha Shan; Flash Thompson; Harry Osborn; Liz Allan; Aunt May Parker; Nathan Lubensky; Dr. Morris Sloan; Marcy Kane; Philip Chang; Steve Hopkins; Punisher (cameo)

Synopsis

Doctor Octopus prépares to attack the Black Cat while she recovers in the hospital. Peter wants to defend her but understands that the battle could prove fatal.

Reprints

• in Die Spinne Comic - Album (Condor, 1979 series) #18
• in Edderkoppen (Atlantic Forlag, 1978 series) #4/1984 ([april] 1984)
• in Spindelmannen (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) #4/1984 (1984)
• in Nova (Editions Lug, 1978 series) #77 (5 juin 1984)
• in El Asombroso Hombre Araña (Novedades, 1980 series) #293 (4 de diciembre de 1985)
• in Homem-Aranha (Editora Abril, 1988 series) #2 (25 de Março de 1988)
• in L'Uomo Ragno (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #28 (15 Luglio 1989)
• in Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2012 series) #52 - Peter Parker, El Espectacular Spiderman: Noches de Nueva York (Marzo 2014)

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Spectacular Spider-Mail / letters page / 0.75 page (report information)

Script

Eliot R. Brown ?

Letters

typeset

Feature Logo

Spectacular Spider-Mail

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Robert J. Sodaro, Michael J. Oliver, John A. Wilcox, Andrew Hermann, David Allen, and David P. Salley.

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statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 11, 1982
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 172,262
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 170,947
Owners: Marvel Comics Group, 387 Park Avenue South, New York, N.Y. 10016; Cadence Industries Corporation, 21 Henderson Drive, West Caldwell, N.J. 07006

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