The Amazing Spider-Man #285 [Direct]
(February 1987)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD; 0.40 GBP; 0.95 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1986-11-04
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel 25th Anniversary
Editing
Adam Blaustein (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Salicrup (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

Gang War Part Two The Punisher Gets Involved! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Mike Zeck (signed as Zeck)
Inks
Bob McLeod (signed as McLeod)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Punisher [Frank Castle]
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The Arranger Must Die! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Tom DeFalco (credited) (plot); Christopher Priest (credited as Jim Owsley) (script)
Pencils
Alan Kupperberg (credited)
Inks
Jim Fern (credited)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters
Rick Parker (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
There is war in the streets of New York City!
Feature Logo
Spider-Man [eyes]
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Punisher [Frank Castle]; Ben Urich; Vanessa Fisk; Robbie Robertson; Kathryn Cushing; Hobgoblin [also as Ned Leeds] (villain); Jack O' Lantern [Jason Macendale Jr.] (villain); Hammerhead (villain); Arranger (villain); Rose (villain); Blue Boys Gang (villain)
Synopsis
The Punisher attempts to terminate the mob bosses fighting for control of the missing Kingpin's turf, but Spider-Man gets involved. Spider-Man saves the lives of the Arranger, the Rose and their goons but gets knocked out by the Punisher when he tries to apprehend him.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Gang War Part Two The Punisher Gets Involved!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. The Arranger Must Die!
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
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