The Amazing Spider-Man #339 [Direct]
(September 1990)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly except semi-monthly July, August and September
On-sale Date
1990-07-24
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved By the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Editing
Dan Cuddy (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Salicrup (credited); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Return of the Sinister Six Part Six of Six (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Erik Larsen (signed as Erik Larsen [stacked name])
Inks
Hilary Barta (signed as BARTA)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Die!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Dr. Octopus
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The Killing Cure (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
David Michelinie (credited)
Pencils
Erik Larsen (credited)
Inks
Randy Emberlin (credited); Mike Machlan (credited); Keith Williams (credited); John Romita (credited)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited); Gregory Wright (credited as Greg Wright); Mike Rockwitz (credited)
Letters
Rick Parker (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Why isn't he dead?!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Sandman; Mary Jane Parker; Dr. Evan Swann; Thor; Sinister Six [Doctor Octopus; Vulture; Electro; Mysterio; Hobgoblin [Jason Macendale Jr.]] (villains); Jonathon Caesar (villain, death)
Synopsis
Spider-Man rushes to obtain a rare element from Doc Ock to counteract the poison in the atmosphere. Jonathon Caesar makes another play for Mary Jane and is killed by one of her fans who works for the police.
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Indexer Notes

The Return of the Sinister Six Part 6

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Spider's Web / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Clay Griffith, Roston King, Monte Michaelis, and Tristan Field.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Return of the Sinister Six Part Six of Six
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. The Killing Cure
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. ["Ah, summer..."]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Spider's Web
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