The Spectacular Spider-Man #259 [Direct Edition]
(July 1998)

Marvel, 1976 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.99 USD; 2.80 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1998-05-27
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Barcode
759606021994 25911
Editing
Bob Harras (editor-in-chief); Ralph Macchio (editor); Matt Hicks (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
John Romita
Inks
John Romita
Colors
Atomic Paintbrush
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man; Norman Osborn; Hobgoblin; Green Goblin
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Goblins at the Gate, Part 1: Survivor of the Big Lie! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Roger Stern (co-plotter); Glenn Greenberg
Pencils
Luke Ross
Inks
Al Milgrom
Colors
John Kalisz
Letters
Richard Starkings; Liz Agraphiotis; Comicraft
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man; Norman Osborn; Roderick Kingsley; Green Goblin V; Mary Jane Watson Parker; Jill Stacy; J. Jonah Jameson; Ben Urich; Flash Thompson; Betty Brant; Willis Gottfried (introduction)
Synopsis
When Roderick Kingsley reveals the existence of a missing Osborn journal, the Green Goblin breaks him out of prison to learn its location.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Goblins at the Gate, Part 1: Survivor of the Big Lie!
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Spectacular Spider-Mail
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