The Amazing Spider-Man #427 [Direct Edition]
(October 1997)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
2.25 USD; 3.15 CAD
Pages
48
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1997-08-13
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Spider-Man Group; Marvel Comics
Barcode
759606024575 42711
Editing
Ralph Macchio (credited) (editor); Matt Hicks (credited) (assistant editor); Bob Harras (credited) (editor-in-chief)

The Doctor Is In! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Steve Skroce
Inks
Bud LaRosa ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Doctor Octopus

Indexer Notes

Cover is an homage to the cover of The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1962 series) #55.

[Pin-Up] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Pencils
John Romita (signed as ROMITA)
Inks
John Romita (signed as ROMITA)
Colors
Liquid! (signed as LIQUID!)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Doctor Octopus [Otto Octavius]

Indexer Notes

This pin-up is part of the front cover fold-out.

[Recap] (Table of Contents: 2)

Spider-Man / recap / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Recap of prior stories and list of characters for this story. This is on the inside of the gatefold cover. Design by Comicraft's John Marasigan.

Sacrifice Play! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Tom DeFalco (credited)
Pencils
Steve Skroce (credited)
Inks
Bud LaRosa (credited)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters
Richard Starkings (credited); Kiff Scholl of Comicraft (credited as Comicraft/KS)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The world may know her as Stunner.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mary Jane Watson-Parker; Professor Marina Caches; Shantal; Doctor Octopus [Carolyn Trainer] (villain); Otto Octavius (villain; brought back to life); The Rose [Jacob Conover] (villain); Delilah (villain); Madame Qwa (villain); The Hand (villain); Stunner [Angelina Brancale] (villain); Black Tarantula (villain); Chesbro (villain)
Synopsis
The return of Doctor Octopus.
Keywords
Empire State University

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Spider's Web / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from James Dysart, Brian Corvello, Michael Ferraro, Jose G. Ramirez, Marcus Hiltz, Frank Hinton and Jonathan Bradshaw.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 2 pages (report information)

[Back cover] (Table of Contents: 7)

Spider-Man / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
John Romita Jr.
Inks
Klaus Janson
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man; Doctor Octopus

Indexer Notes

2 page back cover fold-out.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Doctor Is In!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. [Pin-Up]
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. [Recap]
    Spider-Man
  4. 3. Sacrifice Play!
    Spider-Man
  5. 4. ["Hey! Quit kicking sand in my face!"]
    Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Spider's Web
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  8. 7. [Back cover]
    Spider-Man
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