The Amazing Spider-Man #288 [Newsstand]
(May 1987)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1987
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
071486024576 05
Editing
Adam Blaustein (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Salicrup (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor in chief)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #288 [Direct].

Gang War Part Five The Conclusion "The War Ends!" (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Steve Geiger (signed as Geiger)
Inks
Bob McLeod (signed as McLeod)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Black Cat; Daredevil; Falcon; Kingpin
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Gang War Rages On! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Christopher Priest (credited as Jim Owsley)
Pencils
Alan Kupperberg (credited)
Inks
Jim Fern (credited)
Colors
George Roussos (credited)
Letters
Rick Parker (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Yawn
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mary Jane Watson; Black Cat; Daredevil; Punisher [Frank Castle]; Lance Bannon; Ned Leeds; Betty Leeds; Flash Thompson; Vanessa Fisk; Aunt May Parker; Arthur Chekov; Kingpin (villain); Rose [Richard Fisk] (villain); Jack O' Lantern [Jason Macendale Jr.] (villain); Hobgoblin [Ned Leeds] (villain); Hammerhead (villain); The Arranger (villain)
Synopsis
The gang war seems to settle down as the Kingpin has returned to take over his operations. As Spider-Man and his allies are trying to figure out their next move, they are attacked by two of Kingpin's goons. Betty returns home to find the Hobgoblin beating on Flash and she faints. Hobgoblin and Jack O' Lantern clash. Kingpin confronts his son and rival mob boss, the Rose. Kingpin calls a meeting of all of his lieutenants and is preparing to have them gunned down when Spider-Man, Daredevil and the Falcon intervene. Spider-Man shouts it out with Kingpin but it is Daredevil who has the last word.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Characters
Hobgoblin

Indexer Notes

Letters from Greg Welch, Jim Tudor, Michael Shavalier, Paul Thief, Kim Lee, Steve Farrow, Luiz Mendoza, Brian Conner, Todd Oberndoffer, Keli Burke, Alex Pogel, Joshua Terrell, and Michael Reis.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Gang War Part Five The Conclusion "The War Ends!"
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Gang War Rages On!
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Spider's Web
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