The Amazing Spider-Man #279 [Newsstand]
(August 1986)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1986
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel 25th Anniversary
Barcode
0714860245708
Editing
Adam Blaustein (credited) (assistant editor); Christopher Priest (credited as Jim Owsley) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #279 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

Where Is Spider-Man? (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Ron Frenz
Inks
Joe Rubinstein
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Silver Sable; Jack O' Lantern [Jason Macendale Jr.]
Reprints
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Savage Is the Sable! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Tom DeFalco (credited)
Pencils
Rick Leonardi (credited)
Inks
Vince Colletta (credited)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Holy--!!
Feature Logo
Spider-Man [eyes]
Genre
superhero
Characters
Silver Sable; Wild Pack; Morty Sable; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Jasper Cornbluth; Mary Jane Watson; Joy Mercado; Jack O' Lantern [Jason Macendale Jr.] (villain); Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (cameo flashback); Machine Man (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
With Spidey MIA, Silver Sable takes on both killer robbers and Jack O' Lantern by herself.
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Indexer Notes

Missing in Action cross-over; Continued from The Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 1976 series) #117; Continued in Web of Spider-Man (Marvel, 1985 series) #18

[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
Christopher Priest
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from D.J.S., Eddie Roberts, James D. Kalb, Gary O'Neal, David Short, Anthony Rodriguez, Saleme Ferguson, and Rob Moore; includes View From the Tenth Floor (editorial comments).

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Where Is Spider-Man?
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Savage Is the Sable!
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Spider's Web
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