The Spectacular Spider-Man #86 [Newsstand]
(January 1984)

Marvel, 1976 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1983
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
0714860219901
Editing
Bob DeNatale (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

Assistant Editor's Month issue.
This issue is a variant of The Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 1976 series) #86 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

Beware: It's Assistant Editors' Month! Don't Say We Didn't Warn You! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Fred Hembeck (signed); Al Milgrom
Inks
Joe Albelo (signed); Al Milgrom
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Black Cat; The Fly
Reprints
Keywords
fourth wall

Bugs! (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Man / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Mantlo
Pencils
Al Milgrom (pages 1-5, 21-23); Fred Hembeck (pages 6-20)
Inks
Al Milgrom (pages 1-5, 21); Joe Albelo (pages 6-20); Jim Mooney (pages 22-23)
Colors
Bob Sharen
Letters
Joe Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Al Milgrom; Dan Crespi; Bob DeNatale; Bob Harras; Fred Hembeck; Danny Fingeroth; Linda Grant; Ann Nocenti; Vision; Black Cat; J. Jonah Jameson; The Fly (villain); Harlan Stillwell (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
With editor Danny Fingeroth away at the San Diego comic con, assistant editor Bob DeNatale decides to replace artist Al Milgrom with humorist Fred Hembeck for this issue's "important" story. Spider-Man decides to show the Black Cat where he works and they end up having to save J. Jonah Jameson from the Fly. Spider-Man decides to take the plunge and reveal his secret identity to the Cat.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This issue is in part set in the real world, in the Marvel Comics offices, and real people are depicted. Although Hembeck is best known for his humorous art, this issue is a "straight" Spider-Man story.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Beware: It's Assistant Editors' Month! Don't Say We Didn't Warn You!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Bugs!
    Spider-Man
This issue was modified by
  • Peter Croome
  • Merlin Haas
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Eric Rom
  • Richard Thomson