The Spectacular Spider-Man #117 [Newsstand]
(August 1986)

Marvel, 1976 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
0714860219908
Editing
Christopher Priest (editor); Adam Blaustein (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

Where is Spider-Man? (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Rich Buckler ?
Inks
Joe Rubinstein
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Dr. Strange; Black Cat
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art credits from Bob McLeod via the GCD Error List.

Dinner Hour [Missing in Action Part 2] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Peter David
Pencils
Rich Buckler (layouts); Dwayne Turner
Inks
Bob McLeod; Dell Barras (credited as Del Barras); Keith Williams; Joe Rubinstein
Colors
Nel Yomtov
Letters
Joe Rosen; Rick Parker; Bill Oakley; Ken Lopez

Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Cat; Dr. Strange; Alexander Woolcot; Robbie Robertson; Martha Robertson; Randy Robertson; Amanda Robertson; Joy Mercado; Foreigner (villain); Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (cameo flashback); Sabretooth (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
Black Cat tries to break into Dr. Strange's sanctum to confront him about the loss of her powers but the house keeps spitting her back out. Alexander runs away after reducing his father to ash with his powers. Robbie tries to deal with the fact that Randy has returned from college with a white wife. Black Cat returns to her apartment to find the Foreigner has broken in and, after a brief battle, the two come to an agreement.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Spider-Man does not appear in this story; Cont. from Web of Spider-Man (Marvel, 1985 series) #17; Cont. in Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #279.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Christopher Priest (credited as James C. Owsley); ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Jeremy Steiding, "name withheld by request," Christopher Mize, Conrad P. Hernandex Jr., J.M. Verde, Chris Reid, and Daniel Koez.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Where is Spider-Man?
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Dinner Hour [Missing in Action Part 2]
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Spectacular Spider-Mail
This issue was modified by
  • Peter Croome
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Eric Rom
  • Richard Thomson