The Spectacular Spider-Man #196 [Newsstand]
(January 1993)

Marvel, 1976 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.25 USD; 1.60 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1992
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Barcode
009281021995 01
Editing
Rob Tokar (credited); Dan Cuddy (credited) (assistant editor); Danny Fingeroth (credited) (group editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of The Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 1976 series) #196 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

The Death of Vermin, Conclusion (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Sal Buscema (signed)
Inks
Sal Buscema (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Vermin
Reprints
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The Death of Vermin, Part 3: Faces (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
J. M. DeMatteis
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Sal Buscema
Colors
Bob Sharen
Letters
Joe Rosen
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You have three seconds left to release me,
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Doctor Ashley Kafka; Norma (Doctor Kafka's sister; flashback); Doctor Kafka's mother (flashback); Vermin [Edward Whelan]; Baron Zemo [Helmut Zemo] (villain)
Synopsis
Spider-Man and Vermin versus Baron Zemo. Will this be the death of Vermin?
Reprints

[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
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from C. Edward Sellner, John Warren, Jonathan Petter, James Evans and Art Durband.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Death of Vermin, Conclusion
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. The Death of Vermin, Part 3: Faces
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Spectacular Spider-Mail
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