The Amazing Spider-Man #538 [Clayton Crain Cover]
(March 2007)

Marvel, 1999 Series
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Price
2.99 USD; 3.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2007-02-21
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Rated A
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Publishing Inc.
Barcode
759606047161 53841
Printer
Printed in the USA
Editing
Axel Alonso (editor); Michael O'Connor (assistant editor); Michael O'Connor (credited) (assistant editor); Axel Alonso (credited) (editor); Joe Quesada (credited) (editor in chief)

Issue Notes

1:50 retailer incentive cover.
This issue is a variant of The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1999 series) #538 [Direct Edition]. There exist further variants:

[Crain Cover] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Clayton Crain (Painted)
Inks
Clayton Crain (Painted)
Colors
Clayton Crain (Painted)
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man; Aunt May Parker
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Indexer Notes

Crain variant cover was distributed 1:50 with the regular cover; There was a variant of this cover distributed at the Midtown Comics NYC comic con in 2006 in which the only difference is a Midtown Comics logo on the left side of the cover.

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The War at Home: Part 7 of 7 (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
J. Michael Straczynski (credited)
Pencils
Ron Garney (credited)
Inks
Bill Reinhold (credited)
Colors
Matt Milla (credited)
Letters
Cory Petit of Virtual Calligraphy (credited as VC's Cory Petit)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Bullseye [Lester] (cameo); Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Daredevil [Matt Murdock] (cameo); Falcon [Sam Wilson] (cameo); Gladiatrix [Robin Braxton] (cameo); Hercules (cameo); Invisible Woman [Susan Storm Richards] (cameo); Iron Man [Tony Stark]; J. Jonah Jameson (cameo); Kingpin [Wilson Fisk] (villain); Lady Deathstrike [Yuriko Oyama] (cameo); Luke Cage (cameo); MACH IV [Abner Jenkins] (cameo); Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers] (cameo); Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards] (cameo); Aunt May Parker; Patriot [Eli Bradley] (cameo); Doc Samson [Leonard Samson] (cameo); Sentry [Robert Reynolds] (cameo); She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters] (cameo); Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Spider-Woman [Jessica Drew] (cameo); Taskmaster [Tony Masters] (cameo); Venom [Mac Gargan] (cameo); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (cameo); Wiccan [Billy Kaplan] (cameo); Jake Martino (villain); Thor Clone (cameo); Lectronn [Thomas Samuels] (cameo)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
While Spider-Man is off participating in the final battle of the Civil War, the Kingpin's sniper is playing a waiting game while keeping Peter's family in his sights. With the Civil War over, Spider-Man returns home to Mary Jane and Aunt May and the sniper takes his shot. Peter pushes Mary Jane out of the way but Aunt May finds herself in the line of fire and is shot.
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Keywords
Civil War [Marvel]
Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Crain Cover]
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. The War at Home: Part 7 of 7
    Spider-Man
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