The Amazing Spider-Man #42 (483) [Direct Edition]
(August 2002)

Marvel, 1999 Series
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Volume
2
Price
2.25 USD; 3.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2002-06-12
Publisher's Age Guidelines
PG
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics [entire top banner]
Barcode
759606047161 04211
Editing
John Miesegaes (credited) (assistant editor); Axel Alonso (credited) (editor); Joe Quesada (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Jason Pearson (signed as Jason)
Inks
Jason Pearson (signed as Jason)
Colors
Dan Kemp (signed as D.:)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Reprints
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A Strange Turn of Events (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
J. Michael Straczynski (credited) (words)
Pencils
John Romita Jr. (credited) (pictures)
Inks
Scott Hanna (credited)
Colors
Dan Kemp (credited)
Letters
Richard Starkings (credited as RS); Wes Abbott of Comicraft (credited as Comicraft's Wes Abbott)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Jennifer Hardesty; Shade [Jacob Nash]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mary Jane Watson-Parker
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[House Advertisements] (Table of Contents: 2)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1.5 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

House Advertisements (One-Pager) for: SPIDER-MAN: BLUE miniseries (1/2 page), THE CALL OF DUTY: THE BROTHERHOOD limited series.

X-Treme Savings! (Table of Contents: 3)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

House Advertisement (One-Pager) for Marvel Comics Series (subscription page with X-Treme X-Men illustration).

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 4)

advertisement / 10.5 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Total of 8 one-page, 1 two-page and 1 half-page advertisements for: milk (milk, whymilk.com), Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex (game, Universal Interactive), Spider-Man (game, Activision), Midtown Comics (comic shop, Midtown Comics, 1/2 page), Mobile Suit Gundam (toys, Bandai), Backyard Baseball (game, Infogrames), Fire Blade (game, Midway), Tang (soft drink, KF Holdings, 2 pages), Corn Nuts (snack, Nabisco), 100 Day Marvel Gift Pack Giveaway (website, www.nakiusa.com).

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. A Strange Turn of Events
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. [House Advertisements]
  4. 3. X-Treme Savings!
  5. 4. [Ads]
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