The Spectacular Spider-Man #138 [Newsstand]
(May 1988)

Marvel, 1976 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1988
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
071486021995 05
Editing
Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief); Jim Salicrup (editor); Glenn Herdling (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of The Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 1976 series) #138 [Direct].

The Tarantula's Back-- And He's Got Captain America On His Side! (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]; Tarantula [Anton Miguel Rodriguez]; Captain America [John Walker]
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for The Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 1976 series) #138 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976 series) #138 [Direct]
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Night of the Flag! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Sal Buscema
Colors
Bob Sharen
Letters
Rick Parker
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Tarantula [Anton Miguel Rodriguez]; Mary Jane Parker; Captain America [John Walker]; Joe Robertson [Robbie Robertson]; Gullivar South; Tombstone; Roland Rayburn (introduction); Elvira Corona; Maggie Michaelson; Kathryn Cushing [Kate Cushing]
Synopsis
La Tarantula, aided by the new Captain America, lures Spider-Man into a trap.
Reprints

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

Spectacular Spider-Mail / letters page / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Statement of Ownership (Table of Contents: 3)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Average paid circulation during previous 12 months: 213,890

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Tarantula's Back-- And He's Got Captain America On His Side!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Night of the Flag!
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Spectacular Spider-Mail
  4. 3. Statement of Ownership
This issue was modified by
  • Mark Boyer
  • Peter Croome
  • Jason Dunn
  • Eric Rom
  • Richard Thomson
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