The Amazing Spider-Man #302 [Newsstand]

(July 1988)

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Jolly Rancher Stix / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

(Mid) American Gothic! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

David Michelinie (credited)

Pencils

Todd McFarlane (credited)

Inks

Todd McFarlane (credited)

Colors

Gregory Wright (credited)

Letters

Rick Parker (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Emporia, Kansas: Some forty-five miles southwest of Topeka...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Mary Jane Parker; Silver Sable [Silvija Sablinova]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Martin Jacoby; Wes Cassaday (first appearance); Morty Sable; Sandman [William Baker]; Dr. Royce Nero (villain); Billy Cassaday; Ruth Cassaday

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Peter is in Emporia, Kansas touring the On-Line Research complex where he is being offered a job. When a fire breaks out, Spider-Man swings in to help but witnesses the construction foreman using super speed to put the blaze out. Spider-Man has a chat with Wes Cassaday and learns that he was bitten by a radioactive jackrabbit but wishes to keep his powers a secret. After saving his potential boss from the dreaded Dr. Nero, Peter returns to New York and tells Mary Jane that he would like to take the job and move them halfway across the country.

Reprints

• in L'Étonnant Spider-Man (Bandes Dessinées Fantastiques, 1993 series) #5
• in Die Spinne (Condor, 1980 series) #165
• in Strange (Semic S.A., 1989 series) #235 (5 juillet 1989) [-1 page]
• in El Asombroso Hombre Araña (Novedades, 1980 series) #448 (Agosto 16 de 1989)
• in The Amazing Spider-Man (TM-Semic, 1990 series) #5/1991 ([maj] 1991)
• in Edderkoppen (Semic, 1984 series) #5/1991 ([mai] 1991)
• in Spindelmannen (SatellitFörlaget, 1988 series) #5/1991 ([maj] 1991)
• in Spider-Man Visionaries (Marvel, 2001 series) (October 2001)
• in Os Maiores Clássicos do Homem-Aranha (Panini Brasil, 2002 series) #5 - Todd McFarlane: Parte 1 (maio de 2007)
• in Amazing Spider-Man by David Michelinie & Todd McFarlane Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)
• in Marvel Omnibus : Spider-Man par McFarlane (Panini France, 2012 series) (octobre 2012)

Keywords

Bedford Towers; Emporia; Kansas; Symkarian Embassy

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Infocomics / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

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Spider's Web / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jim Salicrup; Glenn Herdling

Pencils

?

Inks

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Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Web-Heads, Ish #298: First, the cover. Stupendous.

Characters

Jim Salicrup

Indexer Notes

Letters from Tom Dohman, Dave Pfell, Chris Stencil, Jack Sutor, Vincent Schmitt, Mike Aragona, Jeromy Mason, Jason Russell, David Metz, and Tim T. Lyman; includes Salicrup's Section.