The Spectacular Spider-Man #171 [Newsstand]
(December 1990)

Marvel, 1976 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1990
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Barcode
071486021995 12
Editing
Jim Salicrup (editor); Dan Cuddy (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of The Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 1976 series) #171 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

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Colors
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Ordeal (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
First Line of Dialogue or Text
My name is Peter Parker.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Puma; J. Jonah Jameson; Mary Jane Parker; Liz Allen Osborn; Norman Osborn II; Harry Osborn; Flash Thompson; Black Cat; Robbie Robertson; Aunt May Parker; Betty Brant; the Shaman
Synopsis
Spider-Man and Puma go to Puma's tribal lands to settle the debt between them where they undergo a sweat lodge purification ritual wherein they see visions. Puma sells the Daily Bugle back to Jonah for one dollar. Spider-Man and Puma agree to fight to the death.
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Indexer Notes

Part 1 of 2

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

Spectacular Spider-Mail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from John Martinelli, Brian Corvello, Steve Smith, Mark Phillips, Robert Lee Williams Jr. and Tyrone Maxey.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. Ordeal
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Spectacular Spider-Mail
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