The Spectacular Spider-Man #159 [Newsstand]
(Mid December 1989)

Marvel, 1976 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1989
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
071486021995 14
Editing
Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief); Jim Salicrup; Glenn Herdling (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of The Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 1976 series) #159 [Direct].

Look!! Nothing Can Stop Him Now! He Can Fly!! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Sal Buscema (signed as Sal Buscema [flourished capitals])
Inks
Sal Buscema (signed as Sal Buscema [flourished capitals])
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Brothers Grimm: Barton Grimes (head shot); Percy Grimes (head shot)
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for The Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 1976 series) #159 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976 series) #159 [Direct]
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These Shattered Senses or A Tale of the Brothers Grimm (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Gerry Conway (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited) (breakdowns); Mike Esposito (finishes)
Inks
Mike Esposito (credited) (finishes)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters
Rick Parker (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is the city, Los Angeles, California. This is the jail,
Feature Logo
The Spectacular Spider-Man!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Brothers Grimm: Barton Grimes; Percy Grimes
Cynthia Bernhammer; Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]; J. Jonah Jameson; Nick Katzenberg (photo); Stuart McPhee; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Wizard [Bentley Wittman]; Bernie
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The Wizard sends the Brothers Grimm against the cosmic-powered Spider-Man
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Indexer Notes

Story continues from Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #327; continues in Web of Spider-Man (Marvel, 1985 series) #60; Acts of Vengeance crossover; For a complete checklist of the Acts of Vengeance issues, please see the cover notes for the story Prologue in Avengers Spotlight (Marvel, 1989 series) #26.

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

Spectacular Spider-Mail / letters page / 0.9 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Spider-Man / cartoon / 0.1 page (report information)

Script
Chris Eliopoulos ?
Pencils
Chris Eliopoulos
Inks
Chris Eliopoulos
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man; Mary Jane Parker

Indexer Notes

One-panel cartoon.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Look!! Nothing Can Stop Him Now! He Can Fly!!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. These Shattered Senses or A Tale of the Brothers Grimm
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Spectacular Spider-Mail
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Spider-Man
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