The Spectacular Spider-Man #86 [Direct]

(January 1984)

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Spider-Man / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Mantlo

Pencils

Al Milgrom (pages 1-5, 21-23); Fred Hembeck (pages 6-20)

Inks

Al Milgrom (pages 1-5, 21); Joe Albelo (pages 6-20); Jim Mooney (pages 22-23)

Colors

Bob Sharen

Letters

Joe Rosen

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Al Milgrom; Dan Crespi; Bob DeNatale; Bob Harras; Fred Hembeck; Danny Fingeroth; Linda Grant; Ann Nocenti; Vision; Black Cat; J. Jonah Jameson; The Fly (villain); Harlan Stillwell (cameo flashback)

Synopsis

With editor Danny Fingeroth away at the San Diego comic con, assistant editor Bob DeNatale decides to replace artist Al Milgrom with humorist Fred Hembeck for this issue's "important" story. Spider-Man decides to show the Black Cat where he works and they end up having to save J. Jonah Jameson from the Fly. Spider-Man decides to take the plunge and reveal his secret identity to the Cat.

Reprints

• in Edderkoppen pocket [Edderkoppen superseriepocket] (Atlantic Forlag, 1979 series) #11 (1984)
• in Die Spinne Comic - Taschenbuch (Condor, 1979 series) #21 ([1984])
• in Spindelmannen superseriepocket (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1979 series) #11 (1984)
• in Spindelmannen (Semic, 1984 series) #7/1986 ([Juli] 1986)
• in Edderkoppen (Interpresse, 1984 series) #7/1986 (uge 27 1986) [only page 23]
• in Edderkoppen (Semic, 1984 series) #7/1986 (uke 26 1986) [page 23]
• in Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2012 series) #52 - Peter Parker, El Espectacular Spiderman: Noches de Nueva York (Marzo 2014)

Indexer Notes

This issue is in part set in the real world, in the Marvel Comics offices, and real people are depicted. Although Hembeck is best known for his humorous art, this issue is a "straight" Spider-Man story.