The Spectacular Spider-Man #117 [Direct]

(August 1986)

Dinner Hour [Missing in Action Part 2] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Peter David

Pencils

Rich Buckler (layouts); Dwayne Turner

Inks

Bob McLeod; Dell Barras (credited as Del Barras); Keith Williams; Joe Rubinstein

Colors

Nel Yomtov

Letters

Joe Rosen; Rick Parker; Bill Oakley; Ken Lopez

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Cat; Dr. Strange; Alexander Woolcot; Robbie Robertson; Martha Robertson; Randy Robertson; Amanda Robertson; Joy Mercado; Foreigner (villain); Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (cameo flashback); Sabretooth (cameo flashback)

Synopsis

Black Cat tries to break into Dr. Strange's sanctum to confront him about the loss of her powers but the house keeps spitting her back out. Alexander runs away after reducing his father to ash with his powers. Robbie tries to deal with the fact that Randy has returned from college with a white wife. Black Cat returns to her apartment to find the Foreigner has broken in and, after a brief battle, the two come to an agreement.

Reprints

• in Die Spinne Comic - Taschenbuch (Condor, 1979 series) #32 (1987)
• in Nova (Editions Lug, 1978 series) #114 (5 juillet 1987) [-2 pages]
• in L'Uomo Ragno (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #73 (30 Maggio 1991)

Indexer Notes

Spider-Man does not appear in this story; Cont. from Web of Spider-Man (Marvel, 1985 series) #17; Cont. in Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #279.

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

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

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

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

Script

Christopher Priest (credited as James C. Owsley); ?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Jeremy Steiding, "name withheld by request," Christopher Mize, Conrad P. Hernandex Jr., J.M. Verde, Chris Reid, and Daniel Koez.